did Led Zeppelin influence prog?

micky wrote: Don Quito wrote: I do agree with micky. Rush's prog influences come from Yes, and other major progressive rock bands from that era. But, I would definitely say that besides bands such as The Yardbirds, and The Who, to mention a few, Led Zeppelin influenced Rush on their first self titled album ... Still, Rush were not prog at that time. was it Zeppelin ..... or was it Cream.   I think we all know that both Lifeson and Geddy were fanatic fans of both Clapton and Jack Bruce, but agree... that  first album HARDLY qualifies as prog hahahahahha.

I'm not saying that Rush's first album qualifies as prog. Rather, I said that the band wasn't a progressive rock band at that time.

Now, I agree that both Geddy and Lifeson were fans of Jack Bruce and Eric Clapton (The Yardbirds and The Who were some of the bands that inspired them too), but definitely Cream was a band that influenced on them.

Alex Lifeson was influenced by Jimmy Page either. Rush's first album sounds pretty much like one of Zeppelin's. Moreover, on tracks like Can't Fight It and Not Fade Away, which are not on any album, although were recorded before the first one, Alex Lifeson sounds just like Page, including the guitar solo on both tracks. Its a replica of Jimmy Page's solos.

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oh and in grace under pressure a song reminds me zeppelin!

TheProgtologist wrote: thanos wrote: in their concerts they played very long songs.they had lots of jams.listen to wow the west was won...they have two jams almost 25 minutes each So...if a band plays a "long song" they are automatically prog?

sorry...i forgot to say thet in these songs they have many rythm and melody changes or they play seperate songs in them.i mean 2112 is 7 seperate songs and it is prog

IMO Led Zeppelin were influenced by prog, but prog wasn't influenced by Led Zeppelin.

 

And please don't compare the mighty Zep to Green Day. Jimmy Page wil put a curse on you.......

In our time, a commercial and ultra-sponsored band identified as THE MARS VOLTA, are doing some kind of music-computer mélange with Jimmy Page and Robert Plant pieces of music. If the community accepts them as “prog” band: Is it possible to call that “influence”? 

I think In The Light, Kashmir, and Achilles Last Stand sound Prog, not just because there long.

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Led Zep has been slightly inspired by the prog mood of the time, but not the reverse, IMO.

I think they did especially with some of tehir more fantasy based songs. Yet I still say the founders of prog/psycediallia are the Beatles during the Sgt Pepper-Magical mystery tour era

can i point out that The Mars Volta, though a "modern" prog band, can be seen to have huge Zeppelin influences. A lot of people cite The Mras Volta as the new Zeppelin, though I know fans of Zeppelin that aren't fans of TMV (the progtologist...) will disagree. just a point.