Keith Richards Continues Blasting Iconic Acts; Calls Led Zeppelin 'Hollow'

Just weeks after dismissing iconic rock groups Black Sabbath and Metallica as "great jokes" and calling The Beatles' 1967 classic Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band "rubbish", The Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards has continued his tirade against some of rock's biggest names, this time targeting UK heavyweights Led Zeppelin and The Who.

Currently promoting his recently released solo album, Crosseyed Heart, the 71-year-old musician has been shockingly candid about his thoughts on veteran acts and when asked by Ultimate Classic Rock about Zeppelin, he stunned yet again. 

"I love Jimmy Page, but as a band, no," Richards said. 

"With John Bonham thundering down the highway in an uncontrolled 18-wheeler…He had cornered the market there. Jimmy is a brilliant player. But I always felt there was something a little hollow about it, you know?"

Similarly, when pressed about The Who, Richards slammed frontman Roger Daltrey as "all flash" and had an even stronger comment on drummer Keith Moon.

"[Moon] could play to [Pete Townshend] like nobody else in the world. But if somebody threw him into a session with somebody else, it was a disaster," he said

"There’s nothing wrong with that; sometimes you’ve got that one paintbrush, and you rock it."

Let's just not ask what he thinks about Nickelback, shall we?