What a Creep

Led Zeppelin on the Road: Mud Sharks, Baby Groupies , and Backstage Beatdowns!


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What a Creep
Led Zeppelin on Tour
Season 28, Episode 7

Led Zeppelin is making headlines again with releasing their first official documentary in decades, titled "Becoming Led Zeppelin." The film primarily focuses on the band's music and the early stages of their career as iconic touring legends. One of us is a huge fan (the one leading this episode) and appreciates the band’s remarkable talent while also acknowledging their complicated history, which includes some unsettling stories.

Their life on the road has become part of the groupie lore passed down for decades, and there are also stories involving witchcraft and devil worship connected to Jimmy Page. The band officially broke up in 1980 following the death of drummer John Bonham. They have regrouped in various forms over the years, but the late '60s and '70s Led Zeppelin—with their numerous tales of debauchery—form the basis for most of this episode. Let's Ramble On, y'all!

Trigger warnings: SA, sexual harassment, grooming, and host Margo breaking out in song from time to time. 
Sources for this episode:

  • Daily Fail 
  • Led Zeppelin: The Biography by Bob Spitz
  • Vanity Fair 
  • Story of the Week from “Library of America”
  • Ellen Sander: Shake it Up (chapter on Led Zeppelin)
  • Rolling Stone
  • The Independent
  • Hammer of the Gods by Stephen Davis
  • I’m With the Band by Pamela Des Barres
  • Led Zeppelin Wikipedia 
  • The Independent UK
  • Far Out magazine
  • Far Out Magazine 2
  • Led Zeppelin.com Forum
  • Metro UK (Shark incident)

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