So You're Peter Grant And Somethings Got To Give.

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Not only are Led Zeppelin massively influential as a group, but as individual musicians they all feature heavily in top ten most influential performer of their own instrument (or as a vocalist).

Here's the scenario - 

You're Peter Grant.  It's 1969 and the band are about to start work on the 'II' album.   One night, totally sober, you are visited by a vision (whatever floats your spiritual boat here) which says that the band are doomed but will be go on to be bohemoths of rock providing you drop one member from playing on records and live.   He tells you that whomever you choose will continue to contribute to ideas and writing but will not play any part in the recordings or live performances   To add a bit more urgency he pulls out a cute puppy and tells you he will kill the puppy if you haven't made a choice by his next visit.

So who's it going to be?

fnpt

Sadly, for me John Paul Jones. I am aware of his importance to the band and that he was a multi-instrumentalist, however, he is the only one who could be somewhat replaced: his bass playing is competent but not out of this world, he doesn't sing and wasn't a stage persona as well.

You certainly could not replace Plant's stage presence and amazing (unique) vocals, nor could you replace Boham, possibly the best rock drummer ever and I wont even mention Page.

not_the_dj

Erm, so will they get replaced? >:) 8-X :o3

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not_the_dj said:

Erm, so will they get replaced? >:) 8-X :o3

Of Course.

RocknRollDave

I'd remove John Paul Jones, as he was overqualified for that band

not_the_dj

http://www.librarygrape.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/puppy-held-hostage.jpg

not_the_dj

I'd boot out Percy and give Kate Bush a call

Lixarto

Another call for A Proper Singer.

(Then we can start working on the songwriting)

ddlooping

John Bonham

maw4neu

Tough call . . .shoot the dog !

Agreed though JPJ's not the liveliest bunny on stage.

Dont get me wrong , the guys a fricken genius . . . nuff said !

mudslide73

You can't. It's like taking peaches away from cream, salt away from vinegar etc. He'd be better not to have hired the gangsters instead of security in 1977 tbh.

Fwiw none of them were Jimmy's first choice anyway. (Marriott,Terry Reid, The Ox, Moon & BJ Wilson were all approached first and they're just the ones we know about).

axisus

Jimmy Page, the band can turn over a new leaf.

octatonic

fnpt said:

 and I wont even mention Page.

Clearly, you did.