Robert Plant recently announced plans to Raise the Roof on a new album with Alison Krauss, but a Led Zeppelin reunion is likely not in the cards for the rock icon after deeming long-running musical contemporaries "sadly decrepit."
Speaking with Mojo [via NME] about his latest with Krauss, which follows their acclaimed 2007 team-up Raising Sand, Plant discussed the enjoyment of a music-making partnership for which the pair have "nothing written in blood."
He explained, "We were ready to do something new, and we knew how good it was before, so we can just join up again and see where we go. We've got nothing to lose."
"The good thing about Alison and I is that we're a couple of kindred spirits," Plant continued. "Most musicians form a band, then they stay in the band until it's over – 20 years, 30 years, 50 years, whatever it is – and it starts to look sadly decrepit. It's like people hanging onto a life raft, or staying in a comfortable place."
Perhaps that train of thought played into Plant forgoing further shows following Led Zeppelin's 2007 reunion — which of course followed other reunions in the '80s and '90s.
The band officially disbanded in 1980 following the death of drummer John Bonham, though Plant regularly keeps a number of Zeppelin staples in his tour setlists.
This past May, Plant shared that he had instructed family to open his vault of unreleased music when he dies. In the meantime, Raise the Roof with Krauss arrives in November.
Speaking with Mojo [via NME] about his latest with Krauss, which follows their acclaimed 2007 team-up Raising Sand, Plant discussed the enjoyment of a music-making partnership for which the pair have "nothing written in blood."
He explained, "We were ready to do something new, and we knew how good it was before, so we can just join up again and see where we go. We've got nothing to lose."
"The good thing about Alison and I is that we're a couple of kindred spirits," Plant continued. "Most musicians form a band, then they stay in the band until it's over – 20 years, 30 years, 50 years, whatever it is – and it starts to look sadly decrepit. It's like people hanging onto a life raft, or staying in a comfortable place."
Perhaps that train of thought played into Plant forgoing further shows following Led Zeppelin's 2007 reunion — which of course followed other reunions in the '80s and '90s.
The band officially disbanded in 1980 following the death of drummer John Bonham, though Plant regularly keeps a number of Zeppelin staples in his tour setlists.
This past May, Plant shared that he had instructed family to open his vault of unreleased music when he dies. In the meantime, Raise the Roof with Krauss arrives in November.
