Robert Plant Biography

Fast Facts

• Recruited by guitarist Jimmy Page and bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones to join their post-Yardbirds band in 1968; recommended his friend, drummer John Bonham, to round out the lineup, and Led Zeppelin was born
• The band made its recording debut in 1969 with a self-titled album that featured future classics "Communication Breakdown" and "Good Times Bad Times
• " Released his first solo record, 1982's Pictures at Eleven, two years after Zeppelin broke up in the wake of Bonham's death
• Reunited with Page in 1994 for the No Quarter live CD and TV special, which were followed by an album of original material, Walking into Clarksdale, four years later
• Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, along with the other members of Led Zeppelin, in 1995
• Was made an Order of the British Empire Commander---for "services to Music"---in 2008