The Only Band Led Zeppelin Hated Touring With

They sold tickets and are remembered to this day.

Jethro Tull brilliant

Yin & Yang

Zeppelin should have played with The Grateful Dead. They seem like kindred spirits to me, even if their music was different.

What a ridiculous video. Though, very well produced. Yes, the feud is imagined, at least by the reasons you've cited. Mostly it involved Robert Plant and Ian Anderson. Ian had made some less-than-flattering remarks about Plant's lyric writing ability in a Melody Maker interview. Ian stated, and I paraphrase, "with my lyrics and Zeppelins music we'd make quite a good little rock and roll band". You can see where Robert might get a bit annoyed with such sentiments. Bonham didn't really get along with anyone once he was drinking and JPJ was aloof. But most of all, Zeppelin was a party band, Tull was not. Zeppelin tore hotel rooms apart. Tull did not. It was the excesses that separated them while on tour. That said, Jimmy was a big fan of Tull. Tull was recording Aqualung in the same studio at the same time Zep was recording 4 and Jimmy stopped in to say hello, apparently right when Martin Barre was soloing Aqualung. So, no, Zeppelin didn't hate Tull.

I KNEW IT! Jimmy Page suggested a title for Jethro Tull's show in L.A., "Bore 'em At The Forum." I love both bands and although Led Zeppelin inspired me more as a guitarist, Jethro Tull is the better band,

John Bohnam always looked like my Dad,literally. The beard,stocky build,and
"do what I say boy" mannerisms.

For whatever reason Plant had a bug up his @** and didn't like Ian Anderson and called his band Jethro Dull. Instead of Plant's nickname being Pearcy it should have been called Prissy..

Ian frequently make comments about Zep during shows. He once introduced Thick As A Brick" as Zeppelein's "Whole Lotta Brick." I saw both bands in 1970 at the Forum. Zep in September and Tull, a month later in October. My first two concerts.

I love 'em both, would love to have seen a Zeppelin and Tull show

ledd zeppelin, died with John Bonham ....Jethro Tull ....rocks on , today ..Go Tull ..!!!!!

I saw both Bands in the 70s, Tull Every time they came here from 1977 till 2008 or so, and Tull put on a Better much better show then Zep IMO

Did anyone catch that Zepplin's raw and improvisational style contrasted with Tull's precision and theatrics? Or maybe they just glossed over that?

I agree, but the difference is is that jethro Tull is a progressive band. There are a lot of advanced nuances going into each one of their songs. Led zeppelin being basically a heavy rock blues band can improvise easily over their songs, as their base is much more easier to tread. Progressive music has a lot of timing changes in intricate details that make it easy to fumble if you aren't paying attention. And I have seen tull shows before, and they do improvise.

what about Grand Funk??

He keeps saying how rigid and well mannered Jethro Tull was, yet every time they show Ian Anderson, he’s going berserk. Meanwhile, Robert Plant is just standing there.

"More Shakespeare than Jackson Pollock..." What a wonderful turn of a phrase! Bravo!!

you can tell this is an AI script, because it just says the same thing over and over and over

man, my two favorite rock bands in one show. ive seen them both several times, but to see them in their prime wouldve been legendary

The Copper Penny blew Zep off the stage too, in my city of Kitchener Ontario Canada 🇨🇦 on November 4th 1969.

I saw both bands frequently in the 70s. Hands down Tull was far more entertaining! Looking back Zeppellin were Assholes!

In the late 60s and early 70s The Who blew everyone off the stage.

TULL and Led Zep are unique in their way. Its true Tull is more complex in their playing style with more Medieval, Fairy tale compositions Ian performance is like a Dance Drama and Music. He brings out more emotion of the character he depicts in the stage. "Starvation and the mouth for a cup of Tea-" really echoed the starvation of a Tramp.

Elvis?

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There's just too many of these clickbait titled piles of crap about.

What a crock. Look up the setlists of Zeppelin. They played 95% of the same setlist every night of a tour. Maybe the length of songs were stretched out, mostly Dazed and Confused, No Quarter and Whole Lotta Love but the core songs were the same night after night of any given tour.

extremely exaggerated commentary here for the channel's own need for recognition... not in line with the facts, sorry.. unlike

A bunch of horseshit.

Zepplin were sloppy, almost a joke, when they played. The name comes from when they bombed a show, they said that 'it was like a led zepplin'. Tull where pro musicians that knew what the audience wanted. I can't listen to live Zep because it makes me cringe how bad it is. Sorry Zep fans.

J. Tull was the only band we ever walked out on at Cobo Hall in Detroit. Never cared for their music anyway

Anderson has a short ring finger😮✌️

Stooopid video. What a joke. Saw both bands twice and Tull was never dull. And at least unlike Bonham they weren’t pissed drunk or like Page strung out on heroin

This contrast is common between heavy bands and prog leaning bands. Sometimes it works as tour mates, sometimes it doesn't. It makes sense that Ian would not have considered distance and not connecting as a feud, but media (and drug) consuming Plant would have gotten snagged in a story that didn't exist but made for good press. I'm still drawn to heavy free form but find myself liking more free heavy prog too so I guess it all works out in the end.

I know the Band zep really hated - Grand Funk ! I saw Grand Funk ( or should I say Mark Farner ) blow Zeppelin totally off stage !!!!!

By the end of the tour, every member of zep had face hair, only time in their history....thinking they were paying homage to tull who were the best group musically and compositionally in the 70s. Zep knew, musicians know what the public can't hear.

No one outside of Zep's circle liked Bonham. He was a bully and a mean drunk.

Tull was just a bore fest. I never got Aqualung lyrics etc. It never made sense to me.

jethro tull is a joke. Doing the identical setlist and even banter between songs makes it as boring as possible for the band. They are nobodies now because they were never any good. Cheesy frontman. cheesy music.

I've read where the energy and showmanship of Grand Funk Railroad blew the Zep off the stage like a Hindenburg explosion. Is this true?

I had to stop watching half way through because the background music loop was giving me a headache.

So it was a Yin/ Yang thang

"Waiting at a bus stop...
Five guys gonna pick me up!
Yeah, scuba gear."

-Scuba Gear, Frank Sinatra.

never mind the 'almost'....bunker was better.

i stood right behind clive bunker, on stage, at the Strawberry Fields festival. I literally could not believe what i was seeing. the best.

Grand Funk is the band that blew Zep off the stage !!

bonham hated tull because they had a drummer that was almost as good. almost.

I thought Grand Funk would have been the band in question, since Zeppelin manager Peter Grant was furious with them in 1970 when they were just too damn good for Zeppelin to have to follow.

Also of note, Zeppelin, when recording Zep IV, was in the basement studio, while Tull were in the upstairs studio recording Aqualung. So, many of the stories may be true, but these guys knew each other fairly well and would occasionally "bump into each other" from time to time. I don't think "hate" comes into it.

Around the mid-70s, John Bonham was asked who's the best drummer and he said that Barriemore Barlow was the very best drummer ever to come out of Great Britain.