Zeppelin to tour without Plant ???

HERE'S  A FEW LINKS TO SOME OF THE RUMOURED REPLACEMENTS: WHO WOULD YOU PICK?

1) jack russell (great white)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bddULHM0bxM

2) lenny wolf ( kingdom come)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKJiVPt-KRQ

3) myles kennedy (alter bridge)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTc5h8aHNxc

4) david coverdale ( whitesnake , deep purple )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndnBVty054A

5) chris robinson ( the black crowes)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-l7snOCeJnQ



Edited by softlad

I can see both sides - Plant does not want to be pigeon holed and is enjoying a new lease of life with blue grass. Page and Jones want to rock on. I think Page and Jones should do something, but for me they should not call it Zeppelin. Bands can survive lead singer changes (AC/DC), but the replacement has to be pretty special. It can work (21st Century Doors with Ian Astbury) and it can be so so (Queen with Paul Rogers). In Zeppelins case, Bonham jnr on drums is as close as you will get to the original. Take Plant out and it probably tips the balance below worth seeing, but you never know. Interesting to see who they get.

Totally agree

No Plant--Not Zep

Got to disagree with the general thread above.

I've always been a Zep fan but if Plant won't tour I still want to listen to the music live - if they choose the replacement carefully, then I don't care what name they tour under

Plant Doesn't Even Sound Like Plant Anymore,

Read A Iterview With Him Just After The Led Zeppelin

Concert Last Year Where He Said That He Couldn't

Sing For A Month Afterwards.Maybe He Is Not Just

Up To It Anymore.

Monarch

Very good point there re Plants voice.... I am sure there are singers out there that could sing Led Zep songs....

Wouldnt be Zeppelin without Robert Plant, IMHO.  Wouldnt mind seeing the other lads play though.

I agree Robbie, best led zep live album is Page and Black Crowes Album! way better than song remains the same!

I would still go to see them without plant,though it would be nice to see them with him. But i have seen page and plant a few times, so its not that important to me.

I also agree with Monarch, even if he was in band, he still wouldnt be singing the way we all remember him.

I love Whitesnake and go see them every tour, but coverdales voice live is poor these days, I am really only going for the songs (and my feeble attempts at singing along) and the memories.

I think Led Zep, no matter who is in them will be a bit like that, we will all be there to relive our memories of them being in their heyday and singing along - badly!

Plus it doesnt seem that long ago when people were saying, it wouldnt be the same without Bonzo! In fact even Zep were saying that, but is it right for the death of a member to mean the rest of the band cant go on, sometimes it can be just as good with new member, AC/DC being a good example of this.

Now granted they need to pick the new guy carefully, sometimes it doesnt work that well. I didnt think much of the new doors, with astbury or Queen with rogers. Love Astbury and rogers in their old bands but just didnt see a good fit in their new ones.

Plus people will say this is all for money, and theres no denying they will make a bucket load of cash, but i also get the feeling that page and jones are enjoying playing the old songs and being in a band again.

 

Edited by tupelopenny

if Page,Jones and Bonham jr.,want to tour,good on them,but l dont think they should tour as Led Zeppelin,it wouldnt be Zeppelin without Plant,people refer to other bands using a new singer,e.g AC/DC,the Doors,and Queen,but the difference between them and Zeppelin is that Scott,Morrison,and Mercury are dead,R.I.P.,but Robert Plant is not ! and even though he's not a young man anymore,he can still do justice to the Led Zep catalogue,for me it wouldnt be Zeppelin without him,there is a chemistry between him and Page that is so special,and is what made Zeppelin the gods of rock that they were,so they they shouldnt destroy the legacy by using a cheap imitation of Robert Plant,its either Zep with Plant,or do it under a different name