<Tr> <Th> LC Class </Th> <Td> ML421. L4 D4 1985 </Td> </Tr> <P> Hammer of the Gods is a book written by music journalist Stephen Davis, published in 1985 . It is an unauthorized biography of the English rock band Led Zeppelin . After its release it became a New York Times bestseller paperback, and is hyped by its publisher as being the best - known Led Zeppelin biography . It has been reprinted three times since its first publication and has been released under the alternative title Hammer of the Gods: The Led Zeppelin Saga . The title is derived from a line in "Immigrant Song", a track from the band's third album . </P> <P> Davis travelled with Led Zeppelin for two weeks at the beginning of the band's 1975 U.S. Tour, while he was a music journalist at Rolling Stone magazine . </P> <P> The book has been the subject of much criticism . Chicago Tribune music reviewer Greg Kot, called it "one of the most notorious rock biographies ever written". All three surviving members of the band have cast doubts on its accuracy, with one article summarising their collective view of the book as a "catalogue of error and distortion ." </P>

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