LED ZEPPELIN PROG OR NOT

Yeah, Arce (how would you pronounce that?), some of Zep's songs are proggish, with, as you said, Kashmir being an obvious example.

Not a "prog" act overall, though.

Many artists (eg. Bowie) are in the same boat -- many styles in their careers, including some flirtation with prog, but not, on the balance, Progressive Rock acts.

While they have prog elements, I don't think that Zeppelin is prog. Songs like Kashmir and Stairway to Heaven are progressive in the sense that they take things to a "grander" scale and have symphonic (classical music) elements to them. Also, transcribing much of their music to full orchestra is fitting (I recommend checking out the arrangements by Jaz Coleman recorded by the London Philharmonic Orch.).

However, the do delve into a multitude of styles (notably blues, country, and you could even make the case that "All MY Love" is something of a calypso song).

For me, not prog. But, still the best band ever. 

HaroldTheBarrel wrote: Zep's first couple of albums were definately not prog, just rock'n'roll. But who can deny the progitude of their later material?

Have you not read any of the previous posts man!?

I think I got the point. According to this website's review, they seen Led Zeppelin's IV as driven away from the blues hard rock that resembles such albums as Lep Zeppelin I and Led Zeppelin II.

I think that Zeppelin's sound has changed from album to album, specially from their third album, but still, they rock hard. And they are an amazing band and such a great inspiration for others, such as Rush (one of my favorite bands)

In my opinion, I don't view Led Zeppelin as a progressive band as Jethro Tull, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Eloy, Camel, Pink Floyd, or even King Crimson. Zeppelin's style is unique, but it's sound approaches more to the hard rock. Although, if we compare them to Deep Purple, or consider as similar artists with Deep Purple, who, according to the archives, are reviewed as progressive rock, then I think they could be a prototype of progressive rock just like Purple. That's why most people would think YES/NO at the same time.

Maybe, the reason for having just one album reviewed as progressive, doesn't make much of a difference or a big impact. Therefore, I don't agree they should be considered a prog band. They could have experimented after 1971 and their sound began to take a shape away from the blues rock they were into at the beginning, but their style is still considered as Heavy Metal or Hard Rock.