Former Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant has reiterated that he has no desire to perform with the band again. Even if fans want to see him do so again, he said the idea no longer excites him. He can perform the "Immigrant Song" he said, but does not see the need to do so with his former bandmates.
In an interview with the Los Angeles Times to promote his current North American tour with Alison Krauss, Robert Plant was asked about the evolution of his singing voice.
"I know that the full, open-throated falsetto that I was able to concoct in 1968 carried me through until I was tired of it," Plant says. "Then that sort of exaggerated personality of vocal performance morphed and went somewhere else. "But as a matter of fact, I was playing in Reykjavík, in Iceland, about three years ago, just before COVID. It was Midsummer Night and there was a festival, and I got my band and I said, 'OK, let's do Immigrant Song.' They'd never done it before. We just hit it, and bang - there it was. I thought, 'Oh, I didn't think I could still do that.'"
When reminded that fans would love to see him do the same with Led Zeppelin, Plant remarked, "Returning to the font to receive enormous acclaim does not satisfy my desire to be stimulated."
Plant also disclosed that he was not convinced by Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliott's vocal warm-up technique.
For him, he does not need such an elaborate strategy. He just go out and sing. He then recounted a story of a guy from a "famous band that Alison's quite friendly with" who keeps making so much noise backstage to "warm up." He told the guy that he should not do that because by the time the artist get out to perform, he'll have no voice or energy left.
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His opinions on performing cannot be undermined. According to Far Out MAgazine UK, Robert Plant, the lead singer of Led Zeppelin, is one of rock music's most iconic figures and the 'Golden God' with an otherworldly vocal range, but he is so much more than that.
In addition to being the leader of one of the most influential bands of all time, he is also one of the most approachable rockers in existence. He has always retained the modesty of his West Midlands roots, and his affable demeanor gives his stories a captivating quality, as one might expect a pub veteran to do. Plant's life has not been easy, despite his widespread acclaim as a musician and a person.
The loss of his best friend, Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham, in 1980 rates among the worst, but the untimely death of his five-year-old son Karac due to a stomach disease in 1977 was unquestionably the most tragic incident that transpired. The band was reportedly on tour in New Orleans when Plant received the tragic news. Obviously, the tour was canceled immediately as he rushed home to be with his family.
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