{"id":3779,"date":"2025-06-03T07:56:59","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T07:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/?p=3779"},"modified":"2025-06-12T12:18:54","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T12:18:54","slug":"netflix-set-to-drop-major-led-zeppelin-documentary-thats-missing-one-key-part","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/03\/netflix-set-to-drop-major-led-zeppelin-documentary-thats-missing-one-key-part\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix set to drop major Led Zeppelin documentary that\u2019s missing one key part"},"content":{"rendered":"
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If you\u2019re a Led Zeppelin<\/a> superfan who\u2019s already watched all the available online footage of their early days, you\u2019re probably going to love Becoming Led Zeppelin. <\/p>\n

If you want to listen to hits from 1968 to 1970 for two hours and 17 minutes, you\u2019ll also have a great time watching the documentary, which is set to drop on Netflix<\/a> on Saturday, June 7<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

Hell, if you just want to marvel at the sheer volume and movement of young Robert Plant<\/a>\u2019s golden curls, there\u2019s plenty in the film for you.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But if you want to hear the true story of a band that was as controversial as it was popular, you\u2019ve come to the wrong place. <\/p>\n

Full of never-before-seen footage of the band\u2019s first 18 months, interviews with John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page<\/a>, Robert Plant, and new audio from the late John Bonham, the first authorised documentary about the best hard rock band to ever do it assumes a lot about what its audience already knows. <\/p>\n

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Rarely bothering to even put names on the screen during interviews, the documentary feels so tightly controlled that often, what\u2019s not being said feels louder than what is. For stopping its narrative in 1970, before the band even reached their Stairway to Heaven era, the documentary manages to pack very little into a long run time. <\/p>\n

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typeof(data.detail.carousel) === ‘undefined’ || typeof(data.detail.carousel.el_) === ‘undefined’) {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\treturn;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t}<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tvar player = data.detail.carousel.el_;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tvar container = player.closest(‘.metro-video-player’);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tvar placeholder = container.querySelector(‘.metro-video-player__up-next-placeholder’);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tcontainer.removeChild(placeholder);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tcontainer.classList.add(‘metro-video-player–related-videos-loaded’);<br \/>\n\t\t\t});<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>There is almost no mention of the troubling culture that famous rock journalist Mick Farren described as \u2018running in semen and beer and unpleasantness,\u2019 noting that he witnessed members of the band \u2018getting their d\u2014- sucked by 13-year-olds under the table.\u2019 When there <em>are <\/em>references to the <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2024\/11\/18\/actually-happened-led-zeppelin-a-mud-shark-a-groupie-1969-21966638\/\">band\u2019s notorious rock n roll lifestyle<\/a>, they come off as footnotes. <\/p>\n<p>Of course, no one is asking the band to treat the documentary as a confessional in which to unpack all their dirtiest secrets and inter-band feuds. Still, the absolute refusal to engage with anything that could possibly reflect poorly on their legacy makes the film colorless and impersonal. <\/p>\n<p>But one can\u2019t really blame the director, Bernard MacMahon, for this sanitisation of rock\u2019s infamous bad boys. Page – who is rightly depicted in the film as the beating heart of the band, handling much of their early business transactions, production, songwriting, and overall brand – is famously protective of Zepp\u2019s image. <\/p>\n<p>It’s a miracle that an authorised documentary about the band was made at all, given that every attempt to make one over the years has been thoroughly thwarted. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/02\/07\/jimmy-page-felt-insulted-a-led-zeppelin-film-first-pitched-idiot-22510091\/\">Page told Metro in a recent interview<\/a> that countless people have approached him about a film: \u2018Yeah\u2026Warner Brothers, who were trying to float this idea with an absolute idiot. We had a meeting, and he was saying, \u201cOh, well, it starts off at the Continental Hyatt Hotel. And it\u2019s in the lobby and there\u2019s lots of <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2024\/11\/18\/actually-happened-led-zeppelin-a-mud-shark-a-groupie-1969-21966638\/\"><strong>groupies<\/strong><\/a> and then you come down in the lift\u2026\u201d Excuse me? What group is it you think are doing this? You\u2019re not talking to Led Zeppelin? Is it M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce? Or Quiet Riot?\u2019<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"989\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SEI_244529429-ccbb.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22786106\" alt=\"Becoming Led Zeppelin - Back in IMAX\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>The documentary first played in cinemas (Picture: IMAX)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"344\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SEI_240662220-e8eb.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22594868\" alt=\"No Merchandising. Editorial Use Only. No Book Cover Usage. Mandatory Credit: Photo by Sony Pictures\/Everett\/REX\/Shutterstock (15144416b) BECOMING LED ZEPPELIN, Jimmy Page, 2025. ? Sony Pictures Classics \/ Courtesy Everett Collection Becoming Led Zeppelin - 2025\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Jimmy Page has always been protective of the band’s image (Picture: Sony Pictures\/Everett\/REX\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"345\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SEI_240662218-b78f.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22594869\" alt=\"No Merchandising. Editorial Use Only. No Book Cover Usage. Mandatory Credit: Photo by Sony Pictures\/Everett\/REX\/Shutterstock (15144416d) BECOMING LED ZEPPELIN, John Paul Jones, 2025. ? Sony Pictures Classics \/ Courtesy Everett Collection Becoming Led Zeppelin - 2025\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>John Paul Jones manages to bring some life to his interview portions<br \/> (Picture: Sony Pictures\/Everett\/REX\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"339\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SEI_240662217-c422.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22594871\" alt=\"No Merchandising. Editorial Use Only. No Book Cover Usage. Mandatory Credit: Photo by Sony Pictures\/Everett\/REX\/Shutterstock (15144416e) BECOMING LED ZEPPELIN, Robert Plant, 2025. ? Sony Pictures Classics \/ Courtesy Everett Collection Becoming Led Zeppelin - 2025\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>The band’s lead singer, Robert Plant, seems to still defer to Page in all things (Picture: Sony Pictures\/Everett\/REX\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This kind of derision is common for the famous perfectionist, who describes the members of Led Zeppelin finding each other when they did with an air of mythos verging on biblical throughout the film. <\/p>\n<p>His pride is warranted and even admirable, but it\u2019s evident throughout that Page remains the ultimate authority over all things related to the band, and his desire to be the arbiter of how they’re remembered leaves very little room for anything but insight into specific guitar riffs and concert footage.<\/p>\n<p>If you didn\u2019t know better, you might think the guys of Led Zeppelin were a group of adoring husbands who pined for their wives in tidy hotel rooms while on tour during the summer of love.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"517\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SEI_240662203-eadb.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22594905\" alt=\"Editorial use only. No book cover usage. Mandatory Credit: Photo by Everett\/REX\/Shutterstock (440270ak) Led Zeppelin early 1970s VARIOUS POP\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>The doc also features brand new audio from the late John Bonham (Picture: Everett\/REX\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"901\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SEI_240662208-c14a.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22594897\" alt=\"LOS ANGELES - MARCH 24: Rock band 'Led Zeppelin' performs onstage at the Forum on March 24, 1975 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images)\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>The live performance footage included in the film is electrifying (Picture: Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"426\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SEI_238459598-c5bd.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22509834\" alt=\"UNITED STATES - MAY 12: HONOLULU Photo of LED ZEPPELIN, L-R: John Bonham, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page - group shot, posed - arriving at Honolulu Airport, holding Led Zeppelin II master tapes (Photo by Robert Knight Archive\/Redferns)\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>The documentary manages to leave out more than it reveals (Picture: Robert Knight Archive\/Redferns)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The doc is at its best during the moments of vulnerability that slip through the cracks of the carefully plastered facade. Its a treat to watch complex emotions play across the musician’s faces as they listen to Bonham\u2019s voice in a rare uncovered audio interview from \u201971. <\/p>\n<p>John Paul Jones, in particular, seems genuinely connected to the memory of his lost friend, offering quips like \u2018I was in love with that man\u2019s right foot.\u2019 <\/p>\n<p>But one doesn\u2019t leave the theatre feeling like they know the late drummer – who died in 1980 of pulmonary aspiration after drinking himself comatose – any better. <\/p>\n<p>Of course, seeing an early performance of a Whole Lotta Love in IMAX with surround sound is a chill-inducing, almost religious experience that just about makes up for the stubbornly lifeless aspects of the film. <\/p>\n<p>The life and energy ripping from every pore on Robert Plant\u2019s body in the archival performance footage is worth the price of admission, even if he comes across as a marionette controlled by his lead guitarist in the interview portions. <\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, this film is about the music, which would be fine if the music wasn\u2019t a product of the culture the doc completely ignores. <\/p>\n<p><em>A version of this article was first published on February 20, 2025.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Got a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">If you\u2019ve got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\">Metro.co.uk<\/a> entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@metro.co.uk, calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/submit-stuff\/\">Submit Stuff<\/a> page – we\u2019d love to hear from you.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text-justify mb-2\" >Becoming Led Zeppelin offers a sanitised look at the band (Picture: MediaPunch\/REX\/Shutterstock) If you\u2019re a Led Zeppelin superfan who\u2019s already watched all the available online footage of their early days, you\u2019re probably going to love Becoming Led Zeppelin.  If you want to listen to hits […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3781,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3779"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3779"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3790,"href":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3779\/revisions\/3790"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}