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Hammer of the Gods (book)
1985 book by Stephen Davis
Hammer of the Gods is a book written by music journalistStephen Davis, published in 1985. It is an unauthorized biography of the English rock band Led Zeppelin.
Davis travelled with Led Zeppelin for two weeks at the beginning of the band's 1975 U.S. Tour, while he was a music journalist at Rolling Stone magazine.[1]
After its release it became a New York Timesbestseller paperback.[2] It has been reprinted three times since its first publication and has been released under the alternative title Hammer of the Gods: The Led Zeppelin Saga.
The title is derived from a line in "Immigrant Song", a track from the band's third album.
Criticism
Chicago Tribune music reviewer Greg Kot called it "one of the most notorious rock biographies ever written".[3] All three surviving members of the band have cast doubts on its accuracy,[4] with one article summarising their collective vi