Spirit

Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin performing "Stairway to Heaven" live onstage at Erals Court, 1975 in London.

Did Led Zeppelin rip off the opening to ‘Stairway?’

April 12, 2016Music

The opening chord progression in Stairway to Heaven is one of the most famous in rock music. But representatives of a 1960s US band called Spirit say that Robert Plant and Jimmy Page got the idea from them. A federal judge in Los Angeles says a jury should decide.

Spirit Houses

August 14, 2013

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