Becoming Led Zeppelin

 

Becoming Led Zeppelin

Apart from the hype around the visuals and the presence of previously unseen footage, I didn't know anything about Becoming Led Zeppelin. I like the band, but I'm not a long-time fan. I have to say that this is a really good music documentary if you're interested in the minutiae of Led Zep's early history. The narrative starts a couple of years before the band was form and ends as they release their second  album, so it's by no means a full biography of the band. That said, the setup is really interesting with four parallel interviews, three contemporary and one from archives of John Bonham. It lets you go in-depth but without feeling too stifled. The interview bits are interspersed with long (and gloriously restored) live footage of the band in those early years. I don't know how appealing this will be to people not into Led Zeppelin, but I really enjoyed it.