6. Led ZeppelinLed Zeppelin IV
Led Zeppelin, goddamn! I don’t think they made a bad record! There’s that classic line from Cameron Crowe’s movie Fast Times At Ridgemont High where they’re cruising around, talking about how to get chicks. And the guy says: "If you wanna score with a chick, turn out side two of volume four!" I’ve used that a few times actually. It works [laughs]!
Anyway if it didn’t work, it was a nice soundtrack while it was going down. Jimmy Page is another guitar player that means a lot to me. Every member of that fucking band: John Paul Jones was an amazing writer, arranger and producer, as well as Jimmy. Plus John Bonham and Robert Plant… that’s one of the greatest rock & roll bands of all times. It’s just straight-up, fucking sexy, kick ass and shit, man! All the way from dirty low-down rock & roll to the biggest orchestral tracks like ‘Kashmir’. They travelled a lot of ground while keeping their roots intact, the blues.
You know, certain bands really resonate in certain areas and that was one band that was always popular up there where I come from, the Northwest. You have at least ten fucking Zeppelin songs that you can jam with anybody at any time.
