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This 1970 interview clip suggests that Led Zep represented a turn away from "the personality cult" (when they unseated the Beatles as the 8-year kings of the Melody Maker poll), and toward people paying more attention to "what the musicians are playing."

And by " paying more attention to what the musicians are playing.'" he means the wholesale theft of other artists' work.

How important were Led Zeppelin? They are the third biggest selling artists of all time.

It seems like, though I didn't live thru that time, that is was that bombastic production that set them apart. Was anyone else doing it as loud, on record, as they were in those early days?

I finally gave in and forced myself to give them a chance by buying their CD's from BMG Music. I'm astonished on how good they actually are. Never thought that I would call myself a fan, now better off for it but also understand the hate.

You mean apart from Sabbath, The Stooges, The MC-5, The Who, Blue Cheer, etc. etc.?

exactly.

jesus christ Bee, have you listened to any of these bands?

and i'm not sure that being the biggest selling artists of that time really makes them more important (or influential) than any other band.

Well, except for The Who (who, let's face it, come from pretty much the same set of influences anyway) those other bands are boring (Sabbath),unbelievably overrated trips (The Stooges), even more overrated and at least admittedly faking it (MC-5) and a band that 9 people have ever listened to (Blue Cheer)
So, I'd say Led Zep are pretty awesome and influential. Sorry to burst your bubble.

You're entitled to your opinion, but you're wrong.

how dare you

Like I said didn’t live thru that time but the production seem to get a lot louder after they arrived on record in January of 1969.

I bought the Stooges and they ended up re-recording those original psychedelic sounding sessions with John Cale. Though it came out in 1969 they completely altered their sound.

MC5’s 1969 debut was done live.

The Who's Next came out in 1970, when they seemed to changed with the times.

Black Sabbath's debut came out in 1970 as well. As history looks at this are Black Sabbath more important than Led Zeppelin?

the majority of Metal fans (an enormous amount of music fans i might add) would say yes, without a doubt.

Black Sabbath pretty much single handedly created a genre of music, and thousands if not millions of fans and bands have them to thank. Zeppelin were "part of" the rock scene, who have influenced some artists yes, but how many bands are around now playing "songs with good ideas but tend to go on way too freakin' long?"

Wouldn't this be most of what you hear today?