Led Zeppelin Hotel Rooms

In 1977, Led Zeppelin returned to the infamous Edgewater Hotel, where nearly a decade earlier they'd committed an act of yet. The whole affair gathered traction in the mid '80s with the publication of Stephen Davis's unauthorised Zeppelin biography, Hammer Of The Gods. In it, the band's road manager, Richard Cole, says that he and John Bonham caught a number of fish from the window of their hotel room (the Edgewater being directly situated on Elliott Bay).

Moon died from a drug overdose in 1978 without being forgiven. In 1968, John Bonham of Led Zeppelin reportedly roared his Harley through the hallways at LA's Chateau Marmont. Led Zeppelin takes the cake for one of rock n' roll's most notorious stories.

Most of the details are too controversial to recount here, but we can tell you that in 1973, the band was officially banned from staying at the hotel after it was discovered they had caught roughly 30 mud sharks from their guest room window and disposed of beds, TVs, lamps, etc. into Elliott Bay. Years later, the.

Getting banned for life from a Seattle hotel didn't stop Led Zeppelin from getting into trouble. A thread dedicated to the hotels graced (or trashed) by the band. If you have any information on which hotels were used when playing smaller towns, please share! If you've stayed in any of them yourself and have pics / anecdotes, ditto.

A few of the most widely known stories are from Led Zeppelin's stays, where they drove motorcycles through the hallways and threw TVs from the balcony. Due to the latter, the hotel closed the balconies in the rooms with glass to avoid anyone trying to relive the iconic moment. From occult obsessions and underage relationships to hotel room destruction and fatal consequences, these are the most jaw-dropping stories from Led Zeppelin's shadowy past.

Perhaps, one of the bizarre chronicles that surrounded the group was also considered to be the biggest question mark in the history of rock music: In July 1973, Led Zeppelin was blindly robbed in their hotel room with a sum that totaled up to $200,000. The band was staying at the Drake Hotel in New York City, during their tour. The sharks were later discovered all over the room, and all sorts of furniture and accessories were tossed out the windows into the bay.

Much like The Who, Led Zeppelin were likewise banned from the Edgewater Inn, though since that time Robert Plant has been welcomed back.