Sabbath or Zeppelin? Go!

[Tosca]

Zeppelin...mostly because of the “shark incident”.

 

[Alnus Rubra]

It’s too hard! I want girls on bread

 

[jxe]

sabbath toured by jet.

 

[vchizzle]

Tough call. I identified with Sabbath much more in my early years of playing but appreciate the layers and textures created by Zep. I’m not sure I can give a definitive answer.

 

[WEDGE]

Sabbath by a mile, and I am probably in the minority as loving the Dio era stuff best.

 

[László]

Easy choice for me: Zep because Page showed himself to be a consummate instrumentalist, a superb co-writer, and one of the best producers in rock history . Plant has one of the quintessential rock voices. Bonham was a big-time drummer, and John Paul Jones is not only a talented writer for film, etc., he’s a superb bass player.

And I like their recordings.

Black Sabbath’s music isn’t my cup of tea. I’m sure it has its merits, but I don’t enjoy listening to it.

 

[Alnus Rubra]

John Paul Jones is the “quiet hero” for me. What a musician!

 

[sergiodeblanc]

John Paul Jones is the “quiet hero” for me. What a musician!

His keyboard playing is one of my favorite things about that band.

 

[goat-n-gitter]

Led Zeppelin is my all time favorite rock band.
Sabbath, to me, is just OK. I appreciate their influence, and like some of their songs, but otherwise meh...

 

[merciful-evans]

If push comes to shove... Zeppelin

TBH, both bands are too heavy for me (these days)
I bought the 1st Sabbath album when it was new. I no longer have it. I still have a couple of Zep though.

 

[Dirty_Boogie]

John Paul Jones is the “quiet hero” for me. What a musician!

Truth! I could listen to his keyboard lines in No Quarter all day!

 

[jxe]

the 1984 version of this question was ‘maiden or priest?’ and man did the heads debate that one. after one such debate petered out, i remember one of the (not many) high school metalheads (in a home-made denim ac/dc vest) turning to an elder (in indian beads and those suede stoner boots) to ask ‘but what do you consider van halen?’

short pause. ‘a joke.’

laughs all around.

 

[alantig]

Zeppelin...mostly because of the “shark incident”.

Sabbath never inspired a Zappa song. (At least not that I can recall at the moment.)

 

[Shawn@PRS]

Sabbath never inspired a Zappa song. (At least not that I can recall at the moment.)

You say that like it's a bad thing

 

[ElrytNamrogo]

His keyboard playing is one of my favorite things about that band.

Absolutely....also, didn't he play mandolin and other stringed instruments when they did songs like "Goin' To California" and "Battle of Evermore" live?

Not to mention a stellar recorder player!

 

[sergiodeblanc]

Absolutely....also, didn't he play mandolin and other stringed instruments when they did songs like "Goin' To California" and "Battle of Evermore" live?

Not to mention a stellar recorder player!

Yeah! Dude was the secret sauce.

 

[CVS]

Led Zeppelin - They were especially in the earlier music a more blues based band.

 

[jfb]

Sabbath. I got interested in music at a pretty young age, 6-7. I was attracted to their sound which was darker and heavier than the other music I was hearing at that age. I was rocking Sabbath and U2 a lot. I didn't get interested in Zep until I was playing the guitar another 7-8 years later.

 

[DuncanCE22]

It's a tough call but I'd have say Sabbath, purely because I've been listening to them for longer. It would be interesting to see if anyones answer would be different if the question was Page or Iommi?

 

[Steve's addiction]

Sabbath, as soon as I heard sweet leaf I was hooked. Song was great also