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We explore the fascinating connection between Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven' and a 15th-century Welsh prince.
Led Zeppelin wrote dozens of memorable songs during their career. Talk to a hundred fans, and you might hear a dozen or more answers for favorite song. “Stairway to Heaven” would likely be one of them ...
Classic rock was sometimes seen as the devil’s music but it knew how to get biblical. For example, Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” resembles a famous Bible story. Interestingly, “Stairway to ...
The music business will experience collective déjà vu next week when Led Zeppelin goes back to court facing claims that it ripped off its signature “Stairway to Heaven” from Spirit’s “Taurus.” But ...
Cameron Crowe’s 2000 movie Almost Famous did almost everything he wanted it to. Regardless of the Oscar and all the other awards it won, it illustrated that love affair with rock music that you can’t ...
Willie Nelson has famously said a country song is “three chords and the truth.” It might not be so simple anymore. A flood of lawsuits is threatening to upend that concept, making trivial similarities ...
Did Led Zeppelin steal the riff from "Stairway to Heaven" from Spirit's "Taurus"? Why does it matter more than ever? In the initial case that began in 2014, Michael Skidmore — a trustee representing ...
Last week the en banc 9th Circuit heard argument in the case of Skidmore v. Led Zeppelin, involving the claim that the famous opening guitar riff in Led Zeppelin's classic "Stairway to Heaven" — No.
Led Zeppelin first won the copyright lawsuit claiming that they had plagiarized the music for the hit track in June 2016 PEOPLE, Music Writer and Reporter Led Zeppelin is in the clear once again. On ...
The great Mike Salardino and I have much in common. In addition to an awesome name (my middle name is Michael) and Italian heritage, Mike and I are Catholic school alumni with longtime service as ...