Ramirez16
11-05-2008, 05:26 PM
This day 35 years ago Jack Bruce called out Led Zeppelin feud with this comment:
Jack Bruce of Cream recently unleashed some harsh words about Led Zeppelin, airing some grievances to the press at a recent award ceremony by saying “**** off, Zeppelin, you’re crap.” (http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=108298) “Everybody talks about Led Zeppelin,” Bruce said in the unprovoked attack. “**** off, Zeppelin, you’re crap. You’ve always been crap and you’ll never be anything else. Cream is 10 times the band that Led Zeppelin is.” Bruce later tried to back away from the comments, saying “I was just having some fun with the press gallery, really” but then added a post script to the apology by lambasting Zeppelin some more. “The thing about Zeppelin is that obviously it’s a little bit of jealousy on my part — or more than a little bit — because the audience was created by Cream and Jimi Hendrix…this sort of very large audience…Then Zeppelin comes along and they get a very easy ride in that way. We are the pioneers and pioneers don’t always get the recognition they deserve, maybe.” His comment on a battle of the current guitar gods, “Let’s face it: Jimmy Page ain’t no Eric Clapton, no matter what anybody thinks,” Bruce said.No wait that was this year with this comment:
Jack Bruce of Cream recently unleashed some harsh words about Led Zeppelin, airing some grievances to the press at a recent award ceremony by saying “**** off, Zeppelin, you’re crap.” (http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=108298) “Everybody talks about Led Zeppelin, and they played one ****ing gig — one ****ing lame gig — while Cream did weeks of gigs,” Bruce said in the unprovoked attack. “**** off, Zeppelin, you’re crap. You’ve always been crap and you’ll never be anything else. Cream is 10 times the band that Led Zeppelin is.” Bruce was apparently angry that Zeppelin and not Cream (as had been scheduled), became the headliner of the Ahmet Ertegun tribute concert at the O2 Arena in London in December 2007. Bruce later tried to back away from the comments, saying “I was just having some fun with the press gallery, really” but then added a post script to the apology by lambasting Zeppelin some more. “The thing about Zeppelin is that obviously it’s a little bit of jealousy on my part — or more than a little bit — because the audience was created by Cream and Jimi Hendrix…this sort of very large audience…Then Zeppelin came along and had a very easy ride in that way. We were the pioneers and pioneers don’t always get the recognition they deserve, maybe.” As for Led Zeppelin’s decision to tour with a replacement for Robert Plant (http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/10/27/john-paul-jones-hints-at-led-zeppelin-tour-without-robert-plant/), Bruce added “Well, I always thought Robert Plant used the wrong kind of fertilizer, anyway, so I think he might be an improvement…I’m just joking.” As for the battle of the guitar gods, “Let’s face it: Jimmy Page ain’t no Eric Clapton, no matter what anybody thinks,” Bruce said.Wow it's a bit too late for that.
Source: http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/11/05/creams-jack-bruce-starts-feud-with-led-zeppelin-35-years-too-late/ (http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/11/05/creams-jack-bruce-starts-feud-with-led-zeppelin-35-years-too-late/#more-8102)
Jack Bruce of Cream recently unleashed some harsh words about Led Zeppelin, airing some grievances to the press at a recent award ceremony by saying “**** off, Zeppelin, you’re crap.” (http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=108298) “Everybody talks about Led Zeppelin,” Bruce said in the unprovoked attack. “**** off, Zeppelin, you’re crap. You’ve always been crap and you’ll never be anything else. Cream is 10 times the band that Led Zeppelin is.” Bruce later tried to back away from the comments, saying “I was just having some fun with the press gallery, really” but then added a post script to the apology by lambasting Zeppelin some more. “The thing about Zeppelin is that obviously it’s a little bit of jealousy on my part — or more than a little bit — because the audience was created by Cream and Jimi Hendrix…this sort of very large audience…Then Zeppelin comes along and they get a very easy ride in that way. We are the pioneers and pioneers don’t always get the recognition they deserve, maybe.” His comment on a battle of the current guitar gods, “Let’s face it: Jimmy Page ain’t no Eric Clapton, no matter what anybody thinks,” Bruce said.No wait that was this year with this comment:
Jack Bruce of Cream recently unleashed some harsh words about Led Zeppelin, airing some grievances to the press at a recent award ceremony by saying “**** off, Zeppelin, you’re crap.” (http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=108298) “Everybody talks about Led Zeppelin, and they played one ****ing gig — one ****ing lame gig — while Cream did weeks of gigs,” Bruce said in the unprovoked attack. “**** off, Zeppelin, you’re crap. You’ve always been crap and you’ll never be anything else. Cream is 10 times the band that Led Zeppelin is.” Bruce was apparently angry that Zeppelin and not Cream (as had been scheduled), became the headliner of the Ahmet Ertegun tribute concert at the O2 Arena in London in December 2007. Bruce later tried to back away from the comments, saying “I was just having some fun with the press gallery, really” but then added a post script to the apology by lambasting Zeppelin some more. “The thing about Zeppelin is that obviously it’s a little bit of jealousy on my part — or more than a little bit — because the audience was created by Cream and Jimi Hendrix…this sort of very large audience…Then Zeppelin came along and had a very easy ride in that way. We were the pioneers and pioneers don’t always get the recognition they deserve, maybe.” As for Led Zeppelin’s decision to tour with a replacement for Robert Plant (http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/10/27/john-paul-jones-hints-at-led-zeppelin-tour-without-robert-plant/), Bruce added “Well, I always thought Robert Plant used the wrong kind of fertilizer, anyway, so I think he might be an improvement…I’m just joking.” As for the battle of the guitar gods, “Let’s face it: Jimmy Page ain’t no Eric Clapton, no matter what anybody thinks,” Bruce said.Wow it's a bit too late for that.
Source: http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/11/05/creams-jack-bruce-starts-feud-with-led-zeppelin-35-years-too-late/ (http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/11/05/creams-jack-bruce-starts-feud-with-led-zeppelin-35-years-too-late/#more-8102)
