I remember when the 1980 tour had been announced. I was only 13 and had gotten permission from my parents to get tickets when they went on sale for my area. When I think back on that time, I must’ve been listening to Zeppelin since I was nine years old. I can’t imagine a nine-year-old listening to Zeppelin today. How lucky some of us were during the 70’s. And when the news came on about Bonham’s death, it was just devastating. Devastating. And then the 80s began to roll in with all the plastic bands and corporate formulas forced upon us through music videos. We still haven’t recovered.
Good music chooses us, and you were chosen early, can't blame you really. Bonham's death has many devastating layers really, the rock world CHANGED forever. The Game became A GAME.
Wouldn't want to be in that guy's shoes if faced with grant and Bonham (bindon and Cole wasn't part of the entourage on the '80 tour) they would have pulverized you 😮
Cole was in prison in Italy and while Bindon was already let go by Grant right after the rest of the 77 tour was canceled. Benji Leveree who had been one of their top assistants by that point had replaced dirty Dick Cole right after the Knebworth 79 shows, as their new tour manager going forward and was the other one with Jonesy that founded Bonham's drunk and dead body in one of the bedrooms of Jimmy's Old mill house in September '80.
Led Zeppelin performed in Vienna, Austria at Wiener Stadthalleon on 26 June 1980, and in Zürich, Switzerland at Hallenstadion on 29 June 1980. I know this information because I am an avid fan and collector of the band’s bootleg recordings. I listen not only for enjoyment and pleasure - but also to carefully study and learn from each performance. The Zürich show originally came out as a bootleg entitled *Swiss Made* and is my favourite overall from the *Led Zeppelin Over Europe Tour 1980.* I remember reading a very favourable review of it in the Led Zeppelin fanzine/newsletter *Proximity.* I subscribed and I had purchased several back issues in 1983. At the time in the early 1980s, the reviewer/journalist stated: ‘Lately, these Led Zeppelin bootleg recordings are coming out at an alarming rate.’ LOL! The City of Vienna features beautiful architecture; especially in the interiors - so inspiring! Also: I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE *Xanadu* - both *Xanadu - The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack* and the film. So much wonderfully fine music. I especially love my favourite scene when the lead male character, Sonny, manages to enter Kira’s celestial home by roller skating into the group of The 9 Sister Muses’ mural and finds himself together again with his dream girl (played by Olivia Newton-John). I experienced two similar miracles: The first one happened at what could have been the lowest point in my life - the woman of my dreams (my wife, Cindy) literally came out of nowhere; out of thin air, chased after - and pursued me! The second happened this past week. My tabby cat of ten years went missing at the beginning of May. After two miserable months of mourning, I spotted another brown female tabby cat needing a home. She arrived out of nowhere in my front yard about a week ago and now we are inseparable. Miracles do happen! 🔮🐈💗
Thank you,Jose. Another great episode. I just got through listening to every 1980 gig. I started a few weeks ago and listened to mostly Audience recordings when I could. I really enjoy 1979/1980 Zeppelin….studio and live. Something special about those last two years. I really appreciate the effort they put out considering everything they’d been through….and we’re going through….especially Robert. Plant is an absolute champ. Ya gotta love him. Cheers ✌️
Robert's effort absolutely Tim. I don't see these shows as failures like others in the Zepp community but REAL. There is much humanity in these. As a musical unit they were truly soldiers always battling the element of chance and elusive glory i guess?
@@JCM-LedZeppelin-Stories it's obvious from your commentary, particularly in the audience tape PxP, that you're an accomplished musician in your own right but it's the whole true crime mysterious voiceover tone that elevates what you do to superstar status, it can't be taught... you were born with a voice that heightens the drama
JCM congratulations on another amazing concert documentary. (not a big deal) but i wonder why Page become more of the active MC during live gigs in the latter years of Zeppelin. Also i never thought that i would ever be able to recognize when Bonham was on autopilot (besides the last song). Thanks to your analysis clips, i recognized the lack of enthusiasm. However Bonzo was still better than most drummers even when he is on autopilot
The real under the radar tour in Zep history. Exceptional song list. Bonham was in need of a reset in life I think, his heart wasn’t always in it, and we know what happened in September 😢. Some great moments in this show, love to hear a proper release from this tour! Never heard this show before, thanks for another fascinating look into the zeppelin world Jose! 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Hey Matt, i agree with you Bonham needed a reset. I think he did play his heart out here but depression is a slow shadow in somebody's life. His body took a beating on those 12 years of Zeppelin dominance, that and his personal lifestyle choices, he NEEDED help. I'm gonna look for more of these concerts, but the rare ones. I am currently going crazy with Six Nights at the Forum, the isolation factor is REAL hahaha
@@JCM-LedZeppelin-Stories the deep dives into the more obscure and the most venerated shows are consistently fascinating! You do great work sir. The rock and roll lifestyle isn’t for everyone, especially a family man like Bonzo
Thank you for covering the 1980 tour concerts. I feel like this tour is so overlooked, no one talks about this and 1979. I feel like maybe it has to do with two things. One, this era of Zep is maligned for Page's supposed addictions. Secondly, the earlier tours are more notorious for debauchery and whatever and people seem to relish that nonsense. Regarding these two aspects; I think while Page was not in his best shape, he could still rock, and there's plenty instances of where he did very well, such as Munich or Frankfurt. Also, regarding that second factor, I think the death of Plant's son broke Robert completely and he wanted to drop a lot of that dark cloud bullshit that had come to be associated with Zeppelin. I think this was also one of the reasons why Richard Cole was fired.
Ryan Tour 1980 is definitely overlooked and it has a lot of great moments. Your reasoning is sound and well put my friend. Had they carried into the 1980s i believe Robert would have convinced them to fire Peter Grant even, this made possible by talking to Atlantic and let Ahmet know, their manager couldn't do it no more....nor Cole. Phil Carson would have taken lead i think. Thanks for watching!
If that were me, I'd be livid. The show would have ended right there and then. Rock and roll was past its adolescent stage by this point. We'd already had Altamont, The Who Cincinnati show and the Montreux (Smoke On the Water) show. Its a testament to their professionalism that they went on. Having said that, after the incident they did seem to play wait a more focused intensity.
They did play with more focus yes, that definitely woke them up, but it was DANGEROUS indeed. That fan was stupid to say the least. Thanks for watching!
I’ve been watching all your videos. I love all the details with every one of them. Don’t stop keep them coming.Are you planning to do videos on the making of the First three Led Zeppelin albums?? I don’t see those on your channel! Take care!
I probably have it on a hard drive from my hardcore collecting days but I want to track down this show now, the thought of a mailed in Kashmir by Bonham sounds intriguing.
Another Great episode-Thanx Jose ! & Yeah I remember Distinctly how this Tour got basically NO COVERAGE in the Trades. Were they too busy with so-called New Wave ? Thought the Mighty Zep was Done/Irrelevant ? Waiting for their Fall US tour ? Who knows man………
Incredible this tour got no coverage....you know i have my theories as to why this happened and the social programming or engineering if you may, is hidden in plain sight among that NEW WAVE stuff. The US tour in the Fall could have changed the rock and roll industry in more ways than we can imagine.
Richard wasn't with them anymore. Grant fired him and sent him to Italy with hopes he would finally get sober and healthy(in other words of getting his shit together). Grant was having to pay all of his doctor visits because Cole was basically broke because of spending all of his money on hard drugs such as herion, acid and cocaine,etc for him and Jimmy, Bonzo and Grant to do. While Cole was Italy, there was a terriost bombing of some kind and the police over there wrongly thought Cole was responsible for it and arrested him. That's when he finally got clean and of course when the news came out reporting one of the members of the band had died, his initial reaction was, "Oh poor Pagey" referring to Jimmy Page who of course was in far worse shape than all of him and had his moments where he looked liked death in the late 70's and early 80s but was eventually told by the guards that it was Bonzo.
When Jimmy toured for the outrider album, a lot of the shows were delayed because he had to have some kind of surgery. When he played Miami it was in a much smaller venue than originally scheduled. Very early in the show somebody lit off the firecracker. The look of fear on Jimmy's face was like nothing I think I had ever seen. He stopped the show and said if it happened again that the show was over.
Great question. My guess is that they didn't check for these and people could hide them in their clothing. Same goes for pot...it shouldn't be allowed at gigs for many reasons, not playing conservative, but it's dangerous for OTHER reasons lol. Guess firecrackers went undetected!
I grew up on the central Mid-Atlantic coast and went to many, many concerts (Spectrum, MSG, Roosevelt Stadium, Asbury Colosseum) during the mid to late 1970's. When you walked in the door, all you did was show your ticket and in you went. Firecrackers, not the little paper ones, but the heavy hitters (Cherry Bombs, M80's, etc) being thrown by some idiots was a normal occurrence. It was always my biggest fear to be hit by one. If you listen to the bootleg recordings from any of those shows during that era, you can hear one going off from time to time.
Why? Because people were able to smuggle entire reel to reel recording equipment and mic stands- prior to 911 if you had moxie and wits you could get away with all kinds of crazy stuff
I remember seeing them on April 12th, 1977 at the old Met Center in Bloomington MN. Some people near the stage tossed fireworks and I think one or more landed on the stage around the time they were doing the quieter sit down portion of the set (Going to California, Black Country Woman, Bryn Yr Aur) and Plant said if it continued, they would cancel the rest of the show. Total length of the set that night was 3 hours, 20 minutes.
How rude to throw it on the acoustic set, that's terrorism if you ask me. Some fans were just plain stupid. Frank Zappa was famous for saying this upfront...even at HIS shows haha. Thanks for watching!
One of my best buds was front and center and paid just $10 bucks like the rest of us, I went to the St. Paul show the next night as a 16 year old, my first concert and it was out of body for me. Did not know what I was watching but it changed my life.
Odd I haven't come across anything about a similar incident at madison square garden nyc. I saw LZ every time they played there and once or twice iirc, when they played multiple nights. At one show, some assholes were walking around tossing firecrackers and some m80's. I watched as part of a pack of firecrackers went off on someones head in the orchestra section. At one point, an m80 exploded just a few feet from a crew member manning a spotlight above the stage. Towards the end of the show, an m80 went off on stage. I saw Jimmy shaking his hand having been hit most likely from a shard of the explosive. When the song ended they walked off then came back only once for an extremely short version of whole lotta love, then walked off for good. I can recall how pissed off Plant looked. On another incident of perhaps much lesser note, iirc, at their second time at MSG, the front portion of the stage collapsed.
Eye thank You!!! Yes well, that was a show right on the edge of disaster from start to finish.......Thank you JCM for finding the hidden gems in the show!!
@@JCM-LedZeppelin-Stories whenever I'm listening to any of the 1980 shows it feels like Bonham was always rushing, like he couldn't wait for it to be over, Page's guitar sound through that period was great but by this time you could really hear how his personal issues were seriously affecting his playing, but in the haze, there were always little nuggets of gold, Jonesy and Plant were pretty consistent though...But collectively it was a lottery how the show would go... I can remember getting excited in 1980 with the prospect of them making it back down to New Zealand, I'm sure it would have been amazing to see their show, actually being there in the moment is way different from listening to a sterile bootleg.....I'm sure it would have been an unforgettable experience...
I can see Jim Morrison playing this yes, great catch there. For a full circle check out Plant doing Break on Through with his solo band in 1988. Great stuff.
Nice work as always. Tough period for Zep. Can't remember which show, but there's a soundboard boot from this tour where you can hear Plant and Bonham bitching their way thru the whole show....they just wanted to go home. They probably should have broken up a few years prior. Saved everyone in the establishment a lot of heartache.
Hey Dave, how are you! Glad to see you here. I feel Zeppelin's first breakup happened in July 1977. This tour feels like a reunion, it must have been TOUGH to come back to these lifestyles you know?
@@JCM-LedZeppelin-Stories Always checking in on these....stoked to see where you take your video production. Totally agree they had a soft breakup in 77. They probably shoulda made it official. Too much money to be made though. Couldn't leave it well enough alone.
This 1980 sound is a pale comparison to 73 and 75 tour sounds, fast, energetic and just great. The band was so good they set a bar that was not matched on this night.
While they raised the bar quite high for themselves in 1977, i believe the magic of 1980 was how they never lost the knack on their rhythm work, their chemistry was hard to replicate by their competitors.
I have a 7 part series, The Making of In Through the Out Door if you wanna check it out. There is no actual studio footage of them recording BUT the story is quite interesting.
I would love to hear an unedited version of the 1973 Madison square garden shows, just for comparison. Jimmy’s playing & tone were the best I’ve heard him. Celebration Day solo was fantastic, not to mention No Quarter solo section. Jimmy has never played like that since. I often wonder if he played like that before🤷♂️. As a 16 year old I thought there’s nobody who can play like that. Now in my late 50’s I’m feeling that Jimmy Page’s playing went to pot once on heroine. His tone changed too. It’s hard to tell without unedited good quality sound, but that’s my feeling about it. Jimmy’s songwriting I’ve never questioned. John Bonham was great even drunk if still conscious. JPJ I’ve realized was the secret sauce that pulled these two incredible musicians power into a tight thing still unequaled bay any other band ever. Robert Plant wrecked his voice in 1972 & could no longer hit the high register power voice ie (Black Dog), but the fact that he was able to continue performing these songs not tuned down is a F’en miracle of professionalism & talent. He’s still singing & touring, different arrangements & style than Zeppelin but still amazing in his own way. In the 70’s & early 80’s, we only had Hit Parade, Circus & the Rolling Stone magazines to learn about the bands. The Album covers were huge too. Now you can go on UA-cam & see anyone anytime past or present. The mystery set around the artist seems to be lost by too much coverage & over exposure. Zeppelin was a time of great changes & artistic growth that is still unequaled today. All the songs from that era will be listened to for centuries if not longer. One thing is for sure, with modern digital recording out of your bedroom, it’s probably never going to get better. I really respect your ability to describe a scene & tell the story. Great job as always!!! Jimmy Page is still my all time favorite guitar player & it was him that made me lock my bedroom door & practice guitar thru high school.
There are boots available free online for 7/27, 7/28 and 7/29 - the original CD and vinyl versions are very close to untouched. The boots are somewhat incomplete (I believe 7/27 is missing about half the show, 7/28 one or two songs and 7/29 is complete) but you can hear that Jimmy really did not have to do all that much. If you have the time google "the garden tapes" - dude goes into INCREDIBLE detail of all of the edits of both the movie and album TSRTS.
Hey... a suggestion Your comment is great... difficult to read... especially on a phone. Place spaces like I am doing here. I mean the best... not being a dick... Just saying... because your comment is great... and valid Take care.!!!
Turns out that JCM answered all these questions on his MSG 2nd episode. Jimmy Page played Celebration day solo from 1 show that ended up on the soundtrack also No Quarter. He was just on that night & played brilliantly. The whole band was tight as hell that night.
The firecracker should have been sampled and sent into Jimmy’s Echoplex and to set the rhythm of “Whole Lotta Love”. Of course, it would be unavailable for the theremin section.
This is one of the oddest Zep shows... I understand that idiot with the 🧨 but in the 70's or in the USA that would of never worked a promotor, saying bring him up on stage most likely a riot would of happened that's my opinion. Bonzo ,was not good in 1980 Alcohol and D-rugs yes were destroying him but damn. The Plant rumors swirling of canceling the upcoming American tour probably didn't help. Plant definitely made it hard with his demands for the tour. Whole Lotta Love was the highlight for me this night. As always Jose, 👏🏼✌🏼 your awesome 👍🏼
Keith i think Robert knew the 1980 return to America was SO DANGEROUS...from many angles that you see this, the market needed these guys out of the picture...sad.
Hi Jose! Excellent episode as always! I hope this irresponsible guy was arrested, it would be very interesting if he had to “talk” to Peter Grant’s gang (we know what this “conversation” would be like) 👊🤜💪 If I’m not mistaken, Jimmy was hit at another show, I don’t remember which one. Poor Jimmy, I guess he was the target of jealous losers, luckily he was never seriously hurt. Did the guy with the firecracker think that Zeppelin would write a song for him, like that other goofy who was immortalised by Deep Purple in the legendary Smoke On The Water? I was imagining the consequences: if the show had been cancelled, the crowd would have revolted, the guy probably have received a good beating…it would well deserved. Glad everything ended well, a good show, sad to think a few months the rock world would say goodbye to greatest drummer ever. Thanks Jose Sensei, see ya 👋
I think Jealousy and business envy is what brough the band down you know? The market's competitors were not happy with their success. Maybe yes, the guy thought Zepp would write a song about him hehe. Luckily the promoter came to the front of the stage and managed to calm the audience i guess? Thanks for watching Marcia!
The firecracker was an American thing. I would not be surprised to know it was done by an American GI. I never understood it, I was going to shows in this era and a big boom never helped create a better show. As a guitar player myself a cherry bomb going off next to me while playing would seriously destroy my focus even if it didn't hurt me. Audience members got hurt sometimes too. It was all around no good for anybody...
This is a great theory indeed. Firecrackers i think is attention seeking behavior, i can only imagine what Page felt...people forget the sacrifice artists make to please their fans when back then, they could comfortably live off royalties and record sales. Thanks for watching this one JP!
It's not "He needs to get into the face of Jimmy Page." As in face to face. No. I believe he's saying "He threw it into the face of Jimmy Page." There's a language barier between all three of us. Who knows.
Interesting you mention that Bonzo sounds off during All Of My Love. Jimmy hated All Of My Love, I think the rest of the band did too. Page talks about it in an 80's interview, he says "it's not our best work". He talks about how the big chorus thing isn't really what Zeppelin was about. Brutal really, considering he knew it was about Karac. Jimmy really can be the Dark Lord when he wants to be. In my opinion, it's not a great song. It's definitely always stood out as a strange oddity among Zeppelin tunes.
Jimmy's opinion on All My Love is absurd. This is the man who wrote Tangerine and Thank You. His dismissal of ITTOD is a projection of a period in his life that i'm sure he would like to erase, he was in a bad spot but to say things like these, not cool. I love All my Love for many reasons, the groove is incredibly hard to play, it seems like a walk in the park but no...hell no. The arrangement, the textures, if only more rock bands handled ballads with such power and vigor you know? For me this will always be a reflection of how well they would have transitioned into the 80s. It's no wonder Robert's first two solo albums feel like an extension of Zepp's last stand. Plant went through his darkest hour and managed to create a tribute for his son, and quite an anthem in my opinion :)
@@JCM-LedZeppelin-Stories Fascinating, I feel the opposite. I don't think Jimmy would erase anything. Robert's first two albums don't feel like Zepps last stand at all to me.
I mean production wise. There's a lot of In Through the Out Door on Pictures at Eleven. Jimmy worried about All My Love, guess he never worried about the ba baba baba's on Thank You hehe.
@@JCM-LedZeppelin-Stories I really like All My Love, there’s a lot of pain and sadness in Plant’s voice. I especially like Bonzo’s drum work. Fun fact: when I lived in Brazil I met a couple who used this song as their “wedding song”. Only later did they learn that it was a love song to Plant’s late son, not to some woman…
That's no firecracker. That's an M60 or M80. Big difference. You can tell by the sound. And firecrackers don't disorient you. I suggest you change the title.
Led Zeppelin was AWFUL on the 1977 tour but really reached a new low in 1980. Plants barking vocals, Page playing like a 14 year old at his first gig, JPJ on that horrible early synth, and Bonham just a fat drunk who wanted out. I am a huge Zeppelin fan but trying to paint the years between 1977 and 1980 as some sort of triumph? Please.
@johnnyd63 You should listen to the L.A. 6/21/77 show. Just one of many 77 shows where Page's playing was good. I'm not denying that there were some terrible shows in 77, just pointing out that not all of them were bad.
"Deutschland Uber Alles" unfortunately a poor choice by JP in Austria. Not only was it not their national anthem in 1980, but it was forced to be their national anthem during the Nazi time, so it wouldn't have represented a fond memory for anyone. But maybe it was intentional after the firecracker to the face. Takes us back to June 14 1977 at the Garden.
Oh man that's bad...wow. If someone threw a firecracker at me like that not sure what would i feel. The Garden series is on the list, hopefully i'll get more patreons because the coffee is running out haha. :)
🌠JCM ..WHAT KINDA A$$%^&LE THROWS A FIRECRACKER @ ROCK GOD JIMMY PAGE ? THe same kinda person that brings a flare gun 2 a FZ Concerts & burns the place ..to the ground ...Why hasnt Jimmy Page contacted u yeat ...? duude yer video's r SOOO GOOD ! G..WHERES THE MEATLOAF ..? THO ...JOKING...
That reminds me...Frank Zappa had real shit luck in 1982 when he tourrd Europe. 4 shows ended early, 2x due to people throwing things, 1x due to a riot with the police shooting teargas among other stuff, 1x heavy rain). And then there's all the times the show DID continue (seems like every other show that tour he has to stop and tell someone off). People threw used syringes, bottles, cigarettes, In 1981 someone threw a SANDWICH on stage and Frank made him eat it then and there off the floor. Another time in 1981 someone threw a nickel at him during an encore and Frank left the stage. In 1980 someone broke off the arm of a chair and threw it on stage. Another time a whiskey bottle. In Hannover 1979 someone threw an egg and he demanded that person come on stage. 1977 he ended the show early in Cologne and told whoever sat next to the bottle thrower to punch them in the head. Might be worth covering the more infamous 82 instances.
john bonham wasn't in good shape.he looked overweight by 1980.you can tell for how less body movement he made when playing.he kept his arms lower than ever,a total rarity. he had great control of his strength and stamina always,but on this tour the sound coming out of the drums is not as it used to be.phisically it changed a lot for him.if they could have continue,i bet there was some serious issues to deal and fix
He went for economy of movement yes Carlos. Also take into account his rockstar age. Unlike say Nick Mason with Floyd, Bonham took a beating from 1968 until 1977. He never had it easy lol. His job was the most wanted and feared at the same time, very few heroes could do it. From a physical therapy standpoint, even if he wasn't overweight, 12 years of playing Zeppelin's music takes a toll on you. No wonder drummers are so often the breaking points for bands who keep going without them. Even your local cover bands, you always see the phenomenon, older drummer...the set list becomes mid tempo-ish...or ballads. Thanks for watching!
Bonham was actually slimmed down by the time he passed away. There's a really sweet picture on the internet of young Jason Bonham sitting on his lap and Papa Bonham looked bony. It was just of course the crazy cokehead madman himself Peter Grant that was overweight at that time.
Yep the last night at Madison Square Garden on June 14th, 1977. The band was coming back on stage for the Whole lotta love/Rock n Roll encores. Some lowlife asshole in the audience of course threw a firecracker on stage as Jimmy was picking up as his Les Paul and it struck his hand. They went back to backstage to cure and tape up his blooded fingers and eventually Robert Plant obliterated and cussed the audience out for it saying things, "We'll never play here again!",etc
Wow and they never played there again....eerie. i bet these firecrackers were paid by someone in the business. When you look at who made bank by Zepp being away from the USA....the answer lies hidden in plain sight.
That was one of the one reasons why the band hated that tour other than the often violent presence of Bindon, Cole and an angry and miserable coked up bully of a manager Peter Grant trying to cope with his divorce and taking it all out on those who crossed his bad side. (Clears throat) Bill Graham, Jim Matzorkis and Jim Downey.
I remember when the 1980 tour had been announced. I was only 13 and had gotten permission from my parents to get tickets when they went on sale for my area. When I think back on that time, I must’ve been listening to Zeppelin since I was nine years old. I can’t imagine a nine-year-old listening to Zeppelin today. How lucky some of us were during the 70’s. And when the news came on about Bonham’s death, it was just devastating. Devastating. And then the 80s began to roll in with all the plastic bands and corporate formulas forced upon us through music videos. We still haven’t recovered.
Good music chooses us, and you were chosen early, can't blame you really. Bonham's death has many devastating layers really, the rock world CHANGED forever. The Game became A GAME.
Bring the person responsible back stage where Peter Grant, Richard Cole and John Bindon want to ‘speak’ to him. 😮
Imagine how that conversation went if it took place. This guy needed to have a word with Bonham's fist lol. As always thanks for watching man!
@@JCM-LedZeppelin-Storieshe can consider himself lucky if bonham was sober that night,or else could be much worse
Oh yes, he would have received a Train Kept a Punching for that stunt...poor Jimmy.
Wouldn't want to be in that guy's shoes if faced with grant and Bonham (bindon and Cole wasn't part of the entourage on the '80 tour) they would have pulverized you 😮
Cole was in prison in Italy and while Bindon was already let go by Grant right after the rest of the 77 tour was canceled. Benji Leveree who had been one of their top assistants by that point had replaced dirty Dick Cole right after the Knebworth 79 shows, as their new tour manager going forward and was the other one with Jonesy that founded Bonham's drunk and dead body in one of the bedrooms of Jimmy's Old mill house in September '80.
Led Zeppelin performed in Vienna, Austria at Wiener Stadthalleon on 26 June 1980, and in Zürich, Switzerland at Hallenstadion on 29 June 1980. I know this information because I am an avid fan and collector of the band’s bootleg recordings. I listen not only for enjoyment and pleasure - but also to carefully study and learn from each performance.
The Zürich show originally came out as a bootleg entitled *Swiss Made* and is my favourite overall from the *Led Zeppelin Over Europe Tour 1980.* I remember reading a very favourable review of it in the Led Zeppelin fanzine/newsletter *Proximity.* I subscribed and I had purchased several back issues in 1983. At the time in the early 1980s, the reviewer/journalist stated: ‘Lately, these Led Zeppelin bootleg recordings are coming out at an alarming rate.’ LOL!
The City of Vienna features beautiful architecture; especially in the interiors - so inspiring!
Also: I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE *Xanadu* - both *Xanadu - The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack* and the film. So much wonderfully fine music. I especially love my favourite scene when the lead male character, Sonny, manages to enter Kira’s celestial home by roller skating into the group of The 9 Sister Muses’ mural and finds himself together again with his dream girl (played by Olivia Newton-John).
I experienced two similar miracles: The first one happened at what could have been the lowest point in my life - the woman of my dreams (my wife, Cindy) literally came out of nowhere; out of thin air, chased after - and pursued me! The second happened this past week. My tabby cat of ten years went missing at the beginning of May. After two miserable months of mourning, I spotted another brown female tabby cat needing a home. She arrived out of nowhere in my front yard about a week ago and now we are inseparable. Miracles do happen! 🔮🐈💗
I so look forward to these! Thank you for this little piece of history with these amazing men. You are so appreciated!❤
My pleasure Karen! Thank you for tuning in, the more i dive deep into their shows, the more i discover New Things ;)
Another killer episode🎉
Thanks for watching Gabriel, any track you enjoyed the most here?
Thank you,Jose. Another great episode.
I just got through listening to every 1980 gig. I started a few weeks ago and listened to mostly Audience recordings when I could. I really enjoy 1979/1980 Zeppelin….studio and live. Something special about those last two years. I really appreciate the effort they put out considering everything they’d been through….and we’re going through….especially Robert. Plant is an absolute champ. Ya gotta love him. Cheers ✌️
Robert's effort absolutely Tim. I don't see these shows as failures like others in the Zepp community but REAL. There is much humanity in these. As a musical unit they were truly soldiers always battling the element of chance and elusive glory i guess?
If they'd started tour when they were supposed to they wouldn't be fighting July heat.@@JCM-LedZeppelin-Stories
the way you say "Rod Laver tennis shoes" makes my clothes come off
best music history channel on YT, down to the audience tape play-by-play
Hahah thanks i guess? Thanks for tuning in, more stuff coming up, but first i gotta make coffee!
@@JCM-LedZeppelin-Stories it's obvious from your commentary, particularly in the audience tape PxP, that you're an accomplished musician in your own right
but it's the whole true crime mysterious voiceover tone that elevates what you do to superstar status, it can't be taught... you were born with a voice that heightens the drama
Another exceptional episode JCM !
Thank you JR! Vienna was a place of magic, bet that firecracker guy was banned from the venue!
Jose! Once again, you hit it out of the ballpark. That's a shame what happened with the fool who threw the firecracker. Peace, from Florida, USA.
Thanks for watching man, always a pleasure. Cheers up there in Florida!
JCM congratulations on another amazing concert documentary. (not a big deal) but i wonder why Page become more of the active MC during live gigs in the latter years of Zeppelin. Also i never thought that i would ever be able to recognize when Bonham was on autopilot (besides the last song). Thanks to your analysis clips, i recognized the lack of enthusiasm. However Bonzo was still better than most drummers even when he is on autopilot
The real under the radar tour in Zep history. Exceptional song list. Bonham was in need of a reset in life I think, his heart wasn’t always in it, and we know what happened in September 😢. Some great moments in this show, love to hear a proper release from this tour! Never heard this show before, thanks for another fascinating look into the zeppelin world Jose! 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Hey Matt, i agree with you Bonham needed a reset. I think he did play his heart out here but depression is a slow shadow in somebody's life. His body took a beating on those 12 years of Zeppelin dominance, that and his personal lifestyle choices, he NEEDED help. I'm gonna look for more of these concerts, but the rare ones. I am currently going crazy with Six Nights at the Forum, the isolation factor is REAL hahaha
@@JCM-LedZeppelin-Stories the deep dives into the more obscure and the most venerated shows are consistently fascinating! You do great work sir. The rock and roll lifestyle isn’t for everyone, especially a family man like Bonzo
Thank you for covering the 1980 tour concerts. I feel like this tour is so overlooked, no one talks about this and 1979. I feel like maybe it has to do with two things. One, this era of Zep is maligned for Page's supposed addictions. Secondly, the earlier tours are more notorious for debauchery and whatever and people seem to relish that nonsense. Regarding these two aspects; I think while Page was not in his best shape, he could still rock, and there's plenty instances of where he did very well, such as Munich or Frankfurt. Also, regarding that second factor, I think the death of Plant's son broke Robert completely and he wanted to drop a lot of that dark cloud bullshit that had come to be associated with Zeppelin. I think this was also one of the reasons why Richard Cole was fired.
Ryan Tour 1980 is definitely overlooked and it has a lot of great moments. Your reasoning is sound and well put my friend. Had they carried into the 1980s i believe Robert would have convinced them to fire Peter Grant even, this made possible by talking to Atlantic and let Ahmet know, their manager couldn't do it no more....nor Cole. Phil Carson would have taken lead i think. Thanks for watching!
If that were me, I'd be livid. The show would have ended right there and then. Rock and roll was past its adolescent stage by this point. We'd already had Altamont, The Who Cincinnati show and the Montreux (Smoke On the Water) show. Its a testament to their professionalism that they went on. Having said that, after the incident they did seem to play wait a more focused intensity.
They did play with more focus yes, that definitely woke them up, but it was DANGEROUS indeed. That fan was stupid to say the least. Thanks for watching!
I’ve been watching all your videos. I love all the details with every one of them. Don’t stop keep them coming.Are you planning to do videos on the making of the First three Led Zeppelin albums?? I don’t see those on your channel! Take care!
I will cover these, most definitely! Thanks for your feedback man i appreciate it. More to come :)
I probably have it on a hard drive from my hardcore collecting days but I want to track down this show now, the thought of a mailed in Kashmir by Bonham sounds intriguing.
Another Great episode-Thanx Jose ! & Yeah I remember Distinctly how this Tour got basically NO COVERAGE in the Trades. Were they too busy with so-called New Wave ? Thought the Mighty Zep was Done/Irrelevant ? Waiting for their Fall US tour ? Who knows man………
Incredible this tour got no coverage....you know i have my theories as to why this happened and the social programming or engineering if you may, is hidden in plain sight among that NEW WAVE stuff. The US tour in the Fall could have changed the rock and roll industry in more ways than we can imagine.
If that kid became known, Peter and RIchard would have given him a "talking to".
They would make him sing Goodbye Vienna probably right?
Richard wasn't with them anymore. Grant fired him and sent him to Italy with hopes he would finally get sober and healthy(in other words of getting his shit together). Grant was having to pay all of his doctor visits because Cole was basically broke because of spending all of his money on hard drugs such as herion, acid and cocaine,etc for him and Jimmy, Bonzo and Grant to do. While Cole was Italy, there was a terriost bombing of some kind and the police over there wrongly thought Cole was responsible for it and arrested him. That's when he finally got clean and of course when the news came out reporting one of the members of the band had died, his initial reaction was, "Oh poor Pagey" referring to Jimmy Page who of course was in far worse shape than all of him and had his moments where he looked liked death in the late 70's and early 80s but was eventually told by the guards that it was Bonzo.
When Jimmy toured for the outrider album, a lot of the shows were delayed because he had to have some kind of surgery. When he played Miami it was in a much smaller venue than originally scheduled. Very early in the show somebody lit off the firecracker. The look of fear on Jimmy's face was like nothing I think I had ever seen. He stopped the show and said if it happened again that the show was over.
Why was it legal to bring firecrackers inside an auditorium in the first place? I never understood that, or why you would even want to bring them in.
Great question. My guess is that they didn't check for these and people could hide them in their clothing. Same goes for pot...it shouldn't be allowed at gigs for many reasons, not playing conservative, but it's dangerous for OTHER reasons lol. Guess firecrackers went undetected!
I grew up on the central Mid-Atlantic coast and went to many, many concerts (Spectrum, MSG, Roosevelt Stadium, Asbury Colosseum) during the mid to late 1970's. When you walked in the door, all you did was show your ticket and in you went. Firecrackers, not the little paper ones, but the heavy hitters (Cherry Bombs, M80's, etc) being thrown by some idiots was a normal occurrence. It was always my biggest fear to be hit by one. If you listen to the bootleg recordings from any of those shows during that era, you can hear one going off from time to time.
Of course it's not legal or permitted lol. There's just an endless supply of idiots in the world.
Why? Because people were able to smuggle entire reel to reel recording equipment and mic stands- prior to 911 if you had moxie and wits you could get away with all kinds of crazy stuff
Yeah... kids used to put them down toilets at schools, venues and explode the drains/ plumbing
“I get to meet Jimmy Page? I DID IT! IT WAS ME!!!” 😂
Hahahah yeah, the guy got his lifetime dream!
I remember seeing them on April 12th, 1977 at the old Met Center in Bloomington MN. Some people near the stage tossed fireworks and I think one or more landed on the stage around the time they were doing the quieter sit down portion of the set (Going to California, Black Country Woman, Bryn Yr Aur) and Plant said if it continued, they would cancel the rest of the show. Total length of the set that night was 3 hours, 20 minutes.
How rude to throw it on the acoustic set, that's terrorism if you ask me. Some fans were just plain stupid. Frank Zappa was famous for saying this upfront...even at HIS shows haha. Thanks for watching!
One of my best buds was front and center and paid just $10 bucks like the rest of us, I went to the St. Paul show the next night as a 16 year old, my first concert and it was out of body for me. Did not know what I was watching but it changed my life.
Odd I haven't come across anything about a similar incident at madison square garden nyc. I saw LZ every time they played there and once or twice iirc, when they played multiple nights. At one show, some assholes were walking around tossing firecrackers and some m80's. I watched as part of a pack of firecrackers went off on someones head in the orchestra section. At one point, an m80 exploded just a few feet from a crew member manning a spotlight above the stage. Towards the end of the show, an m80 went off on stage. I saw Jimmy shaking his hand having been hit most likely from a shard of the explosive. When the song ended they walked off then came back only once for an extremely short version of whole lotta love, then walked off for good. I can recall how pissed off Plant looked.
On another incident of perhaps much lesser note, iirc, at their second time at MSG, the front portion of the stage collapsed.
Espetacular!!!
Thanks for watching Vera! Stay tuned for The L.A FORUM 1977 Episode 2.
Eye thank You!!! Yes well, that was a show right on the edge of disaster from start to finish.......Thank you JCM for finding the hidden gems in the show!!
It almost derailed right Kev? They saved it, they always did, like true musicians who had no gimmicks but TALENT.
@@JCM-LedZeppelin-Stories whenever I'm listening to any of the 1980 shows it feels like Bonham was always rushing, like he couldn't wait for it to be over, Page's guitar sound through that period was great but by this time you could really hear how his personal issues were seriously affecting his playing, but in the haze, there were always little nuggets of gold, Jonesy and Plant were pretty consistent though...But collectively it was a lottery how the show would go...
I can remember getting excited in 1980 with the prospect of them making it back down to New Zealand, I'm sure it would have been amazing to see their show, actually being there in the moment is way different from listening to a sterile bootleg.....I'm sure it would have been an unforgettable experience...
"the funk of forty thousand years" 😆
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You know, I never realized it...but Trampled Underfoot has a Doors-type vibe to it.
I can see Jim Morrison playing this yes, great catch there. For a full circle check out Plant doing Break on Through with his solo band in 1988. Great stuff.
Nice work as always.
Tough period for Zep.
Can't remember which show, but there's a soundboard boot from this tour where you can hear Plant and Bonham bitching their way thru the whole show....they just wanted to go home. They probably should have broken up a few years prior. Saved everyone in the establishment a lot of heartache.
Hey Dave, how are you! Glad to see you here. I feel Zeppelin's first breakup happened in July 1977. This tour feels like a reunion, it must have been TOUGH to come back to these lifestyles you know?
@@JCM-LedZeppelin-Stories Always checking in on these....stoked to see where you take your video production.
Totally agree they had a soft breakup in 77. They probably shoulda made it official.
Too much money to be made though. Couldn't leave it well enough alone.
The 1979 Manfred Mann's Earth Band show is one of their best.
Wow
Thanks for watching!
Rock on Jose
Thanks for tuning in Jeremy! Vienna was a magical music place.
This 1980 sound is a pale comparison to 73 and 75 tour sounds, fast, energetic and just great. The band was so good they set a bar that was not matched on this night.
While they raised the bar quite high for themselves in 1977, i believe the magic of 1980 was how they never lost the knack on their rhythm work, their chemistry was hard to replicate by their competitors.
😮😮😮 wow he means business!
Indeed. It was a serious matter.
Wasn't there some old video somewhere of them recording "In Through The Outdoor" sessions ?
I have a 7 part series, The Making of In Through the Out Door if you wanna check it out. There is no actual studio footage of them recording BUT the story is quite interesting.
Ever notice how different Jim's voice is when introducing BD in 1980 compared to interviews a couple years later?
Yeah, the 80s were rough for him!
I would love to hear an unedited version of the 1973 Madison square garden shows, just for comparison. Jimmy’s playing & tone were the best I’ve heard him. Celebration Day solo was fantastic, not to mention No Quarter solo section. Jimmy has never played like that since. I often wonder if he played like that before🤷♂️. As a 16 year old I thought there’s nobody who can play like that. Now in my late 50’s I’m feeling that Jimmy Page’s playing went to pot once on heroine. His tone changed too. It’s hard to tell without unedited good quality sound, but that’s my feeling about it. Jimmy’s songwriting I’ve never questioned. John Bonham was great even drunk if still conscious. JPJ I’ve realized was the secret sauce that pulled these two incredible musicians power into a tight thing still unequaled bay any other band ever. Robert Plant wrecked his voice in 1972 & could no longer hit the high register power voice ie (Black Dog), but the fact that he was able to continue performing these songs not tuned down is a F’en miracle of professionalism & talent. He’s still singing & touring, different arrangements & style than Zeppelin but still amazing in his own way. In the 70’s & early 80’s, we only had Hit Parade, Circus & the Rolling Stone magazines to learn about the bands. The Album covers were huge too. Now you can go on UA-cam & see anyone anytime past or present. The mystery set around the artist seems to be lost by too much coverage & over exposure. Zeppelin was a time of great changes & artistic growth that is still unequaled today. All the songs from that era will be listened to for centuries if not longer. One thing is for sure, with modern digital recording out of your bedroom, it’s probably never going to get better. I really respect your ability to describe a scene & tell the story. Great job as always!!! Jimmy Page is still my all time favorite guitar player & it was him that made me lock my bedroom door & practice guitar thru high school.
All this you mention is the bread and butter here at the film studio, will get there :) Thanks for watching!
There are boots available free online for 7/27, 7/28 and 7/29 - the original CD and vinyl versions are very close to untouched. The boots are somewhat incomplete (I believe 7/27 is missing about half the show, 7/28 one or two songs and 7/29 is complete) but you can hear that Jimmy really did not have to do all that much. If you have the time google "the garden tapes" - dude goes into INCREDIBLE detail of all of the edits of both the movie and album TSRTS.
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Turns out that JCM answered all these questions on his MSG 2nd episode. Jimmy Page played Celebration day solo from 1 show that ended up on the soundtrack also No Quarter. He was just on that night & played brilliantly. The whole band was tight as hell that night.
The firecracker should have been sampled and sent into Jimmy’s Echoplex and to set the rhythm of “Whole Lotta Love”. Of course, it would be unavailable for the theremin section.
Ha! Maybe get a custom pedal with the name Viennacracker! Thanks for watching man!
This is one of the oddest Zep shows... I understand that idiot with the 🧨 but in the 70's or in the USA that would of never worked a promotor, saying bring him up on stage most likely a riot would of happened that's my opinion. Bonzo ,was not good in 1980 Alcohol and D-rugs yes were destroying him but damn. The Plant rumors swirling of canceling the upcoming American tour probably didn't help. Plant definitely made it hard with his demands for the tour. Whole Lotta Love was the highlight for me this night. As always Jose, 👏🏼✌🏼 your awesome 👍🏼
Keith i think Robert knew the 1980 return to America was SO DANGEROUS...from many angles that you see this, the market needed these guys out of the picture...sad.
Hi Jose! Excellent episode as always! I hope this irresponsible guy was arrested, it would be very interesting if he had to “talk” to Peter Grant’s gang (we know what this “conversation” would be like) 👊🤜💪 If I’m not mistaken, Jimmy was hit at another show, I don’t remember which one. Poor Jimmy, I guess he was the target of jealous losers, luckily he was never seriously hurt. Did the guy with the firecracker think that Zeppelin would write a song for him, like that other goofy who was immortalised by Deep Purple in the legendary Smoke On The Water? I was imagining the consequences: if the show had been cancelled, the crowd would have revolted, the guy probably have received a good beating…it would well deserved. Glad everything ended well, a good show, sad to think a few months the rock world would say goodbye to greatest drummer ever. Thanks Jose Sensei, see ya 👋
I think Jealousy and business envy is what brough the band down you know? The market's competitors were not happy with their success. Maybe yes, the guy thought Zepp would write a song about him hehe. Luckily the promoter came to the front of the stage and managed to calm the audience i guess? Thanks for watching Marcia!
Isn't it Page who starts addressing the crowd at 13:56?
Yes Chris this is why i changed the text color.
@@JCM-LedZeppelin-Stories Damn. I realized that AFTER I commented.😞
I wonder if they caught the guy. Anyone out there at the concert?
I think he may have been banned from that venue. Thanks for watching!
The firecracker was an American thing. I would not be surprised to know it was done by an American GI. I never understood it, I was going to shows in this era and a big boom never helped create a better show. As a guitar player myself a cherry bomb going off next to me while playing would seriously destroy my focus even if it didn't hurt me. Audience members got hurt sometimes too. It was all around no good for anybody...
This is a great theory indeed. Firecrackers i think is attention seeking behavior, i can only imagine what Page felt...people forget the sacrifice artists make to please their fans when back then, they could comfortably live off royalties and record sales. Thanks for watching this one JP!
It's not "He needs to get into the face of Jimmy Page." As in face to face. No. I believe he's saying "He threw it into the face of Jimmy Page."
There's a language barier between all three of us. Who knows.
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Interesting you mention that Bonzo sounds off during All Of My Love. Jimmy hated All Of My Love, I think the rest of the band did too. Page talks about it in an 80's interview, he says "it's not our best work". He talks about how the big chorus thing isn't really what Zeppelin was about. Brutal really, considering he knew it was about Karac. Jimmy really can be the Dark Lord when he wants to be. In my opinion, it's not a great song. It's definitely always stood out as a strange oddity among Zeppelin tunes.
Jimmy's opinion on All My Love is absurd. This is the man who wrote Tangerine and Thank You. His dismissal of ITTOD is a projection of a period in his life that i'm sure he would like to erase, he was in a bad spot but to say things like these, not cool. I love All my Love for many reasons, the groove is incredibly hard to play, it seems like a walk in the park but no...hell no. The arrangement, the textures, if only more rock bands handled ballads with such power and vigor you know? For me this will always be a reflection of how well they would have transitioned into the 80s. It's no wonder Robert's first two solo albums feel like an extension of Zepp's last stand. Plant went through his darkest hour and managed to create a tribute for his son, and quite an anthem in my opinion :)
@@JCM-LedZeppelin-Stories Fascinating, I feel the opposite. I don't think Jimmy would erase anything. Robert's first two albums don't feel like Zepps last stand at all to me.
I mean production wise. There's a lot of In Through the Out Door on Pictures at Eleven. Jimmy worried about All My Love, guess he never worried about the ba baba baba's on Thank You hehe.
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I really like All My Love, there’s a lot of pain and sadness in Plant’s voice. I especially like Bonzo’s drum work. Fun fact: when I lived in Brazil I met a couple who used this song as their “wedding song”. Only later did they learn that it was a love song to Plant’s late son, not to some woman…
Is it true Jimmy Page didn't hear about Eddie Van Halen until.the late 80's
I'll be hitting you up in a little while brother Jose
Would of been cool to hear Hotdog in Vienna
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Haha yes! But they sure got some Beef with that nasty firecracker! Thanks for watching Bryan
That's no firecracker. That's an M60 or M80. Big difference. You can tell by the sound. And firecrackers don't disorient you. I suggest you change the title.
Led Zeppelin was AWFUL on the 1977 tour but really reached a new low in 1980. Plants barking vocals, Page playing like a 14 year old at his first gig, JPJ on that horrible early synth, and Bonham just a fat drunk who wanted out. I am a huge Zeppelin fan but trying to paint the years between 1977 and 1980 as some sort of triumph? Please.
@johnnyd63 You should listen to the L.A. 6/21/77 show. Just one of many 77 shows where Page's playing was good. I'm not denying that there were some terrible shows in 77, just pointing out that not all of them were bad.
"Deutschland Uber Alles" unfortunately a poor choice by JP in Austria. Not only was it not their national anthem in 1980, but it was forced to be their national anthem during the Nazi time, so it wouldn't have represented a fond memory for anyone. But maybe it was intentional after the firecracker to the face. Takes us back to June 14 1977 at the Garden.
Oh man that's bad...wow. If someone threw a firecracker at me like that not sure what would i feel. The Garden series is on the list, hopefully i'll get more patreons because the coffee is running out haha. :)
Lol if that was intentional, what a great middle finger to the audience.
🌠JCM ..WHAT KINDA A$$%^&LE THROWS A FIRECRACKER @ ROCK GOD JIMMY PAGE ? THe same kinda person that brings a flare gun 2 a FZ Concerts & burns the place ..to the ground ...Why hasnt Jimmy Page contacted u yeat ...? duude yer video's r SOOO GOOD ! G..WHERES THE MEATLOAF ..? THO ...JOKING...
No Meat Loaf on this episode Greg, thankfully!
That reminds me...Frank Zappa had real shit luck in 1982 when he tourrd Europe. 4 shows ended early, 2x due to people throwing things, 1x due to a riot with the police shooting teargas among other stuff, 1x heavy rain).
And then there's all the times the show DID continue (seems like every other show that tour he has to stop and tell someone off). People threw used syringes, bottles, cigarettes,
In 1981 someone threw a SANDWICH on stage and Frank made him eat it then and there off the floor. Another time in 1981 someone threw a nickel at him during an encore and Frank left the stage. In 1980 someone broke off the arm of a chair and threw it on stage. Another time a whiskey bottle. In Hannover 1979 someone threw an egg and he demanded that person come on stage. 1977 he ended the show early in Cologne and told whoever sat next to the bottle thrower to punch them in the head. Might be worth covering the more infamous 82 instances.
Page had a rough night.
john bonham wasn't in good shape.he looked overweight by 1980.you can tell for how less body movement he made when playing.he kept his arms lower than ever,a total rarity. he had great control of his strength and stamina always,but on this tour the sound coming out of the drums is not as it used to be.phisically it changed a lot for him.if they could have continue,i bet there was some serious issues to deal and fix
He went for economy of movement yes Carlos. Also take into account his rockstar age. Unlike say Nick Mason with Floyd, Bonham took a beating from 1968 until 1977. He never had it easy lol. His job was the most wanted and feared at the same time, very few heroes could do it. From a physical therapy standpoint, even if he wasn't overweight, 12 years of playing Zeppelin's music takes a toll on you. No wonder drummers are so often the breaking points for bands who keep going without them. Even your local cover bands, you always see the phenomenon, older drummer...the set list becomes mid tempo-ish...or ballads. Thanks for watching!
Bonham was actually slimmed down by the time he passed away. There's a really sweet picture on the internet of young Jason Bonham sitting on his lap and Papa Bonham looked bony. It was just of course the crazy cokehead madman himself Peter Grant that was overweight at that time.
Jimmy’s hand got hit with a firecracker during a ‘77 show also
Yep the last night at Madison Square Garden on June 14th, 1977. The band was coming back on stage for the Whole lotta love/Rock n Roll encores. Some lowlife asshole in the audience of course threw a firecracker on stage as Jimmy was picking up as his Les Paul and it struck his hand. They went back to backstage to cure and tape up his blooded fingers and eventually Robert Plant obliterated and cussed the audience out for it saying things, "We'll never play here again!",etc
Wow and they never played there again....eerie. i bet these firecrackers were paid by someone in the business. When you look at who made bank by Zepp being away from the USA....the answer lies hidden in plain sight.
That was one of the one reasons why the band hated that tour other than the often violent presence of Bindon, Cole and an angry and miserable coked up bully of a manager Peter Grant trying to cope with his divorce and taking it all out on those who crossed his bad side. (Clears throat) Bill Graham, Jim Matzorkis and Jim Downey.
Jim Downey of SNL fame or no relation?
Not SNL Jim Downey.