Whole lotta love for Penguins goalie Brent Johnson’s Led Zeppelin-inspired mask

If you are referring to copyrights then you are correct in a couple cases. As far their actual musical ability, you are incorrect. It isn't their treatment as "rock pioneers", they get massive respect because, with the exception of the Beatles, they are the most important band in rock history.

So...what are you saying? That each individual member was instrumentally talented? Yeah, ok. But there's no shortage of instrumentally talented individuals.

But in what way are they important? Because they were popular? Are you going to say that Mariah Carey is more important to music because she was more popular?

I mean...they didn't trail blaze in terms of writing music like John Lennon, Roger Waters or Kurt Cobain. They didn't break new ground instrumentally like Les Paul or Duane Allman.

Just about the only major influential thing you can attach to Led Zeppelin was Robert Plant's voice. But even then, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Freddy Mercury...all more influential.

I was referring to rock music so Mariah Carey wasn't really in my hemisphere of thinking. Being that the acts you mentioned that don't Pre-date LZ all respected the hell out them (queen & Nirvana) you proven my point. Roger Waters influence is more as a lyricist than song writer. I'll buy Lennon & McCartney together in the Beatles as being more influential but not as solo artists. Dylan, great as he is, not quite on Zeppelin's stratosphere. I can tell you have your opinion, and that is fine and really doubt I will change it but you are severly understating their influence. Maybe you'll understand some day, maybe not. Either way, no bad feelings.