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before you judge, you have to put everything in perspective. for example, hendrix is by no means the most technically skilled guitarist - but he's not idolized for that reason. he's the man because he spearheaded a new type of guitar playing that inspired many many people. same thing with bonham. he put drums in the forefront - more so than any other drummer at the time. had bonham not treated his drums as an equal member to page's guitar, plant's voice, and JPJ's bass, Lombardo might have never thought to play his "hardcore, all-out, balls-to-the-walls drumming".
sure Dream Theater's medley of Zep tunes is pulled off cleaner and tighter than Zeppelin could have ever accomplished, but that's no reason to think less of Zeppelin, is it? I think not. how can one be expected to perfect an artform when one is inventing it at the same time?
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