Shelley picked a Robert Plant article from a March 1983 Hit Parader without telling Robert John Hadfield what it was about. As she reads, they follow Plant from his early Band of Joy days and the formation of Led Zeppelin through the music, concerts, and larger than life image that made him a rock icon.

The conversation takes an unexpected turn when Plant talks about marriage and stability. Shelley and Robert John end up asking a bigger question: how much of a rock star’s image reflects the person behind it?
Did you see Led Zeppelin live, or do you remember reading this article when it came out? Share your memories in the comments.

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Chapters
00:00 Shelley’s surprise article for Robert John
00:47 How Led Zeppelin got its name
03:48 Robert Plant’s long hair and early ambitions
06:04 Fired from Band of Joy?
07:31 Convincing John Bonham to join
09:28 Led Zeppelin II and “Whole Lotta Love”
11:17 How the first album came together
14:04 The story behind “Ten Years Gone”
14:39 Presence and the mysterious Object
17:23 Recording at ABBA’s Polar Studios
18:31 What made Led Zeppelin concerts different
21:22 The band’s reputation and the press
22:17 Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones in 1972
27:07 Plant on marriage and stability
29:18 John Bonham, family, and life on the road
30:44 Other rock stars and their relationships
34:08 Plant on being called a sex symbol
35:14 The person behind the rock star image
The transcript continues after the main sign-off with a Thailand invitation and apparent editing outtakes, so the chapters focus on the main conversation.