Rock icons Led Zeppelin formed in London, England, out of the bones of a prior band with their own notable history called the Yardbirds. When the Yardbirds went their separate ways in 1968, their guitarist, Jimmy Page, formed Led Zeppelin later that same year along with vocalist Robert Plant, drummer John Bonham, and bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones. Led Zeppelin put out their first studio album, Led Zeppelin, in 1969, and began to take the world by storm with their pioneering bluesy, acoustic yet hard rock-leaning style.
