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Admittedly, “hate” is perhaps a strong word for this one. However, the Led Zeppelin frontman was certainly a little perturbed by Stern during their 2017 interview. Although Robert Plant clearly wanted to discuss his new solo release, Carry Fire, Stern, a longtime Led Zeppelin fan, couldn’t help but revert the conversation to the well-trampled topic of Plant’s formative band, which broke up in 1980 following the death of drummer John Bonham.
“I am such a fan of that guy, and I took the wrong approach,” Stern reflected on the interview in a conversation with the New York Times. “He came in, and I’m dying to ask him about Led Zeppelin. I wanted every detail. After a while, he says something like, ‘I don’t want to talk about Led Zeppelin.’ Then I go back and back and back because I was hyper-focused on thinking that’s what the audience wanted. So, in some ways, I blew it with him.”
Throughout the interview, Plant grew palpably irritated. Keeping his cool, he quipped, “Where’d you find this guy?” before asking whether Stern was some inexperienced substitute interviewer.
