They Had Bad And Odd Hotel Manners
All Rockstars abused Hotel rooms at one time or another. Smashing, crashing, and bashing their fame on the walls of some poor Inn-keep’s walls. But what about slapping a groupie, among other sexual acts, with a mud shark? That’s right. The band was staying at the famous Edgewater Hotel, in Seattle, Washington. It’s the very same that The Beatles stayed and made so famous a few years prior. The hotel had a “fish from your window” policy. Led Zeppelin took that policy and ran with it. After catching a mud shark, they then proceeded to take that poor shark, slap a young red headed groupie they had been getting to “know” and reportedly use pieces of that shark as bedroom toys. That ultimately landed them a lifetime ban from the hotel. They would later circumnavigate that ban to end up throwing five television sets into the ocean that night!
Nothing could beat a mud shark that had multiple bedroom uses right? Except maybe, just maybe, Jimmy Page having to be handcuffed to a toilet on multiple occasions so he wouldn’t be able to do one of his favorite traditions: Dress up like a Nazi and shoot heroin down at local Trans clubs. Some rockstars have uniforms they always loved to don. Angus Young wore the school boy outfit, Jimi Hendrix wore his school band uniform. Jimmy Page wore his uniforms, but kept with his usual approach to things: he took it to the next level.
While this next bad hotel behavior doesn’t top the other crazy habits the band exhibited, this is definitely one for the books. In Chateau Marmont, Los Angeles, California, Led Zeppelin left many scars and memories down the polished halls. This chateau was the setting for many historic pop culture events. Some of the most notable are, James Dean hopping through a window for an audition, Jim Belushi overdosing in bungalow three, and Led Zeppelin riding through the halls on Harley Davidsons. This wasn’t the first time the group had done this. Especially for John Bonham, it was almost his debauchery trademark when it came to overnight stays in strange places. So the group did not make the hotel infamous on its own, but certainly left their mark for years to come.