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Great minds inspire other great minds; it\u2019s the wonderful cycle of the music industry, and something that both Freddie Mercury<\/a> and Jeff Buckley were swept up in.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Both Mercury and Buckley contributed a great deal towards music in their own unique ways. They weren\u2019t strangers to influencing others through both sheer talent but also a unique approach to music. While they\u2019re not two artists you would necessarily put together in terms of style, they were both massively influenced by the same band: Led Zeppelin.\u00a0<\/p>\n The way that Led Zeppelin embraced multiple genres was a new way of looking at music, and it subsequently inspired a great range of musicians. The way that they were able to blend the likes of acoustic music with blues, R&B, and rock led to the creation of a sound which nobody had heard before. They pushed the parameters of what rock could be, and as a result, their impact resonates across music<\/a> and can be heard in plenty of different artists\u2019 work, no matter how different they may sound. <\/p>\n Brian May once said that Queen were massively inspired by Led Zeppelin, along with The Beatles and The Who. \u201cThe way they handled their image, the integrity, the way they built their stage show \u2013 so many things,\u201d the guitarist explained, \u201cI suppose between Zeppelin and The Beatles and The Who, you would see where we came from. That was the kind of platform that we bounced off.\u201d <\/p>\n It wasn\u2019t just the band as a whole that people liked, though, they were also moved by the individual members of Led Zeppelin. Each band member was one of the best in their field, and as such, vocalists everywhere held Robert Plant on a pedestal. Mercury and Buckley were both such vocalists, as they agreed he had one of the best voices in rock. <\/p>\n Freddie Mercury said, \u201cRobert Plant is one of the most original vocalists of our time. He was always my favourite singer. And he\u2019s said nice things about me.\u201d Meanwhile, when Jeff Buckley was talking about who influenced his music, he said: \u201cLove, anger, depression, joy and dreams\u2026 and Zeppelin, totally.\u201d<\/p>\n