David Coverdale thinks Led Zeppelin should record album with guest vocalist

David Coverdale says he told Jimmy Page to back off on trying to reunite Led Zeppelin for a world tour and record a band album with superstar guest vocalists. Coverdale, who teamed up with Page for the short-lived 1993 Coverdale-Page album and tour, explained to Uncut, "My suggestion to him when I saw him in the summer was to do what Carlos Santana did with Supernatural. Get a selection of people in, because there's no question John Paul Jones writes f***ing kick-ass music. I said Joe Elliot and me would come in and do a track rather than the focus be on one person."

He went on to say, "Will people be willing to see three-quarters of the family with a guest -- a cousin twice removed? I'm as curious as anyone to see how it works out... Change is good as long as you f***ing deliver. I hope it comes together for him because, Jesus, he deserves it."

Coverdale says that his most cherished collaboration was his 1993 team-up with Page, which led him to rethink how he chooses guitarists: [ Click to listen if you have a backstage pass] "When I worked with Jimmy Page, that was totally inspiring for me, and you can hear that on the Coverdale-Page album. And that was a great parameter for me to look at. The only people I would be prepared to work with are ones who would, who I'd feel could drive me, inspire me to go for notes I've never gone for before."
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