Lori Maddox

Lori Maddox, (born 6 February 1958) is an American model and groupie. She is closely identified with having relationships with musicians David Bowie and Jimmy Page, and the early 1970s groupie scene at the Rainbow Bar & Grill, Rodney Bingenheimer's English Disco, the Continental Hyatt House (also known as "The Riot House"), and the Whisky a Go Go.

Maddox was born in Los Angeles, California, of Italian-American heritage. She became part of the groupie scene in the early 1970s when she attempted to break into modelling. Maddox was also known on the scene as Lori Lightning and Lori Mattix. She was one of the "Baby Groupies" (as Pamela Des Barres referred to in her autobiography), and was best friends with Sable Starr dubbed the so called "Queen of the Scene", Morgana Welch, and Queenie. These girls were also collectively referred to as "The LA girls of '72". Later, Maddox modelled for Star magazine in her later teenage years. Star was a short-lived publication that highlighted the contemporary Los Angeles groupie scene.

David Bowie and Jimmy Page
Looking more mature than her age would suggest, she reportedly lost her virginity at age 13½ to David Bowie and Angie Bowie, although this was kept from the public since Maddox was underage at that time. Bowie was touring the United States. Maddox also had close relationships with Jeff Beck, Mick Jagger, and Mickey Finn. Led Zeppelin guitarist Page first spotted her when publicist BP Fallon, a friend of Bowie, showed Page a picture of Maddox. Page was intrigued, and when Led Zeppelin stopped in Los Angeles on their 1972 tour, he tried to get together with Maddox. Even though at the time Page had a casual tour relationship with groupie Pamela Des Barres (back when she was known as Pamela Miller, aka Miss Pamela of the GTO's), who was known to be jealous of rival girls.

Maddox and Page then began a relationship that lasted for several years. During visits to Los Angeles, manager Peter Grant kept a tight rein on the relationship to prevent media reports from being seen by his partner Charlotte Martin back in the United Kingdom, and from jealous groupies. Page later met Maddox's mother who accepted the relationship because the English guitarist behaved "properly and gentlemanly" towards her daughter. Page eventually began dating Bebe Buell by late 1974, and left Maddox.

After Page, Maddox drifted around the West Coast concert scene for several years reportedly been romantically linked with famous artists such as Ronnie Wood, the late Keith Moon, Mick Ralphs, and Sylvain Sylvain. Since the 1980s, she has lived privately in California with her son, and currently works as a buyer and manager at a fashion boutique in Los Angeles. Maddox occasionally permits interviews where she discusses her groupie days (especially her relationship with Page), but for the most part, she has stayed out of the public limelight. In 2004 she was interviewed for the DVD A to Zeppelin: The Unauthorised Story of Led Zeppelin. In 1994 performance poet Emily XYZ released the spoken word single "Jimmy Page Loves Lori Maddox" on the Kill Rock Stars Label, over their relationship.