Founding Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant created a mix with Zeppelin songs for his football team
Plant has teamed up with producer Gavin Monaghan to create a track mashing up the Led Zeppelin classics “Whole Lotta Love” and “Kashmir” that will be played at the Wolverhampton Wolves soccer club’s home games as the teams walk onto the field before kickoff at Molineux Stadium.
Plant is a lifelong fan of Wolverhampton, who are officially called the Wanderers and also are known as the Old Gold. In addition, he’s been a vice president of the club since 2009.
The new “Whole Lotta Love”/“Kashmir” mix got its public premiere this Saturday, May 11, when Wolverhampton takes on Crystal Palace at Molineux Stadium. Plant was in attendance for the track’s debut.
Before Plant helped create the new mashup, Wolverhampton already had been playing “Kashmir” and other Led Zeppelin songs at matches for years.
Wolves Executive Thanks Plant for Creating the Track
“Having Robert as a member of the old gold pack is incredibly special,” said Wolves marketing executive Russell Jones in a statement. “[A]nd having now used ‘Kashmir’ for more than a year at Molineux, Robert was keen to help us move the sound on by mixing two of Led Zeppelin’s most iconic tracks.”
Jones added, “We’d like to thank both Robert and Gavin for their support and I hope that the new mix will get the stadium rocking ahead of the last game of the season.”
Singer and writer Antonella Gambotto-Burke told LedZepNews that Plant recently spent a day at the Magic Garden Recording Studio in Wolverhampton, U.K., and during that time he worked on a new rendition of a Led Zeppelin song.
Robert Plant is working on "reimagined versions of classic Led Zeppelin songs" https://t.co/27nrMDeU7u
— Led Zeppelin News (@ledzepnews) April 25, 2024
The session took place with producer Gavin Monaghan, a multi-platinum two-times BMA Producer of the Year whose music has been featured in productions including “Austin Powers”, “Gangs of London” and “Peaky Blinders”.
Deleted social media posts about the session mentioned Wolves Records, a recording label launched in 2021 by Wolverhampton Wanderers, the club where Plant has been a vice president since 2009.
Based on what has been mentioned publicly about this project, LedZepNews guessed Plant may have re-recorded a Led Zeppelin song to include on an album due to be released by Wolves Records to help promote the emerging artists signed to the label. A source with knowledge of the project says this isn’t accurate, however, and denied the project is connected to Wolves Records.
“In keeping with the rollercoaster that is 2024: hanging out for the day with Robert Plant in the studio,” Gambotto-Burke wrote, according to LedZepNews. “Robert specifically asked to work with Magic Garden Recording Studio, making the brilliant Gavin one of a handful of living producers who has had the honour of working on a Led Zeppelin track. He is, hands down, the most grounded rock star I’ve ever met.”
LedZepNews also posted a photo of Plant with Monaghan and Gambotto-Burke that was taken from her Facebook page. The pic apparently is no longer on Gambotto-Burke’s Facebook page.
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