Robert Plant expressed continued bemusement over Walking Into Clarksdale, his 1998 studio reunion project with Jimmy Page.
The former Led Zeppelin colleagues had reunited four years earlier for an MTV Unplugged show known as UnLedded, then released live album No Quarter.
Robert Plant has shared a brutally honest opinion of the rock and roll lifestyle he lived throughout the 1970s with Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and John Bonham, admitting he found it "very difficult".
Led Zeppelin have released one more chapter video history series. “The time was right for us to tell our Zeppelin story for the first time in our own words..."
During their time at the top, the band developed a reputation for trashing hotel suites with drummer John Bonham allegedly riding a motorbike through a rented floor of the Riot House. Some of these tales of debauchery may have been exaggerated, but Robert Plant admits it could actually be a frustrating obstacle.
“The whole deal was sometimes very tough to be a part of, says Plant, one think the intensity of what we were experiencing and the lack of structure was very difficult. We were flexing one way or the other and I found a lot of it quite tough.”
“I can’t get my head around it now, I’m so far away from [it]. You can read bits and pieces media-wise but it was so far removed from what it was. The best thing to do was imagine that a lot of it was an incredible exaggeration and most importantly we were able to go home and get new perspective and grow up.”
It was the year that also saw Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and John Bonham tour across the UK and Europe after their exploits in the US the previous year.
The clip also touches on Led Zep’s Grammy nomination for Best New Artist – and the reason why they were forced to change their name to 'The Nobs' for a show in Copenhagen.
Zeppelin are also producing a new anniversary film, which traces their formative years, features new interviews with Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones.
The still-untitled film, directed by Bernard MacMahon “traces the journeys of the four members through the music scene of the Sixties,
The documentary features brand new interviews with Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones, as well as rare archival interviews with the late John Bonham. There's also never-before-seen archive film and photographs, state-of-the-art audio transfers of the band’s music, as well as some of the music that helped to shape Zeppelin's sound.
The time was right for us to tell our own story for the first time in our own words, and I think that this film will really bring this story to life,” Jones contended.
“Seeing Will Shade, and so many other important early American musicians, brought to life on the big screen in American Epic inspired me to contribute to a very interesting and exciting story,” said Plant.Page echoed those thoughts, adding: “When I saw everything Bernard had done both visually and sonically on the remarkable achievement that is American Epic, I knew he would be qualified to tell Led Zeppelin story.”
Led Zeppelin formed in 1968 and went on to become one of the most influential, innovative, and successful groups in modern music, having sold more than 300 million albums worldwide. The band rose from the ashes of The Yardbirds,
when Jimmy Page brought in John Bonham, John Paul Jones, and Robert Plant to tour as The New Yardbirds. In 1969, Led Zeppelin released its self-titled debut which was produced by Page, as were all the subsequent albums. It marked the beginning of a 12-year reign, during which the group was widely considered to be the biggest and most innovative rock band in the world.
