Robert Plant's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Pop Quiz (UK) Robert Plant

Main Movie Roles 2008 - It Might Get Loud 1976 - The Song Remains The Same

BIOGRAPHY:

Prior to Hobbstweedle (a pickup blues band formed to honour a gig at West Midlands College Of Education) Robert was the frontman for The Band of Joy - featuring Percy, John Bonham, Paul Lockey (bass), Chris Brown (keyboards) and Kevyn Gammond (guitar). The BOJ were on verge of making a record deal when they split a little acrinmoniously. This led to Rob eventually joining Led Zeppelin after a few blind alleys. The rest is history.


TRIVIA:

• During a break from the 1975 American tour, Plant and his family were seriously injured in a jeep wreck. This not only caused the remainder of the tour to be cancelled, but it also prevented the band from filming additional footage for their concert film _The Song Remains the Same (1976)_ (qv).
• Ranked #37 on VH1's 100 Sexiest Artists.
• Was the only member of Led Zeppelin who's name did not begin with the letter 'J'.
• 'Elvis Presley' (qv) once teased him about not owning his own plane - Elvis asked where 'Led Zeppelin' (qv) got the jet. "We rented it from Caesar's Palace" said Plant. "I own mine" replied Elvis.
• Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of 'Led Zeppelin' (qv)) in 1995.
• Daughter Carmen is married to 'Charlie Jones (III)' (qv), Robert Plant's bass player for solo tours.
• Attended the funeral in 2004 of DJ 'John Peel (I)' (qv).
• When 'Jimmy Page (I)' (qv) have heard of him playing in another 1960s band, Hobbstweedle, he invited him to become the lead singer for a new rock band --- Led Zeppelin.