Jimmy Page

He is widely recognised as one of the greatest guitarists of all time. Josh favours Ampeg amplifiers, and can be seen using both an Ovation GP while playing live, as well as Maton electric guitars, which he can be seen playing in the video clip for No One Knows. His daughter, Scarlet Page, is a respected photographer. See also: Kyuss, The Eagles of Death Metal, The Dwarves, Mondo Generator, The Desert Sessions. Since 1990, Jimmy Page has been instrumental in remastering the entire Led Zeppelin back catalogue and is currently involved in various charity concerts and charity work particularly the Action for Brazil's Children Trust (ABC Trust), founded by his wife Jimena Gomez-Paratcha in 1998. This album has been leaked onto the internet as of Feb 2005 and is widely available on p2p networks. Page has been one member of Led Zeppelin that has always left open the option for a group reunion. Homme, along with Eleven multi-instrumentalist Alain Johannes, guitarist Troy Van Leeuwen and Castillo have recorded a new album for 2005 called "Lullabies to Paralyze".

Following a highly successful tour in 1995 to support No Quarter, Page and Plant recorded Walking Into Clarksdale, their first full CD together since 1979. Constant touring continued, culminating with a string of headline dates in Australia in January of 2004, after which Lanegan quit the band and Oliveri was fired for what boiled down to alleged fan disrespect and excessive partying. The soundtrack to the special was released in 1995 as the CD No Quarter, and in 2004 as the DVD No Quarter Unledded. Grohl had already been replaced by former Danzig drummer Joey Castillo (ex-Screaming Trees vocalist Mark Lanegan, a floater since Rated R, joined as well), but the infection spread by hit "No One Knows" spread to radio and even MTV as Deaf reached gold status in 2003. The 90 minute special, dubbed UnLedded premiered to the highest ratings in MTVs history. The release of third album Songs for the Deaf that August, brought major attention. In 1994, Page reunited with Plant for the penultimate performance in MTVs "Unplugged" series. Frequent touring generated support for the band, and grew with former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl's addition in late 2001/early 2002.

Source: IMDB. The album was critically successful but found little commercial success, aside from notable opening slots with the Foo Fighters, Hole, and at Ozzfest 2000. In addition, he also collaborated with director Michael Winner to record the Death Wish 3 soundtrack, released in 1985. 2000's Rated R featured a plethora of musicians familiar with Homme and Oliveri's work and "crew" of sorts: among others, drummers Nick Lucero and Gene Trautman, guitarists Dave Catching, Brendon McNichol and Chris Goss contributed, and even former Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford, recording next door, stepped in for a guest spot on "Feel Good Hit Of The Summer". Various other projects soon followed such as The Firm, with Paul Rodgers, session work for Graham Nash, Box of Frogs, and Robert Plant, a solo album Outrider, a collaboration with David Coverdale in Coverdale Page, and a live album with The Black Crowes. Their self-titled debut album, Queens of the Stone Age was recorded and released in the spring of 1998, at which time former Kyuss bassist Nick Oliveri joined and touring commenced. In 1984, Page recorded with Plant in the guise of The Honeydrippers.
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Page then linked up with Roy Harper for an album and tour. Current lineup:. Page made a successful return to stage with the ARMS Charity series of concerts in 1983 which honoured Small Faces bass player Ronnie Lane. This label no longer holds true and has since been discarded. After Led Zeppelin disbanded in 1980, Page attempted to form a supergroup with ex-Yes members to be called XYZ however it came to naught. Seeking to outgrow the stoner rock label that had begun to envelop previous band Kyuss, Queens of the Stone Age (at the time singer/guitarist Josh Homme, and drummer Alfredo Hernandez) developed a style of riff-oriented, monotonous, heavy and repetitious sound, which Homme described as robot rock, saying that he "wanted to create a heavy sound based on a solid jam, and just pound it into your head". As a result their final studio album (In Through the Out Door) was more heavily influenced by bassist John Paul Jones and singer Robert Plant. Queens of the Stone Age is a rock band from the United States. The band was formed in 1996, originally under the name Gamma Ray.

Page and drummer John Bonham would frequently be absent from the recording studio in the band's later years, showing up after songs were already written. 81. This habit would severely affect his later performances with Led Zeppelin, which were often hit-and-miss. 2002 - "You Think I Ain't Worth A Dollar, But I Feel Like A Millionaire" - Triple J Hottest 100 - No. In 1976 Page started using heroin. 56. His guitar solo in the famous rock song "Stairway to Heaven" was voted by readers of Guitar World Magazine as the greatest guitar solo of all time. 2002 - "First It Giveth" - Triple J Hottest 100 - No.

Page also put to use his bowed playing technique he developed during his session days, and experimented with feedback devices and a theremin. 48. His landmark guitar solo from the song "Heartbreaker" (Led Zeppelin II) has been credited by Eddie Van Halen as the inspiration for Van Halen's trademark 2-hand tapping technique. 2002 - "Go With The Flow" - Triple J Hottest 100 - No. His use of distorted fuzz guitar ("Whole Lotta Love"), slide guitar ("You Shook Me", "In My Time of Dying"), pedal steel guitar ("Your Time is Gonna Come", "Tangerine"), eastern scales ("Black Mountain Side", "Kashmir"), acoustic guitar ("Gallows Pole", "Bron-Yr-Aur") and recording techniques made Led Zeppelin a prototype for all future rock bands. 44. As a producer, composer and guitarist for the band, he was one of the major driving forces behind the rock sound of that era, with his trademark Gibson Les Paul guitar and Marshall amplification. 2002 - "God Is In The Radio" - Triple J Hottest 100 - No.

Page's past experiences both in the studio and with The Yardbirds was critical in the success of Led Zeppelin in the 1970s. 1. After a handful of shows on their first tour, The New Yardbirds renamed themselves Led Zeppelin. 2002 - "No One Knows" - Triple J Hottest 100 - No. Despite the departure of Keith Relf and Jim McCarty in 1968, Page wished to continue the group with a new line-up. 38. The musical potential of the line-up however was scuttled by interpersonal conflicts caused by constant touring and a lack of commercial success. 2002 - "No One Knows" - Mainstream Rock Tracks - No.

Within weeks Page was again offered to join The Yardbirds and at first played bass guitar with the group after the departure of Paul Samwell-Smith, before finally switching to twin lead guitar with Beck when Chris Dreja moved to bass. 31. On May 16, 1966, drummer Keith Moon, bass player John Paul Jones, keyboardist Nicky Hopkins, Jeff Beck and Page recorded "Beck's Bolero" in London's IBC Studios. The experience gave Page an idea to form a band with John Entwistle on bass (instead of Jones), however the lack of a quality vocalist and contractual problems sent the project down like a "lead zeppelin". 2002 - "No One Knows" - Modern Rock Tracks - No. After being invited to replace Eric Clapton in The Yardbirds on March 20, 1965, Page turned down the offer and instead suggested his friend Jeff Beck. 36. It is estimated that Jimmy Page appeared on 60% of rock music recorded in England between 1963 and 1966. 2000 - "Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret" - Modern Rock Tracks - No.

Page also formed a brief songwriting partnership with then girlfriend, Jackie DeShannon. 21. In 1965 Page was hired by Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham to act as house producer for the newly formed Immediate Records label, which also allowed him to play on tracks by John Mayall, Nico, and Eric Clapton. 2000 - "Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret" - Mainstream Rock Tracks - No. Under the auspices of producer Shel Talmy, Page recorded The Kinks "You Really Got Me" (1964) (although there is a dispute on whether Page or Dave Davies played lead), the guitar part on Them's "Baby Please Don’t Go" (1965), and recorded a lead guitar part on The Who's first single "I Can't Explain", although there is disagreement over whether or not it was used. 17. His studio output in 1963 included Brian Poole & The Tremeloes' "Twist and Shout", Heinz's "Just Like Eddie" and in 1964, The Rolling Stones "Heart of Stone", Marianne Faithfull's "As Tears Go By", The Nashville Teens' "Tobacco Road", Dave Berry's "The Crying Game", and Lulu's hit "Shout". 2002 - Songs For The Deaf - Top Internet Albums - No.

After brief stints with the band Micky Finn, and Carter Lewis and The Southerners, Page committed himself to full-time session work. 17. His first session for the label was the recording "Diamonds" by Jet Harris & Tony Meehan which went to Number 1 on the singles chart in 1963. 2002 - Songs For The Deaf - The Billboard 200 - No. It wasn't until an offer from Mike Leander from Decca Records that Page was to receive regular studio work. 2000 - R - Heatsekers - No. 16. He was spotted one night by John Gibb of The Silhouettes, who asked him to help record a number of singles for EMI, "The Worrying Kind" and "Bald Headed Woman". Lullabies to Paralyze (due for release on March 22, 2005 but leaked in Feb 2005).

While still a student, Page would often jam on stage at the Marquee with bands such as the Cyril Davis All Stars, Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated and with guitarists Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton. Stone Age Complications (2004). Living from out of the back of a van and intermittent wages however, led Page to take up a totally different focus in painting at Sutton Art College in Surrey. Songs For The Deaf (2002). Page was then asked by Neil Christian to join his band, The Crusaders, which gave him his first taste of touring life and an appearance on a November 1962 single, "The Road to Love". R (2000). After graduating from school with an initial aim to work as a lab assistant, Page’s love of the guitar saw him switch to playing for Beat poet Royston Ellis before joining his first band, Red E Lewis and The Red Caps. Queens of the Stone Age (1998).

At the age of 14, Page appeared on ITV's Search For Stars talent quest programme. Mark Lanegan - vocals. King. Joey Castillo - Drums. Page's musical tastes however also encompassed acoustic folk playing particularly that of Bert Jansch and John Renbourn, and the blues sounds of Elmore James and B.B. Dan Druff - Bass. The Presley song "Baby Let's Play House" was an early favourite on his first electric guitar, a second hand 1949 Gibson. Troy Van Leeuwen - Guitar.

His early influences were rockabilly guitarists Scotty Moore and James Burton, who both played on recordings made by Elvis Presley, and Johnny Day who played guitar for The Everly Brothers. Josh Homme - Vocals/guitar. Jimmy Page began learning guitar when he was 12. His father was an industrial personnel manager and his mother a doctor's secretary. Page was born in the north London suburb of Heston in Middlesex.

. He was the founding member for the band Led Zeppelin and, prior to that, a member of The Yardbirds from late 1966 through 1968. James Patrick Page, known as Jimmy Page, (born January 9, 1944) is widely considered one of the greatest and most influential guitarists in rock and roll.