‘Becoming Led Zeppelin’ Directors Share the Story of the Rock Doc’s Uphill Battle
Billboard sat down with co-directors MacMahon and McGourty to learn how they locked in interviews with Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones, why the film stops after Led Zeppelin II and how some of the band’s contemporaries reacted to screenings of the movie.
‘Becoming Led Zeppelin’ unveils origin story
New documentary "Becoming Led Zeppelin" traces the journey of the legendary band's four members from their humble musical roots to their groundbreaking success in America.
Led Zeppelin’s Albums Fly As The Band’s Documentary Hits Theaters
The release of the Becoming Led Zeppelin documentary pushes several albums by the band, including Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin II, and Four Symbols, up the UK charts.
‘Becoming Led Zeppelin’ Filmmakers Detail The “Detective Work” It Took To Make The First Ever Authorized Documentary Of Rock’s Mightiest Band
DECIDER spoke to director-writer Bernard MacMahon and producer-writer Allison McGourty about this project that was decades in the making.
'Becoming Led Zeppelin' review: Film brings riffage and volume but little in the way of fresh insight
In retrospect, it makes sense that backing Bassey would prove formative: So much of Led Zeppelin was about power, poise and drama (or melodrama, if you think of the first album's overwrought "Babe I'm Going to Leave You").
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Before He Formed Led Zeppelin, Jimmy Page Played a Prom in Ohio
A new documentary about the band’s early days offers a rich backdrop to an unlikely performance of a star on the rise.
See lost footage of Led Zeppelin playing Denmark in 1979
The film lay in a drawer for 45 years and shows Zeppelin performing on dates that were intended as warm-ups for the group's ...
Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page Almost Made a 1960s Pop Star ‘Fall Over’ With His Talent
Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page worked on a massively successful pop song from the 1960s that couldn't be more different from his typical sound.
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"Wrapping blues tradition in boundary-breaking innovation": Every Led Zeppelin album ranked from worst to best
From anonymous sixties session men to globe-straddling seventies rock goliaths - the albums that soundtracked Led Zeppelin's ...
Led Zeppelin’s ‘Physical Graffiti’ Turns 50
The band’s sixth studio album still stands as its most compelling record, a punchy fusion of hard rock and other, softer ...
‘Becoming Led Zeppelin’ Filmmakers On How Film Came To Be
No band has a greater mystique than Led Zeppelin. Now, a stunning new documentary goes inside that legend and traces their ...
‘Becoming Led Zeppelin’ Review: The Master Blasters
A new documentary looks back at the band’s early years, featuring interviews with Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul ...
“A lump in your throat”: The Led Zeppelin song almost too emotional for Robert Plant to perform
Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and John Bonham were all top of their respective classes, effectively making Led ...