Jimmy Page Explains Why ‘Houses of the Holy’ Isn’t Called ‘Led Zeppelin V’

In an in-depth interview with Sirius XM, Led Zeppelin guitar master Jimmy Page revealed a couple secrets about the classic rock band’s storied past. Page, who just re-released Led Zeppelin IV and Houses of the Holy with remastered originals and deluxe, alternate versions (read the review/stream the albums here), said he’s planning to work on a “guitar project” that may be released in 2015.

Page also explained the reason Houses of the Holy isn’t called Led Zeppelin V. Page said, “it goes I, II and III, as you say, but then IV, there’s still four symbols, so it still goes in digits [like IIII], you see, but [the fifth album] wasn’t going to be Led Zeppelin Victory Sign [V]. So Houses of the Holy.” He added, “It’s about all of us being houses of the Holy Spirit, in a sense.”

The Zeppelin guitarist also set the record straight about a number of things, including that the riff to “Black Dog” was written by John Paul Jones, and that Page did lend his guitar handiwork on The Who’s “I Can’t Explain” and some of The Kinks catalog, but not “You Really Got Me.”