Newbie

My background as a lover of music comes with a lot of excess baggage. My philosophy is simple and is what I've stuck to for many years: if it sounds good and I like it, it doesn't matter who the artist is. I only ever draw the line at country and western and improvised jazz.

My top five artists/bands before I got into Led Zeppelin were, in reverse order:

The White Stripes // Genesis // Pink Floyd // David Bowie // Queen

Now it's pretty much the same but the top band has been usurped by the gods of rock. The list in its current form:

Genesis // Queen // David Bowie // Pink Floyd // Led Zeppelin

To me, Led Zeppelin musically represents everything I love about every other band in my list. They incorporate every part of rock, blues and prog rock that I crave, all wrapped up into a sublime and unrivalled four-piece.

I still love Queen, still believe Freddie Mercury's voice is possibly the best ever in rock and pop, but for so long it felt as though nothing could possibly better than them. I've been proven wrong with Led Zeppelin.

It's still all new to me, I'll admit, but I can't honestly say I've taken to or enjoyed such a large proportion of a back catalogue of a band so quickly.

I can't get enough of them at the moment!

Mr Woo