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Summary: a big waste of paper
Review: Most readers, including myself, were disappointed with this book. I expected to read about Led Zeppelin's musical creations, not their several encounters with groupies. Although the groupies played a big part in the band's writing and behavior, we did not need to have every detail about what they did. Richard Cole talked more about groupies and his own life than any of the band members. I was hoping to learn what Led Zeppelin was like in the studio, on stage, etc., but this book was about trashing of hotel rooms, relations with women, and other useless information that had nothing to do with the great music they created. I was going to give this book to my thirteen year old son for his birthday, but after reading it, I realized it is NOT for young teens.
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Summary: Led Zeppelin, sex, drugs, fun...
Review: Personally i think this is a very interesting book. Some say that this book is just a bunch of lies. But if it were don't you think that page or plant would stop it? Eventhough i think cole is now just broke and looking for money he wouldnt make a book of lies. This book is about the fun the band had and how cole was included in all of this. I think the only reason cole became the manager was becuase he thought they had potential and he could score some free smack. Besides from all of that it is a good book if you are a true Zeppelin fan. and if anyone who thinks Plant(although he was great) should get more credit for their success you are so wrong, Page=Zeppelin
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Summary: Led Zeppelin
Review: Personally i think this was a very intrseting book. It's been said many times that most of it was lies. Now i'm not saying that, that statement is wrong but i dont think all of the book is fiction. Maybe 40% of it is. I think Cole only did it for money because he was broke. Many people would probably agree with me that the only reasons cole was the tour manager was because he thought they had potential to make him money and so he could score some free smack. It's one of the better books bout the band, but, Page should get an authour to write his story of led zeppelin. Not that page needs or wants anymore money but the truth should be known. P.S If anyone thinks that Plant (Eventhough he was great) was not the reason Zep was good... Page = Zeppelin. This Book by Richard Cole should be read though.
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Summary: LIBEL! This book is so lawsuit worthy!
Review: Richard Cole is a vile man. This "book" is one lie on top of another. Like others have said, Jimmy Page has dismissed this book and denounced Cole for the lying, no-good snake he is. After Bonham died, Cole lost everything he had and spent several years in an Italian prison. He is bitter and money-hungry--so don't waste your money on this trash!
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Summary: LIBEL! This book is so lawsuit worthy!
Review: Richard Cole is a vile man. This "book" is one lie on top of another. Like others have said, Jimmy Page has dismissed this book and denounced Cole for the lying, no-good snake he is. After Bonham died, Cole lost everything he had and spent several years in an Italian prison. He is bitter and money-hungry--so don't waste your money on this trash!
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Summary: Stairway to Heaven...but only for Bonzo
Review: Richard Cole was Led Zeppelin's tour manager during most of their tours. He has an inside view of band's life on the road and knows probably everything that happened during that time. Led Zeppelin lived really fast and it is almost a miracle that only Bonham died. I don't know if stories in this book are exaggerated but it is easy to believe that stories of quantities of alcohol and drugs used by band are true.The problem with this book is that it is written by man who was with Led Zeppelin mostly during tours. There is not much about life between touring, during recording sessions etc. Also towards the end of the book the story concentrates more to author and his personal problems than to what happened in band. Thing that really bothered me in this book were women and how they were treated. It is easy to understand that there were lots of girls who were willing to do anything for the band and the members of the circus that toured with them, but I don't find it very amusing to read how perverse people Richard and Co really were and what they did to underage girls. Also including frequent stories throughout the book about destroying hotel rooms have no point. Maybe meaning of those stories is to show how rowdy band Led Zeppelin really was. Even though I have criticized some parts of this book I liked it more than I hated it. The text is easy to read and other reviewers were right about it being hard to put down once you've begun to read. Led Zeppelin and Richard Cole were not nice people to have around if you lived in the same hotel as they did but LZ was and is still one of the greatest rock groups ever (even with their faults and behaviour). One must remember that they hardly ever let their fans down during concerts. A thing that can't be said about bands today.
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Summary: Insider's look at Zeppelin
Review: Richard Cole was there. For pretty well all of it. Consequently, he should at least know the truth of what he saw or participated in. Dark, sometimes funny, sometimes tragic, it is clear that Cole loved the guys very much and bears some animosity to what has happened since those days. Loosely written, some facts are dubious, does not agree in some areas with other written histories, or with interviews offered by Page, Plant or Jones
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Summary: Awful!!!
Review: Richard Cole's "account" of what really happened behind the scenes in Led Zeppelin is, largely, based on the group's chemical intake and consequent tales, NOT the music. I felt annoyed reading this book, due to the importance which Cole pins on himself - truth is, he was nothing more than a road manager who did an incredibly poor job. The musical heritage Led Zep created, and left behind for generations to come, is as powerful this day as when it was released. Cole should have focused in more depth on the MUSIC, not the drugs. The book is badly-written, and seems to be rather backstabbing to the members of the band - revealing tales of their drug and sexual excesses. Typical american "stab your neighbour in the back to make a quick buck" attitudes abound in this publication. Steer clear if you hold any respect for Robert, Jimmy, John Paul and Bonzo. Let the music speak for the band, not this terrible publication.
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Summary: Pretty good, but not much new
Review: Several of the stories I'd heard before, but the book was still pretty good. Cole even managed to surprise me with a few tales I'd never heard before. Such as Bonzo driving a VW bug into a lake to see if it would float! Cole is pretty honest about his own shortcomings and drug use. I'm surprised he lasted as Zep's tour manager as long as he did! There are a number of stories about the band treating people like trash, but I never suspected them of being boy scouts. I got the impression Cole was more of a hellraiser than any Led Zep band member. With the exception of Bonzo perhaps. "Hammer of the Gods" was a more entertaining book. I had trouble getting through this book, setting it down for weeks at times.
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Summary: Sex,Drugs & R'n'R !!!!Led Zeppelin was a moving orgy endless
Review: Sex,Drugs & R'n'R !!!!
Led Zeppelin was a moving orgy!! This book is awful. Richard tells everything what happened in Led Zeppelin career,tour,orgies,girls,drugs,addiction Led members to heroin and himself,pain,car crash,parties,Rolls Royce,limos everywhere,sex with groupies in his airflight,......
I promise you can read this book in 2 days. You start and nothing will going stop to you for it.
What does band wake up in New York ,takes a flight to "Rainbow Bar and Grill" (in Los Angeles) and get parties,sex and drugs and finally get back to New York at late night to play a gig next day?
LED ZEPPELIN !!!!!!!!!
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