6 Legendary Led Zeppelin Performances

Everyone knows the opening riff to this cut from Zeppelin's 1973 album "House of the Holy." In this Madison Square Garden performance from that same year, Plant howls the lyrics no problem while Jimmy Page grooves through a wobbly but cutting guitar solo.

From their sixth album "Physical Graffiti," this song is one of the most widely covered Zeppelin tracks. It's hard to think of a more appropriate stage to perform this sprawling epic than at Knebworth House, a historic English country house in Hertfordshire. Here we see Zep at their larger-than-life pinnacle, just one year before they disbanded.

It's fascinating watching this early performance of Zeppelin when they were young and hungry in 1969. This was before they settled into their peak aesthetic. Here, their style is like a bridge between 1960s British mod and 1970s heyday classic rock. The band is raw and a little all over the place, bouncing from borderline free jazz noise to full-on shred session.

The vibes are baroque in this 1975 performance of "Stairway to Heaven." The band builds the song up slowly under moody blue stage lights. Plant commands the microphone before stepping aside with the tambourine and letting Page wield his double-necked axe for a three-minute solo.

Set off with Plant's haunting high-pitched scream, this official live video for "Immigrant Song" is psyched-out and hazy. On full display is the band's uninhibited on-stage energy.