Led Zeppelin were served with a lawsuit this year on behalf of the estate of Spirit guitarist Randy California, claiming that Zeppelin stole part of the Spirit song ‘Taurus’ for their monster hit ‘Stairway to Heaven’. On Wednesday, Zeppelin finally responded to the lawsuit.

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The band’s response to the lawsuit mostly dismissed the allegations and acknowledged that Zeppelin did play a few shows with Spirit – but it contained one memorable paragraph: “Answering paragraph 11 of the First Amended Complaint, including the First Amended Complaint’s footnote 1, Defendants admit that Led Zeppelin has been called one of the greatest bands in history and its members were and are exceptionally talented…but otherwise deny each and every allegation contained in paragraph 11 of the First Amended Complaint.”

Earlier this month, a judge ruled that the case will be heard in Los Angeles instead of Pennsylvania, where the lawsuit was originally filed.