Robert Plant has said he doesn't want to be "on a cavalcade of merciless repetition". John Paul Jones has said Plant "really doesn't want to make loud music anymore." (Plant has just finished touring with country songstress Alison Krauss.)

Jimmy Page has admitted it won't be Led Zeppelin without Robert Plant and we all know John Bonham is also missing, but what do you think o wonderful, opinionated maniacs? Do you agree with Plant's decision to not join the tour and possible album? Why do you think he's really not interested? And is a Zep reunion in this form an exciting happening or a pitiful display?

It's not Zep without PLant but I wouldn't mind seeing Page and Jones do something like Page and Plant did. I do think Plant should give one last tour for all of the Zep fans that have been devoted for so long.
I can not imagine who would sing. I heard a couple names but none seem to be a good fit

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Originally posted by JB13:
It's not Zep without PLant but I wouldn't mind seeing Page and Jones do something like Page and Plant did. I do think Plant should give one last tour for all of the Zep fans that have been devoted for so long.
I can not imagine who would sing. I heard a couple names but none seem to be a good fit

Yeah. A different singer is a pretty terrifying thought. On RollingStone.com someone mentioned Coverdale/Page. Yeeshk. Haha.

Having Plant there would be ideal, but Page and JPJ is still quite an event. Does a new album interest you at all?

I wish bands wouldn't tarnish their own legacy with stuff like this.

No Plant - No Zeppelin. Feel free to call it something else, but it cannot be Led Zeppelin.

Look what happened to Queen. The consistent absence of John Deacon speaks volumes.

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Originally posted by Duncan Black:
I wish bands wouldn't tarnish their own legacy with stuff like this.

No Plant - No Zeppelin. Feel free to call it something else, but it cannot be Led Zeppelin.

Look what happened to Queen. The consistent absence of John Deacon speaks volumes.

Agreed. Some bands can be rearranged again and again (Rolling Stones, Oasis), and others may even become better with a line-up change (AC/DC, Pink Floyd) but the absence of members as significant as Robert Plant or Freddie Mercury when the bands are way past their prime is absurd and embarrasing. I don't know of an example when that has worked out well...

I just don't know how they could justify selling tickets to something like this.

Terrible idea. It reeks of cash-in, much like the new Queen, Cars, Doors, and Journey.

As for why Plant's not interested, I assume it's because he's the only member of the band to really craft a recognizable career for himself post-Zeppelin. I believe he still tours a lot doing his own huge catalog of stuff.

I've heard Plant in some interviews, and he's a really intelligent guy. He seems far more interested in creating new music, rather than lingering in the past. I don't think you can say the same of Page, who's been trying to recapture that Zeppelin dynamic in various side projects since the band broke up.

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Originally posted by EricG75:
As for why Plant's not interested, I assume it's because he's the only member of the band to really craft a recognizable career for himself post-Zeppelin. I believe he still tours a lot doing his own huge catalog of stuff.

I've heard Plant in some interviews, and he's a really intelligent guy. He seems far more interested in creating new music, rather than lingering in the past. I don't think you can say the same of Page, who's been trying to recapture that Zeppelin dynamic in various side projects since the band broke up.

When I saw Plant & Krauss in Louisville, he said the show was "the second night of my new career". The two did perform a number of Zeppelin songs in the style of their Raising Sand album. I think it's great Plant's putting his energy towards different music- more power to him.

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Originally posted by crazed:
When I saw Plant & Krauss in Louisville, he said the show was "the second night of my new career". The two did perform a number of Zeppelin songs in the style of their Raising Sand album. I think it's great Plant's putting his energy towards different music- more power to him.

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'Twould be great if they released a live album. I'd love to hear their take on Zep.

I can understand why he might not want to try and revisit his own legacy, he can't win whatever he does with Pagey people will say it's not as good as they were back in the day.

Plus, he's long moved on and explored different fields and presumably that is what interests him now.

Unlike a lot of the groups you see "burying the hatchet" and doing it again for the love of the music, he doesn't need the money...