Some people may see Lez Zeppelin as a “tribute band,” but guitarist Steph Paynes doesn’t think that description is appropriate for the group. To her, tribute bands try to emulate the original band as closely as possible, dressing up like the group and trying to convince the audience that they are like the original group. Instead, Lez Zeppelin’s goal is to take the music of the beloved band Led Zeppelin and interpret it in their own way. Paynes compares this process to the way a classical musician will reinterpret a concerto.

As a founder of the band, Paynes initially wanted to gather a group of women together to perform Led Zeppelin music for fun, but after realizing how difficult it was to play the music well, she realized they would have to put in a lot of work to make the music sound good. After six months of rehearsal, the band started performing in 2004. This kind of women-centered band was new for the time, and the band took off once they started performing.

Aside from Led Zeppelin, Payne cites many influences as helping to create the band’s sound. Lead vocalist Marlain Angelides went to the Royal Academy of Music and studied opera, and she was also in a very successful pop group in Greece. Bass guitarist Joan Chew is a music teacher and also plays violin, piano, and many other instruments.

Drummer Leesa Harrington-Squyres has played blues among many other styles of music in various different groups. Paynes studied jazz, participated in jazz bands and stage bands, and would also eventually embrace pop and heavy metal as other genres of choice.

Paynes says that the music of Led Zeppelin continues to be sifted through the group as musicians as they continue to play the music live, with alterations from the original tracks and improvisations that also differ from the original songs contributing to the overall sound of the group. Being able to connect with the band live is a special feeling that Paynes absolutely loves, and she loves the connection that the group is able to achieve with the audience whenever they can enchant them with the “intense immersion” of the reinterpreted music of Led Zeppelin.

If you want to see Lez Zeppelin perform live, you can catch them at the Caribou Room, 55 Indian Peaks Drive in Nederland, on Saturday, April 16, 2022. Doors open at 7 p.m. with dinner, and the show starts at 8 p.m.

Here are the listings of live music this week! Check it out and support your local musicians.

Busey Brews

Sunday, April 10 at 2 p.m. - C.P. Meyer

Sunday, April 17 at 2 p.m. - Good Music Medicine Duo

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BuseyBrews/

Website: https://buseybrews.com/

Email: contact@buseybrews.com

Location: 70 E. 1st Street, Nederland

Phone: 1-855-633-2739

Caribou Room

Saturday, April 16 at 8 p.m. - Lez Zeppelin

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thecaribouroom/

Website: https://www.thecaribouroom.com/

Location: 55 Indian Peaks Drive, Nederland

Phone: 303-258-3637

Covered Wagon

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/coveredwagonrestaurantsaloon/

Website: https://www.coveredwagonrestaurant.com/

Location: 15 East 1st Street, Nederland

Phone: 303-258-7578

Gold Hill Store & Pub

Website: goldhillstore.com Location: 531 Main Street, Gold Hill Phone: 303-443-7724

Howlin Wind Brewing

Saturday, April 9 at 4 p.m - Uncle Jah Saturday, April 16 at 4 p.m. - C.P. Meyer

Saturday, April 23 at 5 p.m. - Dakota Gray Trio

Saturday, April 30 at 4 p.m. - Jacy Anderson

Website: https://www.howlinwindbrewing.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/howlinwindbrewing

Location: 51 A Main Street, Rollinsville.

Phone: 309-825-5245

Jamestown Mercantile

Thursday, April 7 at 7 p.m. - Oceanography

Friday, April 8 at 7 p.m. - Karaoke

Thursday, April 14 at 7 p.m. - Julian Peterson Trio

Friday, April 15 at 7 p.m. - Bear Hat

Thursday, April 21 at 7 p.m. - River Arkansas

Friday, April 22 at 7 p.m. - Thomas Dow

Thursday, April 28 at 7 p.m. - Chris Sheldon and Friends

Friday, April 29 at 7 p.m. - Brandywine and the Mighty Fines

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jamestown.mercantile/

Website: https://www.jamestownmercantile.com/

Location: 108 Main Street, Jamestown.

Phone: 303-442-5847

Knotted Root Brewing

Website: https://www.knottedrootbrewing.com/home

Location: 250 N. Caribou Street, Nederland.

Phone: 720-248-7129

Last Stand Tavern

Friday, April 8 at 6 p.m. - Karaoke with PJ the DJ

Saturday, April 9 at 5 p.m. - Scott Brown

Saturday, April 16 at 5 p.m. - Rick Lobato and Chuck Lettes

Friday, April 22 at 6 p.m. - Karaoke with PJ the DJ

Saturday, April 23 at 5 p.m. - David Booker

Friday, April 29 at 7:30 p.m. - Karaoke with Phil the Jukebox

Saturday, April 30 at 5 p.m. - Derek Hall

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/laststandtavern/

Website: http://laststandtavern.com/

Email: laststandtavern@gmail.com

Location: 32138 Highway 72, Coal Creek Canyon.

Phone: 303-642-3180

Ned’s Cafe

Dam Jam on Thursdays at 10 p.m. Karaoke on Sundays at 7 p.m.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eatatneds/

Website: https://www.eatatneds.com/

Email: eatatneds@gmail.com

Location: 121 N. Jefferson Street, Nederland.

Phone: 303-258-0614

United Center

Saturday, April 9 at 7 p.m. - Nathan McEuen with the Rough and Tumble Band

Website: http://www.unitedcenterinc.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UnitedCenterInc/

Email: unitedcenterinc@gmail.com

Location: 1440 Colorado Boulevard Idaho Springs

Phone: 303-900-8689

Very Nice Brewing Company

Friday, April 8 at 6 p.m. - FastFloyd

Saturday, April 9 at 5 p.m. - Eric Stone and Tom Hall

Saturday, April 16 at 5 p.m. - Colorado Junction

Sunday, April 17 at 4 p.m. - Mountain Duo

Thursday, April 21 at 6 p.m. - Dan Williams

Facebook: www.facebook.com/verynicebeer

Website: www.verynicebrewing.com/

Location: 20 E. Lakeview Drive, #112, Nederland.

Phone: 303-258-3770

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