Houses of the Holy 50 Years Ago, Rock and Roll Experienced One of Its Greatest Years: Here’s Why With debut albums from Queen and Aerosmith, epic masterpieces by Mike Oldfield and Elton John, plus Pink Floyd’s ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’ and Led Zeppelin’s ‘Houses of the Holy,’ 1973 was a multi-genre, stylistically freewheeling musical jamboree Discover How Jimmy Page’s Genre-Melding Musical Innovations on ‘Houses of the Holy’ Helped Led Zeppelin Reach a New Creative Peak As this classic album turns 50, we explore how the guitarist blew the lid off his band’s blues-based formula The Best Guitar Moments of 1972 From Jimmy Page, Keith Richards and Steve Howe to Neil Young, Elliott Randall and Paul Simon, we pay homage to some of 1972’s greatest in this essential 50th anniversary tribute lesson Get The Pick NewsletterAll the latest guitar news, interviews, lessons, reviews, deals and more, direct to your inbox!Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors LATEST ARTICLES1Scott Gorham tells how an offhand moment led to his favorite Thin Lizzy song, released 50 years ago 2“People Always Say I’m the Beatle Who Changed the Most”: The Incredible Story of How George Harrison Became a Guitar Legend3Vox’s four new Valvenergy pedals aim to put tubey richness and compression in guitarists’ sight4Robby Krieger reveals how breaking the rules resulted in the Doors' breakthrough hit, "Light My Fire"5"Purists say players like me are killing the guitar. But if evolution is bad, then guitar is dead." A master of fingerstyle percussive playing, Marcin might be the best thing to happen to acoustic guitar since Segovia