Classic Rock String Quartet: A Classic Rock Tribute to Led Zeppelin

With School of Rock, the irrepressible Jack Black takes a hackneyed premise and almost single-handedly transforms it into a buoyant, frequently hilarious comedy. He plays Dewey Finn, an egotistical rock-star wannabe whose self-absorption gets him ejected from the band he started. Determined to succeed but strapped for cash, Dewey impersonates a friend in order to take a substitute-teacher job at a tiny prep school, where he recruits young music students to play in his new band. This is, essentially...

Rightfully renowned for the powerful crunch of their blues-based hard rock, Led Zeppelin are regarded as an important stylistic template for everything from heavy metal to grunge. But the softer, folk-rock side of Zeppelin proved to be equally influential, and it was the band's fourth album that achieved the finest balance between bucolic strums and ear-smashing bombast. "Black Dog" opens the album, with vocalist Robert Plant boasting about how he's "gonna make you sweat, gonna make you groove...

April 05, 2007: If you guys are giving this album only one and two stars, you definately have to get your priorities straight. Incredibly long, meandering tracks is what live music is all about. If you want a long track list full of studio replicas, don't buy a live album. Thats what studio albums are for. You can always hear their recordings on the radio or on any Zeppelin best of, but rarely can you find a performance this amazing. Keep an open mind and appreciate the unbelievable...