Can ladies shred like dudes? This is the eternal question the four members of Lez Zeppelin look to eliminate with each white-hot guitar lick, and each thundering drum thud as long as they tour their Zeppelin tribute act to macho white men who’re looking for sexy girls to not only melt their face, but also maybe make out with one another.
The answer, of course, is “fucking duh.” Lead guitarist Steph Paynes has a double-neck guitar and wields it better than most humans with testicles. Lead singer Kris Bradley’s sexy sways, stumbles and shimmies were entrancing whether she was singing the Zep hits or a couple original tunes—the Led Zeppelin inspired “On the Rocks” and “Winter Sun”—off their 2007 debut that was recorded by Zep II engineer Eddie Kramer. Bradley’s tight jeans, feather-trimmed tank and dirty, sexy rock hair were employed perfectly to conjure a suitable, even preferable Plant representation.
A tribute to Zeppelin is no easy feat, of course—the band has a catalog as deep as Alister Crowley’s penchant for the satanic—and Zeppelin fans are as die-hard as they come. No one really ever says, “Yeah, I liked I & II but Presence just kind of ruins them for me.” Zep enthusiasm is usually all-encompassing.
As such, the crowd was treated to a wide array of Zep rockness, including many of the hits—”Dazed and Confused,” “No Quarter,” “Friends,” “Rock and Roll,”—interpreted in a modern, thrashy way that was much-appreciated. Lez were loud and distorted, it was a set with many moments of balls out, nay tits-out, blistering rock moments. “Whole Lotta Love”—in which Bradley poured on the sex charm getting on her knees to worship Paynes’ guitar work at crotch level—and “Communication Breakdown” leveled the crowd with its initial burst of guitar and drum energy for a fitting ending during Lez’s encore.
And, no, they didn’t kiss each other.
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