Stairway to Heaven: Led Zeppelin Uncensored

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No one knew Led Zeppelin like Richard Cole The band s tour manager for than a decade, Cole was there when they burst onto the music scene, achieved cult status, cut platinum records, and transformed popular music Second only to the Beatles in sales for years, Led Zeppelin was rock s premier group But unlike the boys from Liverpool, the excitement of this band s music was matched by the fever pitch of their antics on and off the stage.In hotel rooms and stadiums, in a customized private Boeing 707 jet and country estates, Richard Cole saw it all and here he tells it all in this close up, down and dirty, no holds barred account that records the highs, the lows, and the occasional in betweens This revised edition brings fans up to date on the band members lives and careers, which may be a little quieter now, but their songs remain the same. New Read [ Stairway to Heaven: Led Zeppelin Uncensored ] by [ Richard Cole ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr This book was a quick and easy read, and quite entertaining at times But I ve got one word to say debauchery I thought I had heard read it all, but I was wrong These hedonistic, narcissistic, thoroughly debauched drug addled alcoholics were disgusting human beings, and the author, their road manager for 12 years, is no better, and perhaps even worse The book is told from his perspective, and I ve heard that Robert Plant really hated the book, and the band denied most of what is written, so This book was a quick and easy read, and quite entertaining at times But I ve got one word to say debauchery I thought I had heard read it all, but I was wrong These hedonistic, narcissistic, thoroughly debauched drug addled alcoholics were disgusting human beings, and the author, their road manager for 12 years, is no better, and perhaps even worse The book is told from his persp...they never allowed their offstage antics to overshadow their craftsmanship onstage and in the studio They never lost sight of their fans and the debt they owed them In nearly three decades in the music business, I have never seen anyone else like Led Zeppelin They were indisputably the greatest rock and roll band in...I bought this expecting it to be an in depth song by song analysis of the world famous folk singing father and daughter duo from Kiltimagh Instead it turned out to be a biography of sorts of some tin pot band of the same name who sold a handful of home made tapes out of a garage in the Home Counties, written in his free time by a friend of the drummer s.Most of the stories deal with the growth pangs of the four lads who took to doing leaden, lumpy blues covers equipped with an electric guitar, I bought this expecting it to be an in depth song by song analysis of the world famous folk singing father and daughter duo from Kiltimagh Instead it turned out to be a biography of sorts of some tin pot band of the same name who sold a handful of home made tapes out of a garage in the Home Counties, written in his free time by a friend of the drummer s.Most of the stories deal with the growth pangs of the four lads who took to doing leaden, lumpy blues covers equipped with an electric guitar, a Fender bass and a washboard, and, while it s fascinating in its own way, isn t a patch on reading about the lives and the times of the makers of such fragile ballads as There s a Wilting Rose in Eire and The Snowflakes Melt on Fanny Green , who, to me, will always remain the REAL Led Zeppelin.There s some stuff about something they did with a fourteen year old and a bathtub full of fish backstage at the local charity ball, and a lotbesides which mostly involves girls...The book is competently crafted and easy to read you won t need a dictionary or your notebook to puzzle out any difficult passages Having established that, I have to say that the book left me a little hot under the collar, having been written by a man who has essentially confessed to kidnapping, drug trafficking, assault, sexual assault, and destruction of property This particular manuscript should have been written deep inside a penitentiary.I understand that some band members have disputed The book is competently c...This was an amazing book on many levels and any Led Zeppelin fan will love it First, it was a very well written memoir of Richard Cole whose life paralleled the skyrocketing career of Led Zeppelin from nobodies to untouchable rock Gods He was their right hand man forthan a decade and had incredible insight into the day to day op...The book seems less a biography of Led Zeppelin than a biography of Richard Cole drug addict sleazeball dirtbag tour manager The author states on page 119 that the rush of the drugs themselves would blind me to any risks we were assuming As a cautionary tale, it shows just how much trouble a group of adolescent minded guys can get into, when left to their own devices, or pushed to it The one good thing I can say about this book is that this volume offers a rare glimpse into the making The book seems less a biography of Led Zeppelin than a biography of Richard Cole drug addict sleazeball dirtbag tour manager The author states on page 119 that the rush of the drugs themselves would blind me to any risks we were assuming As a cautionary tale, it shows just how much trouble a group of adolescent minded guys can get into, when left to their own devices, or pushed to it The one good thing I can say about this book is th...I got an yellowed, old copy from the library, which didn t help I just couldn t get into this book It jumped all over the place First chapter Bonzo had died Cole doesn t know how to tell Plant Next chapter about his early life WHO CARES Next chapter life before Zeppelin, how they met Next it glosses over Jimmy Page s life w The Yardbirds, then he forms Zeppelin They record Atlantic signs them for big money Album doesn t sell in UK They decide to go to US I stopped I got an yellowed, old copy from the library, which didn t help I just couldn t get into this book It jumped all over the place First chapter Bonzo had died Cole doesn t know how to tell Plant Next chapter about his early life WHO CARES Next chapter life before Zeppeli...Being a big Led Zeppelin fan, I wanted to hear about stuff I didn t know That isabout the band This book, although entertaining at times, is very centered on two characters Richard Cole the road manager and author and John Bonham who among the band probably has had the most written about him I really wanted to learnabout the other band members, but I didn t get much in that regard I don t care...I liked the book, however since I read it, there has been much dispute about some of the events he speaks of by others who worked with the band and the band themselves Some of the goings on I have read in other books, while others I do question I did appreci...Like Richard Cole or not, fans and readers MUST give him credence The interviews he did for Stephen Davis made up the lion s share of Davis trashy book HAMMER OF THE GODS, so than Lori Maddox s memories After Cole saw the money Davis made on his inside stories, one can hardly fault Cole for cashing in with a book of his own, and a far better one at that He didn t need to pore over old issues of CREEM and Circus magazine for material like Davis did either, Cole was there More than likely Like Richard Cole or not, fans and readers MUST give him credence The interviews he did for Stephen Davis made up the lion s share of Davis trashy book HAMMER OF THE GODS, ...

Stairway to Heaven: Led Zeppelin Uncensored
  • English
  • 07 July 2019
  • Paperback
  • 384 pages
  • 0060938374
  • Richard Cole
  • Stairway to Heaven: Led Zeppelin Uncensored