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Episode: Metal Mayhem ROC: Led Zeppelin Author Denny Somach: Updated “Get the Led Out” — New Stories & Controversies
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Renowned rock historian, producer, DJ,
and author Denny Somach joins Metal Mayhem ROC to explore the newly
updated 2025 edition of his classic book Get the Led Out: How Led Zeppelin
Became the Biggest Band in the World, originally released in 2012.
Denny recounts Zeppelin’s journey from The
New Yardbirds to worldwide domination, shares never-before-told stories
from his decades in radio, and reveals how his infamous Howard Stern Show
appearance reignited the “Stairway to Heaven” song-theft controversy.
He discusses the Black Sabbath–Led
Zeppelin jam rumor, the inside details...