Let's face it: there was only one Led Zeppelin. But a whole lot of your favorite artists scaled rock's same mountaintops. And while we're on the subject of mountains . . . Mountain's "Mississippi Queen …

Led Zeppelin's been called the godfathers of heavy metal, and with good reason: they took the blues and cranked 'em up to godhead proportions. But they were always far more than that, summoning  …

Van Halen, Guns N' Roses, Rage Against the Machine . . . for more than 40 years, there's not a band worth their platinum that hasn't copped a riff, a chorus, a hammer-of-the-gods from the Led Zeppelin  …

Hitsville, U.S.A. didn't just mass produce hit singles; it manufactured hit songs. Besides having a lock on the creative output from writers you know - think: Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, Lio …

The golden age of Motown was still in full effect when blues legend John Lee Hooker stepped into the studio in 1966 to cut a slinky jump-boogie cover - complete with note-bending, mind-bending t …

You might recognize these songs from your favorite Pearl Jam concert or album, but trust us: you need to hear 'em the way the band first did. From the mod-squad rave-up of "The Kids Are Alright" …

It's one hell of a voice, sure. It's a rafter-rattling guitar, no doubt. But what really unites the rock giants that have emerged in Pearl Jam's wake is a sound that grabs the head, the heart - and oth …