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Comments 2 You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed. August 4, at am. Chazzan says:. January 20, at pm. Leave a Reply Name required Email required Message. As live rock experiences go, Led Zeppelin's legendary five night residency at Earls Court in May are some of the best ever. Musicians All musicians New arrivals Music genres Music eras.
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John Bonham. Joining the three in the band that became Led Zeppelin was another big talent, the bass and keyboard player John Paul Jones. Led Zeppelin drew their influences from rock, blues and folk but were among the forefathers of heavy metal, along with the likes of Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Rush, Queen, Aerosmith and Megadeth who followed. Even in more recent years, alternative rock bands like the Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden have cited the Zep as a major influence.
There was no second kick drum being used. Bonzo threw in accents and could create a groove like funk drummers such as Clyde Stubblefield who worked with James Brown.
Perhaps the best showcase of his drumming is on the brilliant Moby Dick where a bar blues riff in D intro drops away to let his kit make the melodies for six minutes, though this sometimes became half an hour on live shows! Contemporaries like Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward said Bonzo set up his drums according to whether or not it felt like you had been punched in the stomach or not.
If you felt like you had, they were getting there! I had to learn how to be accurate and forceful. And when PA systems and mikes showed up I had to relearn all over again. As others influenced Bonham, so did he influence others. Only the bloody British for me! Both Jimmy and John Paul just wanted me to be me and to feel the groove with them. That brought home to me how special the Zep unit was.
It can only happen when everyone is on the same wavelength. Any stipulations? No headphones. No click track. And no count-in. We just felt the moment to start, and it was amazing how instinctively that came. Jones has the most massive fat, round sound and is calm, relaxed, and totally in control of his instrument.
Mike Portnoy , whose Hammer Of The Gods, a Zep tribute band, saw him in a white boiler suit and black bowler hat behind an orange perspex Bonzo kit, has a unique perspective. Perhaps Moon was too reckless for some, Ringo too simple for some, and Peart too technical for some. Is there anyone Portnoy feels embraces that Bonham aesthetic? It was the ultimate tribute. Nobody else should be drumming with Plant, Page, and Jones other than a Bonham!
He escaped the rigors of stardom with his family and friends back home, where he seldom touched drums, but did enjoy listening to everything from Elvis Presley and James Brown to the Stylistics and Supertramp on his jukebox. Open-minded, he evolved with Zeppelin, from a busy basher to the groove-oriented, soul-inspired player heard on Presence and In Through The Out Door.
Though enamored by the technical audacity of fusion pioneers Billy Cobham, Narada Michael Walden, and Alphonse Mouzon, he knew their influence had no place in Zeppelin. All this was a long way from his earliest rehearsals with The New Yardbirds, when his overly busy and extra-loud drumming prompted words of warning.
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