Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin, Members Of The Band consisted of James Patrick "Jimmy" Page, Roger Plant, John Paul Jones and John Henry "Bonzo" Bonham.

Bonham was best known for his speed, powerful feel he had for music, fast right foot, distinctive sound. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest drummers in the history of rock music by other musicians.

John Paul Jones is an English multi-instrumentalist musician, composer, arranger and record producer.

Best known was the bassist, mandolinist, and keyboardist for English rock band Led Zeppelin

Robert Anthony Plant, English rock singer, songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist and lyricist of Led Zeppelin. He had lots of talent and by far one the most influential, important, and versatile guitarists and songwriters in rock history", and by Rolling Stone as "the pontiff of power riffing & probably the most digitally sampled artist in pop today after James Brown."

"Stairway to Heaven" was composed by guitarist Jimmy Page and vocalist Robert Plant for the band's untitled fourth studio album named Led Zeppelin IV. The song begins with slow acoustic-based folk song music and heightens to a high-tempo hard rock sound highlighted by a guitar solo by Page.

In a January 1982 it was alleged that hidden messages were contained in rock songs, through a technique called backward masking. Led Zeppelin's "Stairway To Heaven" was cited as a example.

Following the claims made in the television program, California assembly man Phil Wyman proposed a state law that would require warning labels on records containing backward masking. In April 1982, the Consumer Protection and Toxic Materials Committee of the California State Assembly held a hearing on backward masking in popular music, during which "Stairway to Heaven" was played backwards. During the hearing, William Yarroll, a self-described "neuroscientific researcher", claimed that backward messages could be deciphered by the human brain.

The band itself has for the most part ignored such claims; in response to the allegations, Swan Song Records issued the statement: "Our turntables only play in one direction; forward". Led Zeppelin audio engineer Eddie Kramer called the allegations "totally and utterly ridiculous. Why would they want to spend so much studio time doing something so dumb?" Robert Plant expressed frustration with the accusations in a 1983 interview in Musician magazine: "To me it's very sad, because 'Stairway to Heaven' was written with every best intention, and as far as reversing tapes and putting messages on the end, that's not my idea of making music.