Editing Led Zeppelin (section)

==== 1980s ====
[[File:Jimmy Page 1983.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Page performs at the [[Cow Palace]] in [[Daly City, California]] in 1983.|alt=A colour photograph of Jimmy Page performing on stage with a double-necked guitar]]

Following Led Zeppelin's dissolution, the first significant musical project by one of its members was [[the Honeydrippers]], which Plant initially formed in 1981. The group, featuring Page on lead guitar, along with studio musicians and friends of the pair, including Jeff Beck, [[Paul Shaffer]], and [[Nile Rodgers]], released its only album in 1984. Plant focused on a different direction from Zeppelin, playing [[Standard (music)|standards]] and in a more [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]] style, highlighted by a cover of "[[Sea of Love (Phil Phillips song)|Sea of Love]]" that peaked at number three on the [[Billboard charts|''Billboard'' chart]] in early 1985.{{sfn|Huey|2011}}

The studio album ''[[Coda (Led Zeppelin album)|Coda]]'' – a collection of Zeppelin outtakes and unused tracks – was issued in November 1982. It included two tracks from the [[Royal Albert Hall]] in 1970, one each from the ''Led Zeppelin III'' and ''Houses of the Holy'' sessions, and three from the ''In Through the Out Door'' sessions. It also featured a 1976 Bonham drum instrumental with electronic effects added by Page, called "[[Bonzo's Montreux]]".{{sfn|Yorke|1993|p=267}}

[[File:Live Aid at JFK Stadium, Philadelphia, PA.jpg|thumb|right|Page, Plant, and Jones performing at Live Aid in Philadelphia]]

On 13 July 1985, Page, Plant, and Jones reunited for the [[Live Aid]] concert at [[John F. Kennedy Stadium|JFK Stadium, Philadelphia]], playing a short set featuring drummers [[Tony Thompson (drummer)|Tony Thompson]] and [[Phil Collins]], and bassist [[Paul Martinez]]. Collins had contributed to Plant's first two solo albums while Martinez was a member of Plant's solo band. The performance was marred by a lack of rehearsal with the two drummers, Page's struggles with an out-of-tune guitar, poorly functioning monitors, and Plant's hoarse voice.{{sfn|Lewis|Pallett|1997|p=139}}{{sfn|Prato|2008}} Page described the performance as "pretty shambolic",<ref>{{Cite news |date=20 November 2007 |title=Jimmy Page says last Led Zeppelin reunion was a disaster |work=The List |url=http://www.list.co.uk/article/5700-jimmy-page-says-last-led-zeppelin-reunion-was-a-disaster/ |url-status=dead |access-date=29 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140712163557/http://www.list.co.uk/article/5700-jimmy-page-says-last-led-zeppelin-reunion-was-a-disaster/ |archive-date=12 July 2014}}</ref> while Plant characterised it as an "atrocity".{{sfn|Lewis|Pallett|1997|p=139}}

The three members reunited again on 14 May 1988, for the [[Atlantic Records 40th Anniversary]] concert, with Bonham's son [[Jason Bonham|Jason]] on drums. The result was again disjointed: Plant and Page had argued immediately prior to taking the stage about whether to play "Stairway to Heaven", and Jones' keyboards were absent from the live television feed.{{sfn|Prato|2008}}{{sfn|Lewis|Pallett|1997|p=140}} Page described the performance as "one big disappointment" and Plant said "the gig was foul".{{sfn|Lewis|Pallett|1997|p=140}}