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"Achilles Last Stand" [1] is a song by English rock group Led Zeppelin, featured as the opening track on their 1976 album Presence. It was written by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant at Page's house in Malibu, California where they stayed for a month while Plant recovered from a serious car accident he had sustained in Greece in 1975. The song was then recorded at Musicland Studios in Munich, Germany. Cover of the Led Zeppelin album Presence. ...
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Presence is the seventh studio album by English rock band Led Zeppelin, released by Swan Song Records on March 31, 1976. ...
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In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ...
Swan Song Records was a record label launched by Led Zeppelin on May 10, 1974. ...
A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ...
James Patrick Jimmy Page, OBE (born 9 January 1944) is an English guitarist, composer and record producer. ...
Robert Anthony Plant (born August 20, 1948, West Bromwich, West Midlands, England) is an English rock singer and songwriter, most famous for his membership in the rock band Led Zeppelin as the lead vocalist, but also for his successful solo career. ...
In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ...
James Patrick Jimmy Page, OBE (born 9 January 1944) is an English guitarist, composer and record producer. ...
Presence is the seventh studio album by English rock band Led Zeppelin, released by Swan Song Records on March 31, 1976. ...
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Year 1976 Pick up sticks(MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Presence is the seventh studio album by English rock band Led Zeppelin, released by Swan Song Records on March 31, 1976. ...
James Patrick Jimmy Page, OBE (born 9 January 1944) is an English guitarist, composer and record producer. ...
Robert Anthony Plant (born August 20, 1948, West Bromwich, West Midlands, England) is an English rock singer and songwriter, most famous for his membership in the rock band Led Zeppelin as the lead vocalist, but also for his successful solo career. ...
Location of Malibu in Los Angeles County, California Coordinates: , Country State County Los Angeles Incorporated (city) 1991-03-28 [2] Government - Mayor Ken Kearsley [1] Area - City 100. ...
In an accident resulting from excessive speed, this concrete truck rolled over into the front garden of a house. ...
Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Musicland Studios was a recording studio based in Munich, Germany. ...
Munich: Frauenkirche and Town Hall steeple Munich (German: München pronunciation) is the state capital of the German Bundesland of Bavaria. ...
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"Achilles Last Stand" is one of the longest songs in the Led Zeppelin catalogue, at 10 minutes and 25 seconds. It is famous for John Bonham's powerful drumming, John Paul Jones's galloping bass line (played on a custom Alembic made eight string bass), Jimmy Page's overdubbed orchestral guitar arrangement (the dozen or so guitar tracks having been recorded in Munich in a single session), and a dramatic, epic guitar solo which is considered by many to be among Page's best. It has similar qualities to a song in the speed metal genre. Jimmy Page applied vari-speed during production of this song to speed it up, one of the few times he employed that device in the studio for Led Zeppelin songs.[2] John Henry Bonzo Bonham (May 31, 1948 – September 25, 1980) was an English drummer and member of the English rock band Led Zeppelin. ...
John Paul Jones (born John Baldwin on January 3, 1946 in Sidcup, Kent) is an English multi-instrumentalist musician, and was known for being the bassist, the keyboardist and the mandolinist for rock band Led Zeppelin from its inception until the bands breakup following the death of John Bonham...
Alembic Dragons Breath Custom Bass Guitar Alembic was founded in 1969 and is a manufacturer of high-end electric basses, guitars and preamps. ...
James Patrick Jimmy Page, OBE (born 9 January 1944) is an English guitarist, composer and record producer. ...
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Speed metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal that spawned in the early 1980s and was the direct musical progenitor of thrash metal[1] [2]. When Speed metal first emerged as a genre, it innovatively increased the tempo of the music template set forth by Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin...
A variable speed pitch control (or vari-speed) is a control on an audio device such as a turntable, reel-to-reel, tape deck or CD player that allows the operator to deviate from a standard speed (such as 33⅓ or 45 rpm in the case of a turntable). ...
It has been suggested that the title of the song was an acknowledgment of Plant's broken ankle. Lyrically, the song is thought to have been inspired by Plant's experiences in Morocco, specifically referring to Morocco's Atlas Mountains in the line: "The mighty arms of Atlas hold the heavens from the Earth". This is a double-meaning to imply the Atlas mountains in a physical sense seeming to hold up the sky, as well as the reference to the Titan Atlas and his task to hold up the sky on his shoulders and thus separate it from the Earth. Plant's lyrics were also inspired by some of the poetry he was reading at the time, which includes William Blake. "Albion remains/sleeping now to rise again" is a reference to Blake's engraving The Dance Of Albion. The following is an excerpt from the poem that goes with the song: Map showing the location of the Atlas Mountains (colored red) across North Africa The Atlas Mountains (Arabic: ‎) are a mountain range in northwest Africa extending about 2,400 km (1,500 miles) through Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, and including The Rock of Gibraltar. ...
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In Greek mythology, Atlas was one of the primordial Titans. ...
William Blake (November 28, 1757 – August 12, 1827) was an English poet, visionary, painter, and printmaker. ...
- Albion rose from where he labour'd at the Mill with Slaves.
Giving himself for the Nations he danc'd the dance of Eternal Death. Albion is the most ancient name of Great Britain. This article is about the archaic name for Great Britain. ...
A piece of the song's rhythm section had been played during live performances of "Dazed and Confused" on the band's 1973 and 1975 concert tours. This prelude to the song can be heard on the concert film The Song Remains the Same, five minutes and thirty seconds into the recording, at the "San Francisco" section. This suggests that the band had been working on "Achilles Last Stand" for some time, since Presence wasn't recorded until late 1975. Rhythm section refers to the musicians whose primary jobs in a jazz or popular music band or ensemble is to establish the rhythm of a song or musical piece, often via repeated riffs or ostinati. ...
Dazed and Confused is a song by folk singer Jake Holmes from his debut solo album The Above Ground Sound of Jake Holmes, released in June, 1967. ...
A concert comprises a performance, usually involving some degree of formality, and particularly a performance featuring music. ...
The Song Remains the Same (also known as TSRTS) is a concert film by the English rock band Led Zeppelin. ...
Jimmy Page has been quoted as saying that "Achilles Last Stand" is his favorite Led Zeppelin song. Not surprisingly, it became an integral component of almost every Led Zeppelin concert from their 1977 tour of the United States onwards. Though Page initially expected that he would need to use his Gibson EDS-1275 double-necked guitar to play the song live, he realised that it was possible to use the Gibson Les Paul. One live version, from Led Zeppelin's performance at Knebworth in 1979, is featured on disc 2 of the Led Zeppelin DVD. "Achilles Last Stand" was used in the film Dogtown and Z-Boys (2001), one of the few times the band allowed a number from its catalogue to be used in a motion picture. Throughout the 1970s, Led Zeppelin was one of the worlds most popular live music attractions, smashing several attendance records. ...
The Gibson EDS-1275 is a doubleneck Gibson guitar introduced in 1958. ...
The Gibson Les Paul is one of the most recognizable solid-body electric guitar designs in the world. ...
This article details all the concerts held to date in the grounds of Knebworth House in the village of Knebworth. ...
Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ...
Led Zeppelin is a double digital versatile disc (DVD) set by the English rock band Led Zeppelin. ...
Dogtown and Z-Boys (2001) is a documentary about the history of skateboarding. ...
For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as...
The bridge changes 4/4 time to 5/4 time, and uses triplets.
The line[3] "The devil's in his hole" refers to a victorian tourist attraction the band visited whilst in Saint Mary, Jersey. Named "Devil's Hole", it featured a statue of a devil, in a hole.[4] Island Jersey, Channel Islands Area 6. ...
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Progressive metal group Dream Theater recorded a medley of Led Zeppelin songs for their 1995 EP A Change of Seasons, which featured parts of "Achilles Last Stand". Dream Theater is an American progressive metal band comprising James LaBrie, John Petrucci, Jordan Rudess, John Myung, and Mike Portnoy. ...
A Change of Seasons is a 1995 EP by progressive metal band Dream Theater. ...
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References
Sources - Led Zeppelin: Dazed and Confused: The Stories Behind Every Song, by Chris Welch, ISBN 1-56025-818-7
- The Complete Guide to the Music of Led Zeppelin, by Dave Lewis, ISBN 0-7119-3528-9
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