ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

My gratitude to Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, and John Paul Jones for the interviews they have given me during the last decade.

My deepest thanks to the following musicians, engineers, roadies, groupies, security men, writers, relatives, employees, friends, enemies, partners-in-crime, and indirect acquaintances of Page, Plant, Jones, John Bonham, and Peter Grant, who spoke of their experiences with Led Zeppelin, the Yardbirds, and other bands:

Sam Aizer, Keith Altham, Mike Appleton, Jane Ayer, June Harris Barsalona, David Bates, Maggie Bell, Ed Bicknell, Rodney Bingenheimer, Robbie Blunt, Bill Bonham, Caroline Boucher, Loraine Alterman Boyle, Bebe Buell, Alan Callan, Jack Calmes, Julie Carlo, Phil Carlo, Gary Carnes, Roy Carr, Phil Carson, Clem Cattini, Chris Charlesworth, Peter Clifton, Marilyn Cole, Richard Cole, Gyl Corrigan-Devlin, John Crutchley, David Dalton, Michael Des Barres, Pamela Des Barres, Marie Dixon, Chris Dreja, Mark Ellen, Bob Emmer, BP Fallon, Mick Farren, Kim Fowley, Mitchell Fox, Paul Francis, Tony Franklin, Tom Fry, Kevyn Gammond, Vanessa Gilbert, Danny Goldberg, Gloria Grant, Helen Grant, Jerry Greenberg, Geoff Grimes, Ross Halfin, Connie Hamzy, Roy Harper, Bill Harry, Andrew Hewkin, Dave Hill, Abe Hoch, Glenn Hughes, Elizabeth Iannaci, Tony Iommi, Anni Ivil, Andy Johns, Glyn Johns, Shelley Kaye, Nick Kent, Desiree Kirke, Simon Kirke, Eddie Kramer, Harvey Kubernik, Benji LeFevre, Dave Lewis, Harvey Lisberg, Paul Lockey, Mark London, UNITY MacLEAN, Mikeal Maglieri, Tony Mandich, Terry Manning, Danny Markus, Lori Mattix, Mario Medious, Martin Meissonnier, John Mendelssohn, Laurence Myers, the late Howard Mylett, Ron Nevison, Dave Northover, Jeff Ocheltree, John Ogden, Dave Pegg, Mac Poole, Aubrey Powell, Guy Pratt, Perry Press, Barry Jay Reiss, Jake Riviera, the late Willie Robertson, Steven Rosen, Cynthia Sach, Janine Safer Whitney, Edward St. Aubyn, Ellen Sander, Rat Scabies, Dennis Sheehan, Jim Simpson, Digby Smith, Henry Smith, Steve Smith, Mat Snow, Denny Somach, Martin Stone, Big Jim Sullivan, Brad Tolinski, Jaan Uhelszki, Jon Wealleans, Chris Welch, Morgana Welch, Jack White, Richard Williams, Roy Williams, Sally Williams, and Joe “Jammer” Wright. I also drew on past interviews with Nicky Chinn, Iggy Pop, and the late Jerry Wexler.

I should also like to thank the following writers for generously granting permission to include quotes from their interviews and other published works:

In particular, Stuart Grundy, Dave Lewis, Steven Rosen, Mat Snow, John Tobler, and Chris Welch, but also Loraine Alterman Boyle, Keith Altham, Johnny Black, David Cavanagh, Chris Charlesworth, Robert Christgau, Alan Clayson, the Ken Colyer Foundation, Cameron Crowe, Stephen Dalton, Anthony DeCurtis, Adrian Deevoy, Alan DiPerna, Harry Doherty, Chuck Eddy, Marianne Faithfull, Pete Frame, Danny Goldberg, Patrick Goldstein, Fred Goodman, Paul Gorman, Jim Green, Robert Greenfield, Nick Hasted, Paul Henderson, Paolo Hewitt, Tom Hibbert, Mick Houghton, Rob Hughes, Jonh Ingham, James Jackson, Allan Jones, Nick Kent, Harvey Kubernik, Larry LeBlanc, Gavin Martin, John McDermott, Rick McGrath, Charles Shaar Murray, Andrew Loog Oldham, Paul Rambali, Randy Patterson, John Pidgeon, Eric Pooley, David Ritz, Chris Salewicz, Paul Sexton, Adrian Thrills, Dave Schulps, Bud Scoppa, Sylvie Simmons, Phil Sutcliffe, Dave Thompson, Steve Turner, Kieron Tyler, Jaan Uhelszki, Ed Vulliamy, Mick Wall, Michael Watts, Steven P. Wheeler, David Williams, Richard Williams, Nigel Williamson, and Mark Williams. Thanks in addition to Mark Ellen, Jim Henke, and Augusta Palmer for granting permission on behalf of other writers.

I am especially indebted to Dave Lewis, Richard Cole, Phil Carlo, and the late Howard Mylett for their considerable kindness and help with this book.

Among those I interviewed, the following people provided me with additional assistance along the way:

Jane Ayer, Loraine Alterman Boyle, Ross Halfin, Dave Lewis, UNITY MacLEAN, Don Snowden, Martin Stone, Chris Welch, and Roy Williams.

My thanks to the following people for granting permission to use photographs and other items from their personal collections:

Loraine Alterman Boyle, Phil Carlo, Gary Carnes, Peter Clifton, Richard Cole, John Crutchley, Chris Huston, Anni Ivil, Jas Kaur, Eddie Kramer, Tom Locke, Dave Pegg, and David Williams. Thanks to Jeff Schwartz for sourcing the Chuck Boyd images.

The following people also helped greatly in my research, and I thank them, too:

David Anderle, Ralph Baker, Lynden Barber, David Bickers, Hugo Brackenbury, Tracy Carns, Barbara Charone, Philip Dodd, Elio España, Andy Farquarson, Jan Favié, Jeff Gold, Carl Gottlieb, Nigel Grainge, George Groom-White, Nick de Grunwald, Noddy Holder, Jas Kaur, Tony Keys, Debbie Kruger, John Lewis, Dora Loewenstein, Gary Lucas, Rob Mady, Pete Makowski, Bob Mehr, Regine Moylett, Peter Noble, Joseph Pereira, Joel Peresman, Nicola Powell, Mark Pringle, Paul Rambali, Ira Robbins, Gilly Roswell, Len Sachs, Kevin Saunders, Jon Savage, Phil Sutcliffe, Rupert Wace, Alan Warner, Brian Wells, Peter Wilson, and Paul Yamada.

My thanks for sterling transcription services: Kat Johnson, Fred Hoskyns, Jake Hoskyns, and George Slater.

My deep gratitude to Lee Brackstone, Angus Cargill, and Dave Watkins at Faber for their unwavering belief in this book, and to Tom Miller, Jorge Amaral, John Simko, and Richard DeLorenzo at John Wiley & Sons. Thank you to my agents Jonny Geller and Sarah Lazin and others at Curtis Brown and Sarah Lazin Books who've gone out of their way to help.

Finally, for her love and unflagging support throughout: my adorable and gorgeous wife, Natalie.