Oliver
- Vocal/Harmonica
Michael - Guitar
Shaun - Bass/Mandolin/Keys
Influences
errrr..... LED ZEPPELIN?
Sounds Like
Our profile was deleted 5 times because of various reasons each time, including the sound files we had on here, the images, possibly the typeface of our logo and who knows what other reasons! The first time we had an email back from myspace and they actually said as they thought we were playing real Led Zeppelin tracks! So there we go, can't say more than that really! LOL. If you want to hear how much we sound like Led Zeppelin then please visit our website
As for what we sound like, I'll leave that to the people who have seen us:
“I did wonder if LZ might be one of those bands you can't
cover, but you proved me totally wrong” (Ann, Ridge Farm Studio)
“You guys were totally awesome last night. Thank you” (Annie
The Hub, Plymouth)
“Thanks for the gig! It was blinder! I've seen quite
a few led Zep tributes and I have to say you guys are up there at the top of
the list!!” (Gary -south coast promoter)
“Absolutely
storming. 3 and a half hours of it. Played with such skill and passion. Led
Zeppelin ought to be proud of you”
“Amazing
night at the Hub, thanx guys! best tribute I've ever seen”
“Iif
the real Led Zeppelin was like 65% as good as you guys, they must have been
amazing”
“Stupidly
fantasticle! The solo's were amazing! The guitarist was the best I've ever
seen live”
“Best
tribute band iv ever seen, you guys rocked. Gotta be the closest thing to
the real thing”
“That
was definitely the closest thing I'm ever going to see to the real thing,
you all sounded just like Zep”
“Great
gig, 3 hours long and almost even better than the real thing!”
“Great gig at Stripes last Friday. This is a difficult
venue, some bands struggle to find their feet and a sound. You managed
both admirably, I was really impressed with the performance”
“I'm
so impressed with what i've experienced tonight that I would have happily
paid 3x my entrance fee and still feel like I got a bargain! YOU LOT ARE
FANTASTIC,THE LEVEL OF MUSICIANSHIP IS OUTSTANDING!! You are collectively
gifted and it was a pleasure to listen”
“Just
Fantastic. Best tribute band I've seen in 46 Years”
“Wow!
Finally after 2 years living in UK i could find a Proper led zeppelin tribute
band”
“Close your eyes and it could be Madison Square Garden,
I cant believe how authentic you are, even down to the bow section of D&C(NOT
a backing track!). Way beyond awesome, way beyond the original, and definitely
more than just another tribute band”
“Better
than a Led Zep reunion!”
“Amazing,
you sound so unbelievably like led zeppelin if i were blind folded and you
two were playing i couldn't tell the difference!”
“a
stunning performance by the band. Fantastic 3 hrs of not stop musical excitement
as I would have expected the originals to be played!”
“ You
capture the spirit and energy of Zep without being merely a slavish re-creation.
I hope that we in the US can soon have the opportunity to see you perform
live!”
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Sure, at least half of the Zep tributes out there also aim to recreate the live arrangements instead of the studio tracks, but "a more musically authentic, intense, and insanely loud version you'll not find anywhere" Why? Because Led Zep Too have captured the very essence of Led Zeppelin, adding an absolutely identifiable magic to the mix, and that's not learnable; it either exists or it doesn't. (Moaning Millsy)
"The self indulgent pompousness of the original live Led Zeppelin has been unchained and allowed to run amok" (Tim Robinson)
"Fantastic, mesmeric, and true to the original, Led Zep Too are indeed the best tribute band you can see" (Plymouth Herald)
"I'm never ever ever playing with you guys again" (Aled Jones)
"Better than a funeral!" (Steve Miller)
REVIEW
Whole lotta love for top notch Zep tribute act
Led Zep Too, The Hub, one night only PLYMOUTH HERALD, Tim Robinson
WRITTEN boldly on Led Zep Too’s poster for this gig comes the quote “close your eyes and it could be Madison Square Garden”, a fantastic accolade indeed, posturing that Led Zep Too are musically as impressive as the real deal back in their 1973 prime. Having been born seven years too late to confirm that particular comment, I closed my eyes and I too heard the Led Zeppelin I know and love. The overriding reason is embodied in Michael Jarvis, Led Zep Too’s Jimmy Page. From the Spanish matador attire and long curly hair (all his own), to the multitude of authentic guitars, this man has either sold his soul at the crossroads or has studied Page like no other. On “Dazed and Confused” he owns the violin bow solo like it was his idea in the first place, straps on the twin-neck SG for a perfect “Stairway to Heaven”, and grunts his Les Paul through the classic “Rock and Roll” and “Whole Lotta Love”. But a great band is not one man, and the rest of Led Zep Too should have their praises sung. The self-indulgent pompousness of the original live Led Zeppelin has been unchained and allowed to run amok, and the Hub audience were all carried along in the current. Ollie camps up his Robert Plant caricature to the nth degree, but wails and yelps delightfully well, and his and vocal mimicry with ‘Jimmy’s’ guitar has an outstandingly authentic chemistry. If only he'd spent as much on his wig as he did on the padding in his pants we’d have had trouble believing he wasn’t Plant himself. Halfway through the proceedings we were informed that now was not the time to hit the bar, as Ken (yes Ken) Bonham is about to perform his Moby Dick solo. The next 15 minutes is pure drumming genius, and we were all in hysteria when Bonham put his sticks aside and continued the solo with his bare hands. The band roar back in with the main riff, and the Hub audience lost themselves. Led Zep Too close, as they should, with a massive “Whole Lotta Love”, complete with theramin solo, amp abuse, and a foray into the crowd, but the management tell them they can play for as long as they want and so a 40 minute encore winds the evening up. Fantastic, mesmeric, and true to the original, Led Zep Too are indeed the best tribute band you can see. If you have the chance, do so.
REVIEW
Mr. Mills' Monthly Moan
Led Zep Too - Thur 22nd June 06
They're
a peculiar lot, tribute bands. You may not realise, but they work in a very
insular market,
full of petty jealousies, spite and backbiting.
OK, so the regular circuit ain't exactly genial, but there's at least
room to exist without treading on someone else's toes. Whereas other bands
are artists, tribute bands are forgers and use their talents not to create
their own beautiful things, but for mimicry and fakery. Some copies will be
better than others depending on the skill of those involved, but as the ultimate
aim with most tribute bands is to flawlessly clone rather that create, the
most any such band can hope for is to produce excellent reproductions rather
than works of art. As such, the bands fight like dogs over scraps for the attention
of that small sector of the public who pay to witness things that are part
homage and part parody, desperate to convince this blinkered world of crusties
and anoraks that only their band offers the truest, most authentic facsimile
they could wish for. It's a bit sad really, as it could be argued that unless
the intention is to create a perverse caricature (Hayseed Dixie, Dread Zeppelin,
etc), tribute bands are the only musical venture where individuality and creativity
can hinder rather than enhance matters. See? I told you they were peculiar.
The thing about Led Zep
Too is that in a world where some of their fellow tribute acts have been
doing it for longer than Zeppelin did themselves, they've achieved in a very
short time an imitation that's so faithful, so accurate and so passionate,
that they make the likes of Led By Zeppelin and Whole Lotta Led seem redundant
and trampled underfoot. Sure, at least half of the Zep tributes out there
also aim to recreate the live arrangements instead of the studio tracks,
but a more musically authentic, intense, and insanely loud version you'll
not find anywhere. Why? Because Led Zep Too have captured the very essence
of Led Zeppelin, adding an absolutely identifiable magic to the mix, and
that's not learnable; it either exists or it doesn't. Have those other pretenders
had paranoid officials remove their Myspace tracks no less than 5 times because
they think they really are Zeppelin live recordings? Didn't think so, and
accordingly, Led Zep Too couldn't wish for a better accolade. Literally,
you close your eyes, listen, and the differences between them are so negligible
as to not exist.
The drum intro to "Rock and Roll" gives way to that bassy Les Paul-through-a-Marshall
grunting riff courtesy of Mike Jarvis (oh alright then - Jimmy) and for more
than just a moment, it's the 70's again. He might be crammed between that massive
drumkit and the monitors with barely enough room to squeeze his lemon, but
you can really believe that it's a young Robert Plant up there, screaming like
a man with his testicles nailed to the floor, because Ollie doesn't just sound
identical with that semi-orgasmic wail, he's got the shaggy blond curls, the
tight denim, the obscenely large frontal bulge and the camp gesticulations
absolutely perfect, right down to that peculiar way that ol' Percy could never
properly thrust his hips in time to the music, like an unruly sex beast who
doesn't quite know what to do with himself when he's not shagging. Occasionally,
(such as during the high notes of "Immigrant Song" ) his voice wavers
slightly wimpishly, usually when attempting one of those 'just-about-to-cum'
yelps which instead of a horny wolf sounds more like a squashed kitten, but
sod it, I've seen Plant himself try to do that in recent years and believe
me he's f*****g rubbish.
By the time we hit "Heartbreaker", the raw emotive power produced
by this band is almost otherworldly. Heavier than a juggernaut up the jacksie
and utterly self-indulgent, Mike Jarvis expertly recreates Page's wilder excesses
in a squealing headbanging flurry of feedback, sweat and dandruff as they jam
and explore it with wild abandon, letting it whirl and glide into rhythmic
crashing chaos that threatens to punch f*****g great big holes in your eardrums,
before a surprisingly gentle "Thank You" soothes them again.
An epic "Dazed & Confused" precedes an additionally extended "No
Quarter". ‘Jimmy' straps on his twin-necked SG for the obligatory "Stairway
To Heaven" followed by a searing "Kashmir", but peculiarly,
it's the surprising inclusion of "Achilles Last Stand" (which at
over 10 minutes, is the second longest Zep studio track ) that gets the most
enthusiastic response from the small but appreciative crowd before the wild
blues abandonment of "Whole Lotta Love", which they don't so much
play as wrestle; flailing the tune like a whip, letting it swell into
a throbbing cacophony of theramin squeals, bloodied drums, tortured guitar
and best-shag-of-your-life screams.
They're the best Zep tribute by a mile.
Mr Mills
is a former Kerrang journalist, now freelance and writes mostly for holytoilet.com
and the
official Glastonbury site glastonburyfestivals.co.uk
Salut les gars ravi de vous avoir rencontré, je suis absolument fan de Led Zep et j'ai très hâte de vous voir jouer un de ces soirs. Je vais pas pouvoir passer le 14 juillet chez Jéjé du Hercé car je joue sur Laval ce soir là au Who's bar. Je viens vous voir le 9 juillet si vous êtes chaud! à l'ORegans! A très vites mes frères d'âmes! Vive le rock, vive Led Zep! Makcîme
It figures you phuckers would have a London gig the minute I get back from New York and am stone cold broke and cant get there,bah!! Come and pick me up! Aberdeen is not too out of way is it??,lol Anyway hope y'all have a great one,see you soon I hope. xxx
Its on the website but its not on Myspace. That must have been what I was getting hassled about. Led Zep Too play at the Ansell Community Centre, Hadleigh Thursday 12th March 2008 (i.e. this Thursday) £5 in advance or on the door With proceeds going to comic relief there will be just a little taster of silliness in the form of a Monty Python tribute. Owl Stretching Time
The venue is not licensed to sell alcohol but they are fine with you bringing your own, providing that you, PLEASE drink responsibly.
May I be a cheeky bunny and bung a plug for a rather fantastic double whammy on your comments please?
Tis Led Zep Too this Friday March 13th..lucky for some!……
Plus the very fantastic Harare the day after, Saturday 14th……
Both gigs are at the Shire Hall at Howden….both cost a credit crunch busting tenner….both can be seen in glorious detail at the Howden Live website……where ticket purchase details for BOTH gigs can be seen.
Just one click on the HL link on me Myspace will take you there.