Originally published in Classic Rock
by Geoff Barton

The Secret Life of Plant

It’s 1982, and Robert Plant is worried. He’s just released his first solo album, “Pictures at Eleven”, and he’s expecting a critical slating. Led-free reflections: Geoff Barton ||Continue reading||

Originally published in Classic Rock
by Sian Llewellyn

Now and Zen

Classic Rock Presents the evidence to show that there’s much more to Robert Plant than just once being the singer in Led Zep. Shaken and stirred: Sian Llewellyn ||Continue reading||

Originally published in Tracks Magazine (premier issue)
by Barney Hoskyns, Photos by Sandrine Dulermo and Michael Labica

When you’re told that Robert Plant will meet you on the platform of Machynlleth station, in Snowdonia, a rugged region in northwestern Wales, you figure, “Sure, some hapless lackey will be dispatched from Percy’s mountaintop Valhalla to bundle me into the back of a muddy Range Rover.” But it says a lot about the 55-year-old former Led Zeppelin frontman—he of the lion’s-mane locks and the maiden-come-hither open shirt—that he is leaning, one leg cocked, against the wall of Machynlleth’s ticket office as the 10:48 from Birmingham pulls in. ||Continue reading||