LED ZEPPELIN Bassist John Paul Jones: "For Every Show We've Ever Done, There Is Always Hype, Expectancy"
January 9, 2008, 16 years ago
RollingStone.com's David Fricke reports:
LED ZEPPELIN bassist John Paul Jones' small bombshell in the current issue of Rolling Stone — "There is a band meeting in January" — will be more than enough to set off new tremors of hope among fans for a full-fledged tour following the group's December 10th reunion performance at the O2 arena in London.
But in these additional excerpts from an exclusive interview a week after the concert, Jones also talks about Zeppelin's intense preparations for that night, the backstage vibe, what it was like on stage and why — as he puts it in the magazine and explains in detail here — "It could be fun to do more stuff."
Q: What were your feelings the day of the show, in the hours before you went on stage?
A: "I tried to keep the enormity of it all as far away as possible, until the last minute. I sat around playing banjo all day. It calms me down. For every show we've ever done, there is always hype, expectancy. For us, it was just "Let's get on and do it." Obviously, it was quite a reception when we did get out there."
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