With album II Led Zeppelin established their territory. The foundations were laid by Bonham's Viking drumming and Jones' fluid & purposeful bass, which left room for Page's guitar pyrotechnics and Plant's anguished vocals. Cream had paved the way for guitar heroics and Hendrix had proved what could be accomplished, but 'Zep II' took heavy rock to infinity.
They were white boys who sang the blues with all the cocky authority of veterans, despite the rumours of venerable bluesmen who were in no position to sue the band for plagiarism. There were token nods to Tolkien and old-time rock n roll, but the message of 'Led Zeppelin II' was plain, to riff, riff and riff again.
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