Led Zeppelin members Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones made a rare television appearance Monday night on "The Late Show" with David Letterman.
Both Zeppelin and Letterman received the 2012 Kennedy Center Honors over the weekend.
The host chatted with the three Zeppelin members about a variety of topics, from the Washington event to the band's influences and history.
At one point, Letterman asked if the guys had considered carrying on following the 1980 death of their drummer, John Bonham.
"No," said Page. "The fact was that we had the records out and then we'd put the songs into the set; it was almost like another beginning, a second wind for the songs, because they were changing every night with the improvisation we were putting in. There was no way with the amount of work and mutation that had gone on with those songs that we could say to another drummer, well, can you learn this bit and learn that bit'; it just wouldn't work."
The Kennedy Center Honors Gala was recorded for broadcast on CBS for a 2-hour primetime special to air on Wednesday, December 26 at 9:00 p.m. (ET/PT), HenneMusic reports.
Cool to see those 3 legends in a different setting having some fun but Letterman's "interview" was lame. He came off like someone who'd never heard of LZ until 5 minutes before the show.
I saw the whole thing on CBS.com (they have the whole episode uploaded). It was still pretty boring. I know they're coming on just to promote and the whole Late Night thing is pretty choreographed, but still... knowing how entertaining Stern could have made it makes me frustrated.
