Hammer of the Gods

Good book for Zeppelin fans.This book can serve as biography, music as well as history book.

Thought it to be an OK book - I know there has been much criticism of it from surviving band members and others, maybe because of how it portrays them - which I don't think is that bad, they were just rock and roll stars living the life of excess. Given how close Zeppelin were as a unit, running a very tight ship so to speak, it would be surprising if they didn't object to a lot of stuff in there - I mean, who does that stuff these days...respectability comes knocking when you get older and have kids and grandkids. Who really knows what happened. That said, the infamous mud shark episode, referred to by Zappa in one of his songs, and also referred to by Carmine Appice, (who was present at the time) providing a lot of detail in a video documentary some may have seen, suggests that at least that story is true - someone is supposed to have a video of it. Anyway, stuff of legends - I liked it.

I loved this book! I read When Giants Walked the Earth: A Biography of Led Zepplin by Mick Wall before reading this book. This book, although sometimes descending to a kind of tabloid fodder, was much more interesting and straight forward. I enjoyed it exceptionally.

It was a gift for my husband who loves reading about the history of bands. We both attempted to read it but the extreme unnecessary detail with which the book was written, made it impossible for either of us to get into it. Neither of us got more than half way through before tossing it asideDisappointing for sure

I am enjoying this book very much. I am awaiting the arrival of the book Led Zeppelin, which is due to come out in Oct. But this book (Hammer of the Gods) is very interesting!!

Great book, must read for fans.