Jimmy Page\u2019s idea for\u00a0Led Zeppelin\u00a0was always pretty clear in his mind, it would be made up of what he called \u201clight and shade\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What he meant by those contrasting descriptors was that he wanted the music he created to be made up of a range of different genres which previously hadn\u2019t been put together. This meant blending folk with acoustic music, blues, rock \u2018n\u2019 roll, and hard rock, throwing them under the same umbrella and finding a way to\u00a0make them all work together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI wanted Zeppelin to be a marriage of blues, hard rock and acoustic music topped with heavy choruses \u2013 a combination that had never been done before,\u201d said Page, \u201cLots of light and shade in the music.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The idea was pretty solid, but the issue was finding the right people to make it with him. The first member to join was John Paul Jones, a fellow big-city musician. He looked in the same area for the remaining members, but in order to find a singer and a drummer, Page had to travel further afield. The majority of singers he knew in London were already working on something that they were committed to, so a friend\u2019s recommendation sent him to Birmingham, where he met Robert Plant and John Paul Jones. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Page had his reservations when he first met Robert Plant, as he wasn\u2019t sure how well he would be able to carry himself as a frontman; however, his voice was undeniable, so Plant got the job, and the rest is history. \u201cIt was obvious he could sing and had a lot of enthusiasm,\u201d he said, \u201cBut I wasn\u2019t sure about his potential as a frontman.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The band members\u2019 differing backgrounds were never a predominant problem within Led Zeppelin, but there were moments when altered upbringings meant that they had different approaches to sensitive topics. This is clearest on the song \u2018Royal Orleans\u2019, which was a track written by Robert Plant about drag queens they met in\u00a0the city of New Orleans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n