We begin with those trademark triplets, then learn of another Bonham signature. Normally, a drummer will lock in with the bass player, providing a solid foundation for the guitars and vocals to stand on. He would take the riff and he would make that his drum part. These asynchronous passages can prove daunting for accomplished drummers. Bonham frequently pulled them off with the same kind of looseness and panache he brought to all of his playing, with no shortage of triplets and Gene Krupa-like fills thrown in for good measure.
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Related Articles. Popular Lifestyle. Digital Advertising Advertise on the Redditch Standard to boost your online presence. He had several kits before Zeppelin, mostly Ludwig, I think. They gave him the same setup as mine, complete with gong. He loved it. A few years later Ward saw Bonham on a different setup. It was small in comparison to a regular kit, but John sounded incredible. Whatever drums he had, he could make them sound huge and very tonal.
Today, click tracks and a dependence on the drummer to keep the time limit opportunity for the music to breathe the way it did with Zeppelin. Another thing John Bonham had going for him was volume.
Bevan thinks he may have influenced that. When Marshall stacks showed up, as a drummer, I had to triple my energy output. 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.
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