The common ground between “Stairway to Heaven” and “Taurus” largely comes down to a 10-second musical theme that appears 45 seconds into “Taurus,” an instrumental from the band’s ...

Ask any die-hard Led Zeppelin fan about “Stairway to Heaven,” and eventually Bron-Yr-Aur will come up. It’s the name of the remote cottage in Wales where the band, sitting fireside ...

In 1970, the official story of Rock N’ Roll History goes, Page holed himself up in a remote cottage in Wales called Bron-Yr-Aur, and by fireside, wrote “Stairway to Heaven.” “I had these ...

“I’m sure it is,” I agreed. Someday, I hope to return and climb the Stairway to Heaven in one go. I am sure it really is a magnificent climb and that the view up top is extraordinar ...

The lyrics to “Stairway to Heaven,” once interpreted verse by verse through the lense of LOTR, could tell another story—and one worth reading even if you think the theory is hogwash.

A jury found Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant and guitarist Jimmy Page not guilty of copyright infringement on perhaps their most famous song, "Stairway to Heaven." A Los Angeles jury ...

Regardless of the verdict, the debate as to whether Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” was ripped off from L.A. rock band Spirit’s song “Taurus” will likely remain unsettled.

One aspect of the initial case the appeals court upheld was the district court’s decision to deny Skidmore’s request to play the sound recordings of “Taurus” and “Stairway to Heaven ...

His band is accused of ripping off a riff of Spirit's "Taurus" for "Stairway to Heaven." By Ashley Cullins Jimmy Page Robert Plant - Getty - H 2016 Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant doesn’t ...

Does Shangri-La await on the other side? Oz? Heaven? I mention the supposed secrecy around the stairway design, and LaRossa gets a bit nervous. “I don’t know if I’m supposed to have this for the ...

The “Stairway to Heaven” copyright lawsuit, about which I blogged several years ago, is back, this time in federal court in California, and it’s getting a fair bit of attention ...