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Spotlight: Robert Plant
Robert Anthony Plant (born August
20, 1948, West Bromwich, West Midlands,
England) is a British rock singer
famous for being the frontman for
the band Led Zeppelin. He is known
for his powerful style with a wide
vocal range.
Although born in West Bromwich,
Plant actually grew up in Halesowen,
formerly Worcestershire, now part
of Birmingham's commuter belt. He
left school in his early teens and
developed a strong passion for the
blues, abandoning a potentially
promising career as a chartered
accountant to become part of the
Midlands blues scene. He sang with
a variety of bands including The
Crawling Kings Snakes, which brought
him into contact with drummer John
Bonham. They both went on to play
in the Band of Joy, merging blues
with newer psychedelic trends. Though
his early career met with no commercial
success, word quickly spread about
the "young guy with the very
powerful voice".
In 1968 guitarist Jimmy Page was
in search of a lead singer for his
new band and met Plant after being
turned down by his first choice,
Terry Reid, who referred him to
a show at a nightclub where Plant
was singing in a band which included
drummer John Bonham. Plant and Page
immediately hit it off with a shared
musical passion and after Plant
joined the band, they began their
powerful writing collaboration with
reworkings of earlier blues songs.
Plant brought along John Bonham,
and along with Jimmy Page's friend
John Paul Jones, Led Zeppelin was
formed in 1968. Their self-titled
debut album hit the charts in 1969
and is widely credited as a catalyst
for the heavy metal genre.
A well-read individual, Plant was
influenced by J.R.R. Tolkien, which
inspired some lyrics on early Led
Zeppelin albums, most notably the
hit "Ramble On" from the
1969 album, Led Zeppelin II (He
named his dog "Strider"),
and philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche.
The passion for diverse musical
experiences drove Plant and Page
to explore the African continent,
specifically Morocco, which most
evidently culminated in the classic
track, "Kashmir." They
both revisited these influences
during their reunion album No Quarter:
Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded
in 1994. In his solo career, Plant
again tapped from these influences
many times, most notably in the
2002 album, Dreamland...
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