Here's something I hate about music: Led Zeppelin. This is not me being a contrarian hipster dick because I really want to like Led Zeppelin but I can only like half of them. I'd like all the way if they had a different singer and a drummer who didn't just pound the skins with tree branches. It would also have helped if they would have laid off on the mysticism once they hit it big...we get it guys, you've read Tolkien. That said, the rest of the band was great; there's no arguing against Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones being awesome.
Wouldn't it be great if there was a band that had the fat bluesy riffs, bass lines you could hang your wash on but got a better drummer and a singer who didn't suck?
Good news everyone, that the band exists and they are called The Chrome Cranks. Sadly they are no longer active but if you want to rock without having to get a degree in mythology or feeling guilty for robbing Willie Dixon the Chrome Cranks are the band for you. Click on the link below to check it out.
Chrome Cranks - Shine It On
4 comments:
I enjoy a few Zeppelin songs but overall I can't stand them. I have an ongoing fight with my friend Amy who contends that they are the greatest band of all time. (I argue--with her--that it's Queen, but I don't really think there is a greatest band of all time; those just seem like a good match-up for competition.
I agree that the debate over "Best Ever" is pointless.
I spent a good part of my youth trying/pretending to like Led Zeppelin—people are mystified if you don't. But after years of work, I like the song Black Dog, and maybe their third album, kinda. But I think we call all admit that, really, Zep were a pile of crap.
I never heard these Chrome Crank folks, but you might also like the band Entrance. They have this album "Prayer of Death" which is particularly good. It's sorta Zeppelinish, i.e., it's bluesy and anthemic and sort of pretentious, but in a good way.
Thanks Rick, I'll check Entrance out.
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