 If there's one thing I hate and that's waiting,
I don't care who it is, but don't open the doors
an hour and 15 minutes before your due on, and
even then the doors opened over half an hour late.
Rant over.
Ok this is about as close as your going to get
to the real deal, I'd take a sound alike over
a look a like any day and that's what we got here,
whole lotta led, one of, if not the best led zep
tribute act around. It s the shame the crowd isn't
all that tonight, most hanging back by the bar
the front of half of the room is practically deserted,
the band look like they’re having a good
time though, they open there set with Achilles
last stand, superb song, heavy but not quite in
with a bang as I was looking for, this is followed
by custard pie, thank you, nobody's fault but
mine, love that song, it's so good, you shook
me, there playing Through the years a bit jumping
about, but this seems to just easing them nicely
into the set, taking it slow and building, the
tones sound right, everything seems spot on to
the album as such there's some deviation for sure
stretching bits out here and here but, it's pretty
much by the numbers, which ain't too bad. This
ain't no play all the ones everyone knows, this
is a well thought out set list that's divided
in to 3 parts, the classics as in there but so
are some of the lesser talked about songs too
such as. Over the hills and far away, heartbreaker
has  such a bouncy riff that still sounds awesome
to this day it's meant to played live and loud,
the vocalist sounds pretty good, it's a tad forced
in places, but overall it's pretty good and how
I remember it on my LPs( that's vinyl records
for you kids who only know mp3s, philistines)
the guitarist show boating as it were with his
solo towards the end of the song, that's was pretty
cool, you know the part where it breaks down,
when the levee breaks closes the first part of
the set then it's a quick break and back into
it with good times bad time, and this is the start
of the heavier set which features the likes of
black dog, immigrant song and that amazing riff
an solo that you can’t help but love. Then
the mammoth noose that is Moby dick, drum solos
aren't my thing but This is cool. Then my and
probably everyone else's favourite stairway to
heaven, no matter how many times I hear it it
still grabs me every time. I think now it’s
all downhill from here, they close out the main
set with song remains the same, Dazed and confused
and a blistering rendition of rock and roll and
another break before the encore.
 They open with Whole lotta Love before breaking
half way through with a theramin solo which is
followed Communication Breakdown which goes back
into the rest of Whole lotta love, and the crowd
still hasn't budged, although the sound was better
at the back of the room. I enjoyed this set, the
only thing I didn't like was the vocals it’s
probably the hardest part to nail, and fall short
but other than this gripe, it was awesome to hear
the classics.
4/5
Review By Robert Lawrence
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