John Bonham

John Henry "Bonzo" Bonham (born May 31, 1948 - died 25 September 1980 at age 32 years) is a drummer from the United Kingdom's most famous as a member of the band Led Zeppelin. Until now he still has a major influence to many drummers. He died after consuming large amounts of alcohol.



Early years


Bonham was born on May 31, 1948, in Redditch, Worcestershire, England, to Joan and Jack Bonham. He started learning to play drums at the age of five, making the drum kit of containers and coffee cans, emulating his idols Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich. His mother gave him a snare drum at the age of ten. He received the correct first drum kit from his father at fifteen, a Premier Percussion set. Bonham never took any drum lessons formal, though as a teenager he would get advice from other Redditch drummers. Between 1962-63, while still at school, Bonham joined the Blue Star Trio and Gerry Levene & the Avengers.


Bonham attended Lodge Farm Secondary Modern School, where the headmaster once wrote in his school report card that "He's well that ends with a dustman or a millionaire". After leaving school in 1964, he worked for his father as a carpenter apprentice in between drumming for local bands are different. In 1964, Bonham joined the first semi-professional band, Terry Webb and the Spiders, and met his future wife Pat Phillips around the same time. He also played in other Birmingham bands such as Nicky James Movement and The Senators, who released a moderately successful single "She's a Mod," in 1964. Bonham then took a full-time drummer. Two years later, he joined A Way of Life, but the band soon became inactive. Desperate for a steady income, he joined a blues group called Crawling King Snake that lead is a young singer Robert Plant.


In 1967, A Way of Life asked Bonham to return to the group, and he agreed, although during this period, Plant kept in contact with Bonham. When Plant decided to form Band of Joy, Bonham was first choice as drummer. The band has recorded some demos but no album. In 1968 American singer Tim Rose toured Britain and invited Band of Joy to open the concert. When Rose returned for another tour months later, Bonham was formally invited by the singer to turn to his band, which gave him a steady income.

Led Zeppelin


After the breakup of The Yardbirds, guitarist Jimmy Page has formed a new band when he recruited Robert Plant, who in turn suggested Bonham. Options page for Procol Harum's drummer BJ Wilson included, and a session drummer Clem Cattini and Aynsley Dunbar. Ginger Baker is also rumored to be on the list Page. However, upon seeing Bonham drum for Tim Rose in a club in Hampstead, North London, in July 1968, Page and manager Peter Grant were instantly convinced that he is fit for a new project, first known as The New Yardbirds and then Led Zeppelin as .


Despite an intensive campaign to snare drummer, Bonham was initially reluctant to join the band. Plant sent eight telegrams to Bonham's pub, "Three Men in a Boat", in Walsall, which was followed by a 40 telegram from Grant. However, at the same time he also received lucrative offers from established artists Joe Cocker and Chris Farlowe. Finally, Bonham accepted Grant. He later recalled, "I decided I liked their music better than Farlowe Cocker or.


During Led Zeppelin's first tour of the United States in December 1968, Bonham was friends with Vanilla Fudge drummer Carmine Appice. Appice introduced him to Ludwig drums, which are then used for the rest of his career. Bonham used the longest and heaviest sticks available, which he called a "tree." His hard hitting style is displayed to great effect on many Led Zeppelin songs, including "Immigrant Song" (Led Zeppelin III), "When the Levee Breaks" (Led Zeppelin IV /), "Kashmir" (Physical Graffiti), "The Ocean "(Sacred House), and" Achilles Last Stand "(Presence). In fact, once admitted letting Bonham page uses double bass drums in the early demo "Communication Breakdown" but claimed that he scraped the track due to "over-use of" Bonham's. --- Double bass drum style has been affected by Cream drummer Ginger Baker --- did not regain popularity over the past twenty years. Recording studio "Misty Mountain Hop" perfectly captures the keen sense of dynamics, and this is indicated by the appropriate drum on "No Quarter". On several cuts from later albums, Bonham rather deftly handled funk and Latin-influenced drumming. Songs like "Royal Orleans" and "Fool in the Rain" is a good example, each displaying great skill with the New Orleans shuffle and samba rhythms.


Renowned for his drum solo, first entitled "Pat's Delight," later renamed "Moby Dick", would often last for 30 minutes and he appeared regularly use bare hands to achieve different sound effects. Bonham's action sequence for this film, Song Remains the Same, showing himself in a drag race at Santa Pod Raceway to the sound of his signature drum solo, "Moby Dick". In Led Zeppelin concert tours after 1969, Bonham would expand the basic kit to include congas, orchestral timpani, and symphonic gong. Bonham is also credited (by the Dallas Times Herald) with the first in-concert use of timpani drum synthesizers (most likely made by Syndrum) electronics for performing the song "Kashmir" in Dallas, Texas in 1977. Modern rappers would later heavily sample his drumming and incorporate it into their composition, such as the Beastie Boys, the taste of "Moby Dick," "The Ocean," and "When the Levee Breaks.


During his time with Led Zeppelin, Bonham was also a collector of antique sports cars and motorcycles, which he kept his family's farm called The Old Hyde. He bought the Plough Pub in the nearby village of Shenstone, which showed signs of conversion work to allow him to push his bike or a car right behind the bar. This is not a pub featured in the film The Song Remains the Same. It was the New Inn, which now rises to the top, the only clues to the past as a famous picture hanging near the bar.

Working out Led Zeppelin

In addition to recording with Led Zeppelin, Bonham also found time to play on sessions for other artists. In 1969, Bonham appeared in Family Dogg's A Way of Life, with Page and Jones. Bonham also sessioned for Screaming Lord Sutch Lord Sutch and the album's weight in 1970. He played drums on Lulu's 1971 "Everybody Clap" song originally written by Maurice Gibb and Billy Lawrie. In 1972 he played the drums on Maurice Gibb produced by Jimmy Stevens album called Do not Freak Me Out in the UK and paid my dues in the U.S., is credited as the Gemini (star marked). Later in his career, Bonham profusely for his Birmingham friend, Roy Wood, the 1979 album, On the Road again, and the Wings album "Back to the Egg on the track" Rockestra Theme "and" So Glad to See You Here ". Bonham was the best of Black Sabbath Tony Iommi at his wedding.

In 1974, Bonham appeared in the film Son of Dracula, playing drums in Count Downe (Harry Nilsson) backing band. This is a film directed by Freddie Francis Apple. Bonham appeared in an overcrowded drum line-up including Keith Moon and Ringo Starr on the soundtrack album.

Death


On 24 September 1980, Bonham was picked up by Led Zeppelin assistant Rex King to attend the exercises at Bray Studios for the upcoming tour of America-America's first band since 1977. During the trip, Bonham was asked to stop for breakfast, where he drank four quadruple vodkas (sixteen shots, between 400-560 ml). He then continued to drink a lot after arriving at the practice. A stop was called to practice late at night and the band retired to the house of Page, Old Mill House in Clewer, Windsor. After midnight on December 25, Bonham fell asleep and was taken to the bed and placed on its side. Benji LeFevre (who had replaced Richard Cole as Led Zeppelin's tour manager) and John Paul Jones found him dead the next afternoon. Bonham was 32 years old.


A few weeks later at the coroner's inquest, it was revealed that within twenty-four hours before he died, John Bonham had consumed forty shots of vodka which resulted in him vomiting and then inhaling vomit causing shortness of breath. A verdict of accidental death returned to the examination date of October 27, 1980. An autopsy found no other drugs in Bonham's body was cremated and his ashes body.John Bonham was buried on October 12, 1980, in Rushock Parish Church, Worcestershire. His gravestone reads:
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Cherished memories HUSBAND AND FATHER OF JOHN HENRY BONHAM LOVING WHO DIED SEPT. 25 1980 aged 32 years He will always remember in our hearts. Good night my love, God Bless.
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John Bonham Rushock gravestone in the parish church, Worcestershire, with the remaining drumsticks in tribute by fans.
Although the media rumors that Cozy Powell drummers including Phil Collins, Carmine Appice, Barriemore Barlow, Roger Taylor, Simon Kirke or Bev Bevan, among others, will join the group as his replacement, the remaining members decided to disband Led Zeppelin after Bonham's death. They issued a press statement on December 4, 1980, confirmed that the band would not continue without their drummer. "We wish to note that the loss of our friend and the deep respect we have for his family, along with a sense of undivided harmony felt by ourselves and our manager, has led us to decide that we can not continue as we were. "It was simply signed" Led Zeppelin ".