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- A rare interview with tour manager Richard Cole from August 1992. Richard is promoting his new book Stairway To Heaven.
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JP said to Guitar World magazine in 1993 about the book: “I’m so mad about it that I can’t even bring myself to read the whole thing. The two bits that I have read are so ridiculously false that I’m sure if I read the rest, I’d be able to sue Cole and the publishers. But it would be so painful to read that it wouldn’t be worth it.”
I wouldn’t be surprised if a lot of it is bullshit, just wanting to sell books. Was the band perfect angels, I’m sure they weren’t, but a lot of it was made up to sound more cool.
Imagine being 22 years old and being the tour manager of one of the greatest rock bands ever.....basically from their start to finish...R.I.P. Richard Cole.........when i was 22 i was riding around listening to zeppelins music.. :)
R.I.P RICHARD COLE / DEC ,02, 2021
Mark, you keep amazing us with these gems.
Don't know how you manage to find these, but really interesting to see these videos.
Thanks again
I talked to him a number of times at the Log Cabin, never once asking or knowing what he did for a living. I learned of his past some years later while watching Behind the Music. He seemed like a nice chap.
What's the Log Cabin? Thanks
Greg Curran he is a nice chap
Richard cole seriously fell out of favour with the group in the late 70s , out of all the people the band threw out of the circle no one when out more unceremoniously than Richard cole
He was badly smacked out by then and unlike Bonham, wasn't indispensible to the band.
Richard Cole was a badass
They mention "The Shark Episode" briefly when they talk about the incident between the groupie and the red snapper. O.K. But what I found really funny was what happened when Led Zeppelin went to check out from that very stay at The Edgewater Inn in Seattle. Among other things that went out their hotel room windows were a couple of Motorola color TVs. Peter Grant and Mr. Cole here were settling up the band's bill when the Edgewater's manager admitted he'd always wondered what it would be like to throw a TV off the side of the hotel. Peter looked at him with a big smile and said, "Why didn't ya say so?" Then he counted another $500 in cash and insisted the manager "have one on Led Zeppelin." So, smiling like a kid on Christmas morning, the manager rolled a brand-new Motorola color TV from a storage room, took it up to the roof, and dumped it over the side of the building. He waved to the band and called out, "HEY, THANKS, GUYS!" as they were getting into their ride to the airport.
The interviewer seems like he wishes he was a female.
Cole cracks me up here. Hilarious despite all of the negative comments about him.
R.I.P.
Mr. Cole
A big strong friend of mine got hired to do Zep security in Boston and they made him the last guard in front of the dressing room door. He said there was a line of people as far as you could see just waiting to somehow get inside with virtually ANYthing Zep's four guys might want or like. ANYthing.
ANYthing?
@@mjp96 His words
RIP Richard Cole
always thought Cole was behind the '73 robbery in NYC, looks the part.....had access....
I think he at least probably knew what happened, even if he didn't do the actual robbery himself, probably had someone do it for him. Or maybe with how schemy he is, he owed it to someone and told them how to get it
They trusted Cole and he looks the complete SC@M-B@G. $200,000 in CA$H in 1973....the likely people who had that kinda CA$H laying around were Mafia Boss's/Drug-Dealer's hidin' it from the Feds....... and Zeppelin.....
@@wildbill2122 mafia and gotti..
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Page told Lorrie Maddox that Cole did it, it was all planned. He was a horrible person, white trash.
The jury's out on Mr Cole
Nah, the jury's out on you mom. And I'm the judge.
Guilty on all accounts.
I bought this book years ago it's hilarious.
@Coogan This is what I've heard. I've heard Cole exaggerated parts of it and just made up stuff for other parts.
I like the end of the movie when Grant is leading them to the limo and you can see Plant's broad back and shoulders, and fit waist. Long arms and tall. You didn't wanna mess with this dude in his prime. The whole Zeppelin sphere were like pirates. So great.
@Captain Sunday "So great". Sure thing, tell that to Jim Matzorkis (if he was still alive).
@@DCB728 Thanks for checking me. Thuggery is bad. Toughness is good. But with arrogance, toughness becomes touchy and goonish.
Pirates on tour ....
Fit waist? You could feed an entire block with that huge fat belly.
In Bonhams book "the beast" it was stated that Ricardo (Richard Cole) broke Bonham's nose twice! Because Bonham got out off control. And Ricardo had to resort to pyschical violence to keep him in check
Cole looks nervous and uncomfortable in this video like he knows Grant and the Zep gang are about to come after him again for writing and making that book.
Zepp were notoriously cheap. Cole faithfully stuck with the band for 10 years. And they let him be poor. I don't blame him for writing a book. They've all forgiven him, and he them. Cole is a good bloke. I used to hate him. I've seen a lot of life since my youth. Cole is ok.
How are they ‘notoriously’ cheap out of curiosity
@@mayk6529 Jimmy had alligator arms when the bill came. His nickname in the 70s was led wallet, because his wallet was made of lead, he couldn't lift it.
He blew all his money on heroin.Fuck that turd
cole was a drug addict and a fuck up, and if he was being short changed he should have left for greener pastures instead of sticking around and selling them out. weak man.
I mean, if they wanted their operation to run smoothly, Richard Cole and Peter Grant were the guys. By any means necessary, protect the band’s interest. Very intimidating guys in their heyday.
7:35 guy is sitting like a girl at a slumber party.
You win today’s internet lol.
I agree. His posture is disturbing.
He knows where the $180k from the Drake Hotel safe went.
thought it was $ 200k
exactly
200k was like a million in 73, EXACTLY ADLIN.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mike Gervasi - He was put at the polygraph by the police and passed.
Tax payer paid that bill.Remember the banks are insured for 750k.
This interviewer is awful
Kylie’s World seriously. Ugh
they all said his books were rubbish
What are they gonna say? I am a Zeppelin historian. His book rang true.
@@Frip36 They have a right to tell their version of the story, don't they? I think much of those stories are exaggerated. I'm sure some crazy episodes happened but the boorish reputation the band had seems to have been overblown. I'll never forget what Jones said. He was so disgusted by how Cole portrayed Bonham in his book, that he apparently didn't speak to him for years afterwards. When he eventually asked why Cole exaggerated so much, Cole said he needed the money for heroin. You don't have an attitude like Jones had if you don't genuinely believe what was written was fair in any way.
Cole didn't write anything about Bonzo that everyone didn't know already. He also wrote lovingly about Bonzo and said he was closest to Bonzo. Have you even read the book? @@ryaneijkholt4220
Cole was hated by Zeppelin for writing that book, but he needed some CA$H!!!....Zeppelin still invited him to the O2 show in '07....
He needed the money cos all his went on smack.
Robert Plant even thinks he was the one who robbed the safe deposit box in 1973
@@adamwake1915 Everyone except maybe JPJ had a substance problem. They could afford it. Cole could not. So what's you're point anyway. The man need help and help from his old friends. They ignored him. He wrote a book. That's how it goes.
@@markmace2113 That is beyond dumb for a number of reasons. And why don't you site where Plant said that. What book? What magazine interview. Link me.
@@Frip36 Agreed, those number of reasons not being hard to discern.
nice one great to see Cole
Back in the 1970's, you did NOT want to fuck with the Manager of Led-Zeppelin - Peter Grant, OR his second-in-command - Richard Cole. Cole was instructed by Grant to do whatever necessary in order to keep the band safe, and rolling along on schedule, and Cole did just that. Peter Grant had grown up on the mean streets, and took no shit from anyone, and Cole was his hired gun. Cole even punched Bonzo on the nose, during one of Bonham's drunken rages! Bonham later thanked Cole for it, because Bonham had previously broken his nose, and it was crooked, but after Cole broke it again - it had straightened it back! True story. I wish Cole would punch this interviewer on his nose, because he's really annoying.
This inetrviewer is a total dickhead
Peter had Richard and the other guy (I forget his name). They say those two guys were the prototypical henchmen for Peter Grant, very tough and intimidating.
And you were there? Or is this what you read on the internet?
@@mhmt1453 John `Biffo` Bindon was the other,a total psycho.
Mr. Goofy interviews Richard Cole.
He looks like a dodgy second hand car salesman.
He didn’t mention thug in his tour manager description 😩
keep up the good work u should box them up and knock em out like the F.B.O 12 dvd set.
R.IP RICHARD !!
Richard cole bothers me. He's to cocky, arrogant, and I'm very convinced he's a liar.
If he was as bad as you say Zepp and Grant wouldn't have kept him around for 10 plus years. And you better be arrogant if you're gonna tour manage Zeppelin. You're a clown.
I have a paperback copy of the book.
What do you want,a medal?
@@mjh5437 No, just merely making comment. It's an interesting book.
Ooh,ooh I have.....a chest !
What do you want, a medal for it...
Hillarious
This interview seems to go with the “style” of that era. A lot of fluffily questions with naivety in the mix.
Peter Grant was the brains he hired the off duty cops. Very smart move. Cole had to deal with facilitating the bands various escapes from Hotel rooms after the fathers of the teen girls that they were screwing were coming to look for their daughters. I am sure they just loved these guys.
Rest in Peace, sexy man x
The early days of "E Entertainment", trying to get Viewers with "Different" kinds of interviewers, SOME were good.
it was more than 180K
7542ben 203k to be exact
I have read this book. Richard Cole is just a free loader. In it for the bucks. He is like stephen Davis the shit just falls out of his mouth. They would not know the truth if it hit them in the face. As with the Stephen Davis hammer of the Gods , I have no clue of the band they are talking about . Fantasy bullshit
You were there then?
With no retirement, no severance, who can blame him , Zep got over it
Like to hear the Shark Story.
Red Snappa' meets Red Snapper!Only Fuckin' Zeppelin,Ricardo was a very classy dude,well kinda
Who is this weird interviewer and what's up with his posture??
was that after phil c
His job was to look out for the welfare of the band, which he failed miserably. He was too busy riding on their success.
Failed miserably. That's why they kept him for 10 years right?
Just exactly how did Cole fail miserably? You offer no proof to support your assertion.
Stairway To Heaven? Wow that's original! Maybe they should have roped him into the band to share the creative burden.
interviewer squeals like a pre-teen girl
I thought Peter Grant was their manager????
cole was the tour manager Grant was the manager
@@Dressagevids exactly
I heard Jimmy was cheap as Fu@k, would never take out money to pay when out and about.
Who is Interviewing?!!! What an embroiled. Cole started good but was just a greedy, rotten drug addict. That'swhythat 1980 Tour becametoo much and We Lost Bonzo.
You got what you deserve, Cole and Grant. ,
BORING
You utter spunkster
The Man is a lier
How so? He has no reason to lie. Btw, it's spelled liar.
@Coogan Please fill me in.
@Coogan What exactly is he lying about? Please expound.
@Coogan Yes, I have read it-a long time ago. You weren't there and you don't know any of these people so it's pure conjecture on your part that he's a liar.
@Coogan Yes, I know he wasn't on the 1980 tour. I recall reading that he had reconciled with the band in later years. You seem to have a real hatred towards him. Drugged out? As if he was the only one.
He was in jail in 1980 in Italy when he found out when john died