Was Jack Bruce Joking? Who Cares?

After Jack Bruce’s comments about Zeppelin on Monday night at the Classic Rock Awards, some people suspected that he may have had his tongue firmly in his cheek. It turns out that they may have been right
Speaking to the JJ & Lynne Morning Show on 94.7 WCSX in Detroit, Jack says that he was having fun with the Press, although he does have another semi-dig at Jimmy Page in the process.
"I was just having some fun with the press gallery really…being fairly tongue in cheek…. The thing about Zeppelin is obviously its a little bit of jealousy on my part or more than a little bit because the audience was created by Cream and Jimi Hendrix…this sort of very large audience…then Zeppelin came along and had a very easy ride in that way. We were the pioneers and pioneers don’t always get the recognition they deserve. On the other hand, let’s face it: Jimmy Page ain’t no Eric Clapton…no matter what anybody thinks.”
He also added, jokingly “The only decent guy…the one good guy in that band is dead…so what are you gonna do?...The trouble is if you say anything about the establishment…In Britain you mustn’t criticize the Queen or Led Zeppelin”.

Quite rightly so. Jimmy and Zeppelin took rock music to new heights after Cream disbanded.

Any true rock fan worth his salt would rather listen to Pagey any day.

Come on Jimmy, give the old sweaty a tongue lashing.