It came from the pages of Hit Parader

I have in front of me a copy of Hit Parader from August of 1986 and this time I want to focus on the cover story. Robert Plant is on the cover with a headline of "Led Zeppelin-Born Again?". After Plant, Page and Jones played at Live Aid in the summer of 1985 there were a lot of rumors of a Zeppelin reunion. In early 1986 the three remaining original Zeppelin members and session drummer Tony Thompson did go into the studio and knock about some ideas as reported in the is article. Jimmy Page tried to downplay it by saying it as just some friends getting to play music and he emphasized that all of them were involved in other projects. The article leads one to believe the reunion was in full swing and something would come from this. Well, Tony Thompson was in a bad car wreck and that put an end to this possible new Zeppelin album that some people were hoping for. The three original members with Jason Bonham on drums would play for Atlantic records anniversary show in 1988 and Page and Plant did two albums and tours together in the 1990's. Still the Zeppelin reunion album that people thought was a possibility in 1986 never came around. I wonder how good it would have been, but in the end I am glad that the Zeppelin name ended as it did. Page and Plant had the smarts and the respect to call their projects after their names and not use the Zeppelin name.