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Summary
The members of Led Zeppelin are major deities in the pantheon of rock gods. The first and heaviest of the heavy metal monsters, they violently shook the foundations of rock music and took no prisoners on the road. Their tours were legendary, their lives were exalted--and in an era well known for sex and drugs, the mighty Zeppelin set an unattainable standard of excess and mythos for any band that tried to follow them. They were power, they were fantasy, they were black magic. No band ever flew as high as Led Zeppelin or suffered so disastrous a fall. And only some of them lived to tell the tale.
Hammer of the Gods is the New York Times bestselling epic saga of the hard reign of Page, Plant, Jones, and Bonham--a spellbinding, electrifying, no-holds-barred classic of rock 'n' roll history that has now been updated to include the continuing adventures of the band.
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Choice Review
Davis's book is a wretched affair: it is simply a trashy look behind the scenes at the sexual perversities and criminal activities of the members and hangers-on of the rock group Led Zeppelin. The book in many ways is a glorification of, and an apology for, the totally hedonistic behavior of 1960s rock groups; and it is really unsuitable for any audience, especially young readers. Given the simplistic nature of rock, the author has concentrated on the life-styles of the members of Led Zeppelin, which included pederasty, hallucinogen use, and street brawling. Other authors of rock biographies have at least attempted to convey a sense of Zeitgeist of the popular music scene of the 1960s and 1970s; even in this regard Davis has failed miserably, however. The only useful part of this book is the bibliography, which is fairly extensive, considering the topic.-W. Grim, St. Andrews Presbyterian College
Table of Contents
| Part 1 Overture | p. 3 |
| 1 The Train Kept A-Rollin' | p. 10 |
| 2 Zeppelin Rising | p. 40 |
| 3 The Year of the Shark | p. 67 |
| 4 Valhalla I Am Coming | p. 107 |
| 5 The Secret Society | p. 130 |
| 6 The Continental Riot House | p. 154 |
| Part 2 | |
| 7 The Starship | p. 179 |
| 8 An Angel with a Broken Wing | p. 212 |
| 9 Nobody's Fault | p. 230 |
| 10 Power, Mystery, and the Hammer of the Gods | p. 267 |
| 11 In the Evening | p. 289 |
| 12 Coda | p. 307 |
| 13 "Led Zeppelin" Flies Again | p. 324 |
| 14 Zeppelin in the Square of the Dead | p. 337 |
| A Led Zeppelin Bibliography | p. 361 |
| A Led Zeppelin Discography | p. 371 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 377 |
| Index | p. 379 |