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Robert Plant Reveals Life of Crime Before Led Zeppelin
- Posted on Aug 26th 2010 8:00AM by Chris Cope
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The singer has admitted he used to take fuel out of cars and steal milk in the early hours of the morning, reports The Daily Express.
He also revealed that pre-Led Zeppelin he and his bandmates from the group Band of Joy, including John Bonham, were on the 'point of starvation' in the mid 1960s.
He said, "We were better at siphoning petrol out of parked cars than we were at pulling crowds. We all meant it. We were at the point of starvation and would get involved in thievery.
"We would nick bottles of milk off the doorsteps in Manchester at 5am while tenants were waking up."
The name 'Band of Joy' might be familiar to some after the singer announced earlier this summer that he would be taking his new band on the road for a UK autumn tour, under the name of Robert Plant and the Band of Joy, as previously reported by Spinner. Their album, entitled 'Band of Joy', is due for release on Sept. 13.
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shirley
theif-oh well. as for RP not wanting to work with Zep-one of those members is dead, least we forget. This group is not your average ordinary band. To never go on again as Zep is the right thing, I think RP knows it and besides, HIS is the VOICE that has to do the frontman work.... as much as we would all hearing the music of Zep again.....c'mon, if nothing else, Roberts voice has grown older, just as everyones has.
To me, they will always be the Rock Gods I remember. The 4 of them together. No one can top that. Not even 3 older versions of them.
denny crane
jeff lynne is god!!
August 28 2010 at 4:35 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
terry malone
I know robert & I have something in common. He said Johnny Horton is his hero & he is my favorate singer too. Check him out, especially his song Go North
August 28 2010 at 7:52 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
bernie
seems like the cd band of joy is gonna be really god, but i would hope robert goes back to making cd's with the strange sensation they seemed very promising. and i enjoy original music,i hate his live zeppelin takes on things these days i feel it's so re worked that it does not even reegister a familuar tune, he should stick with his solo work and forget zepllein, leave that to the boot legs!
August 28 2010 at 5:09 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Diana
Milk does the body good. I cant understand how these singers get locked up for possession of drugs and go on singing. I know people that have had felonies and no one wants to hire them. Its unreal.
August 27 2010 at 11:55 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Lori Theo
Check out my 2 year old granddaughter dancing to Robert Plant's song - Shine on youtube - type in search: Ari dancing to Robert Plant. She loves to dance to Robert Plant's songs.
August 27 2010 at 11:32 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
omaee entertainment LLc
from what I understand he is from an area in europe
that has volentary situations that used to exsist
where friends stole from each other to trowart the establishment.
norm fields
1 reply to norm fields's comment
Hey Rockin,Try just smoking regular weed and lay off the other mixtures so people besides you can understand what the F*** you are trying to spit out of your worthless fried mind????
August 27 2010 at 9:50 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
suze fan
Damn funny, normfields.
August 27 2010 at 11:03 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
steverc53
I imagine a lot of us have done things in our lives that we are not proud of. It would be a good thing to make amends if possible and be a better person than before. Still now & then i like to crank up some Zeppelin.
August 27 2010 at 9:44 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Steve
2 replies to Steve's comment
What a hard ass,stealing milk.This is a monster.Is there no justice for the many deprived of their morning elixir?
August 27 2010 at 9:38 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
steverc53
I thought they did away with milk delivery a long time ago I know they used to deliver ice too, but they didn't leave it on your doorstep. I seen that on the Three Stooges. Ha
August 27 2010 at 11:42 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
annakarinana
Yeah,really, this is a "life of crime"?
August 28 2010 at 3:11 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
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