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** Most famously, the [[Lord of the Rings]] references in "Ramble On" and "The Battle of Evermore".
** Most famously, the [[Lord of the Rings]] references in "Ramble On" and "The Battle of Evermore".
** The cover of ''Houses of the Holy'' is a depiction of the end of [[Arthur C. Clarke (Creator)]]'s ''[[Childhoods End]].''
** The cover of ''Houses of the Holy'' is a depiction of the end of [[Arthur C. Clarke (Creator)]]'s ''[[Childhoods End]].''
** The ''Presence'' object, according to the band members, was an artistic depiction of the ''[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ptitleh3elkyxdypyw 2001]'' monoliths.
** The ''Presence'' object, according to the band members, was an artistic depiction of the ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey (Film)|2001]]'' monoliths.
** In an example of a ''literal'' [[Shout Out]], Plant can be heard saying "Joni!" (Mitchell) on the live version of "Going to California" from ''How the West was Won''. Fitting, considering the song was basically about how the band were big fans of [[Joni Mitchell (Music)|Joni Mitchell]].
** In an example of a ''literal'' [[Shout Out]], Plant can be heard saying "Joni!" (Mitchell) on the live version of "Going to California" from ''How the West was Won''. Fitting, considering the song was basically about how the band were big fans of [[Joni Mitchell (Music)|Joni Mitchell]].
** Also, the Pan imagery from ''Stairway to Heaven'' appears to be inspired by ''[[The Wind in The Willows]]''.
** Also, the Pan imagery from ''Stairway to Heaven'' appears to be inspired by ''[[The Wind in The Willows]]''.
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** Jimmy, for being sole producer and even admitting he changed engineers for the first three albums just to make it clear ''he'' was the architect of the band's sound.
** Jimmy, for being sole producer and even admitting he changed engineers for the first three albums just to make it clear ''he'' was the architect of the band's sound.
** Manager Peter Grant, the big intimidating former wrestler who travelled with the band at all times, remained in charge through the chaos of touring, negotiated their contract with Atlantic Records, had complete faith in them and personally made sure that most of the profits from live performances went to the band - bootleggers and unauthorised photographers were lucky to get off with a stern talking-to. His most famous appearance was in the concert movie ''The Song Remains the Same'', where he deployed a [[Cluster F-Bomb]] against a concert promoter who failed to stop illegal poster sales, and he was depicted in a fantasy sequence as a hitman alongside tour manager Richard Cole.
** Manager Peter Grant, the big intimidating former wrestler who travelled with the band at all times, remained in charge through the chaos of touring, negotiated their contract with Atlantic Records, had complete faith in them and personally made sure that most of the profits from live performances went to the band - bootleggers and unauthorised photographers were lucky to get off with a stern talking-to. His most famous appearance was in the concert movie ''The Song Remains the Same'', where he deployed a [[Cluster F-Bomb]] against a concert promoter who failed to stop illegal poster sales, and he was depicted in a fantasy sequence as a hitman alongside tour manager Richard Cole.
** The surviving band members were famous for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Led_Zeppelin#Songs_in_other_media rarely licensing their stuff for movies, TV shows and Videogames].
** The surviving band members were famous for [[wikipedia:Led Zeppelin#Songs in other media|rarely licensing their stuff for movies, TV shows and Videogames]].
* [[Cosplay]]: John Bonham famously donned [[A Clockwork Orange (Film)|Alex DeLarge's]] gang attire during some shows of the band's 1975 North American tour.
* [[Cosplay]]: John Bonham famously donned [[A Clockwork Orange (Film)|Alex DeLarge's]] gang attire during some shows of the band's 1975 North American tour.
* [[Creator Breakdown]]: Between Robert Plant's grief over losing his son and Jimmy Page's increasing addiction to heroin, ''In Through the Out Door'' is commonly regarded as Led Zeppelin's worst album.
* [[Creator Breakdown]]: Between Robert Plant's grief over losing his son and Jimmy Page's increasing addiction to heroin, ''In Through the Out Door'' is commonly regarded as Led Zeppelin's worst album.
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