1) Never speak to anyone in the group unless they are the first to initiate.
2) Never talk to Richard Cole or Peter Grant ... ever, ever, and ever again, for any reason.
3) Always keep the recorders off, unless authorized.
4) Never ask any questions on any subject outside of music.
5) And most importantly, remember this: the group will read what you write about them. The group hates the press.
Defining Peter Grant as a manager is absurd: alongside Page, he brought their creature to life. He was a father, an older brother, a protector, a son of a good woman, and a saint (depending on how you look at it). For his boys, he would, or rather excuse me, HAS done everything!
As a manager, he revolutionized the game; he and the staff handled all the tour organization and collected 90%, leaving the useless promoters with 10%. All future managers should thank him. After Bonham's death, he locked himself away for 5 years, depressed and heavily drugged in his villa. Then he recovered, quit his beloved cocaine, and lived the last 10 years in relative peace. But he was already gone on September 25, 1980.
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