I'm very familiar with Zeppelin...have every album. I'm not denying that KC's "sound" was influenced by what some of Zep did, but to say they ripped them off or stole from them is an incorrect statement.

The people who called then clones were the same bitter type of people that always come out of the woodwork when a newer band gains a little popularity.


If KC ripped off Zeppelin, then Gary Moore ripped off dozens of blues musicians. Pot calling the kettle black.