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What Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward really thought of Led Zeppelin’s John Bonham
By Classic Rock published
Black Sabbath’s Bill Ward and Led Zeppelin”s John Bonham rose through the ranks together

Jimmy Page looks back on the tests and turmoil of Led Zeppelin's final albums
By Mark Blake published
The man who led Zeppelin looks back on Presence, In Through The Out Door and Coda

The makers of Becoming Led Zeppelin say there's some amazing unseen footage that isn't in the film
By Fraser Lewry published
Becoming Led Zeppelin is in cinemas now

The chaotic night Led Zeppelin jammed with Ten Years After and the Jeff Beck Group
By Max Bell published
"My last memory was of Bonham’s hairy backside disappearing, illuminated by a spotlight"

Behind the scenes at Led Zeppelin's first UK show, by the people who were there
By Ian Ravendale published
When people turned up to a Newcastle ballroom, they expected to see The New Yardbirds. Instead, they saw the future of rock'n'roll

“John Bonham said rock and blues wasn’t a good place for girls. He wanted me to be a vet or a lawyer… for a while I went down the opera route”: Despite her brother’s misgivings, Genesis helped shape Deborah Bonham’s career
By Jo Kendall published
Singing sister of Led Zeppelin drummer had tried to become Gong’s Shakti Yoni - but that was before Selling England By The Pound and Foxtrot changed her life

“John Paul Jones kept to himself, but Jimmy Page took great delight in showing you what he’d been doing the night before”: Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson on touring with Led Zeppelin, John Bonham’s pranks and Jimmy Page’s ‘fruity’ Polaroids
By Paul Brannigan published
When Jethro Tull opened up for Led Zeppelin on their 1969 US arena tour, it was an eye-opening experience for frontman Ian Anderson

"Singers tend to be sensitive, but drummers are troubled too, just in a different way": why I ❤️ John Bonham, by Matt Sorum
By Matt Sorum published
Matt Sorum, former drummer with Guns N' Roses, Velvet Revolver and The Cult, on Led Zeppelin's inspirational drummer John Bonham
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