ROBERT PLANT Says BAND OF JOY Will Begin Writing Original Material

September 13, 2010

LED ZEPPELIN legend Robert Plant tells Billboard.com in a new interview that his new band BAND OF JOY — an updated version of his pre-LED ZEPPELIN group which also featured the late John Bonham — will likely write original material next after releasing an album of cover songs.

"We're talking. We have to write songs now," Plant says. "It's all very well celebrating other people's songwriting, and I know there are artists who actually have an entire career doing that, whether it be Elvis or Sinatra or...a lot of country artists who never write. But we're gonna be heading that way soon."

He added, "I haven't got a great deal of self-esteem when it comes to writing. I have no idea how it will work out, and also it will be the first time I've ever written a song...with the Americana psyche in full flight, so we'll see. I'd like to think we can keep this going and just make JOY where it's appropriate."

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