You dont give zeppelin enough credit. The wrote rock music using times and structure like no one else. And no one created the bravado and electric sex they sold.
They are rock and roll Period. They lived it promoted it and kicked its ass.
You put on a live recording and they will tear your heart from your chest. Only 3 bands i have ever experienced do that to me.
Trampled under foot. End of story
In My Time of Dying. Are You SER ?
innovators in the studio. They certainly borrowed heavily from others but they made it their own. You hear them and know their sound.