the legend:john bonham

in around 1964, a local session drummer was asked to leave birmingham studio because he was too loud for the owner,furthermore he was told that there was no future for drummers as loud as him, fast forward.... ten years later , the owner received a note reading  "thanks for career advice" and accmpanied by a led zepplin gold record it was simply sighned "bonzo".
25th september ,2012 marks the 32nd death anniversary of legendary drummer "john bonham, drummer for led zepplin
in honour of john bonham i dedicate this blog to him.the period from 1965-1980 was a time when rock"n"roll was undergoing the vital transition into mainstream rock.
this was the time when  music of the pop sound became slightly darker.hard rock was the term coined for this form of music'
the songs were becoming lengthier,the drumming was more than the usual. led zepplin was one group which led front in this new change under under jimmy page and robert plant.,one of the rock's greatest sonic architecture.
if it hadn't been for the intense been for the intense thrashing provided by john bonham  a lesser known session drummer than ,As zepplin produced gold after gold records , bonham established himself as the influential rock"n"roll drummers in the history of rock music. armed with the "biggest and heaviest possible drumsticks" which he liked to refer as "trees", he provided the furious rythm section that defines LED ZEPPLIN .
moby dick, this was john bonham's showcase song on early zepplin tours his solo would last up to 30 minute, while rest of the band would go off stage and grab a beer. if sticks were not enough he would use his bare hands on drums to produce sounds.
bonham sometimes drew blood by performing from beating his snare and tom toms for half an hour.
john bonham was the god father hard rock drumming and he has inspired legends of modern age drummers worldwide.
bonham died at the a of 32 due to alchohol problems. it was a very tragic news for rock world. it was a mark a mark of how much he contributed to rock music and led zepplin ,that its remaining members decided to call it quits.
"there ain't no led zepplin without bonzo(bonham)" were robert plant's exact words and same is true for rock music.


one of his best work watch it