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Robert Plant onstage
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"

Bands & Artists
Robert Plant and Jimmy Page - The New Yardbirds (to become Led Zeppelin )., Copenhagen, Sep. 7, 1968
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

Interviews
Deborah Bonham, John Bonham, Peter Gabriel
“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

Albums
Jethro Tull and Led Zeppelin
“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

Concerts & Shows
John Bonham onstage in 1975 with (inset) Matt Sorum
"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

Interviews
John Bonham of Led Zeppelin posed at Rai in Amsterdam, Netherlands on May 27 1972
Days of thunder: the triumph and tragedy of John Bonham

By Chris Welch Published

John Bonham’s drumming powered Led Zeppelin like the engine of a battleship, but his death in 1980 did for his band. This is his story

Bands & Artists
John Bonham being interviewed on Alright Now
John Bonham's final TV interview was a famous fiasco... but it's not quite what it seems

By Fraser Lewry Published

Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham's TV interview with comedian Billy Connolly is one of rock's most notorious

Interviews
John Bonham onstage circa 1976
Listen to John Bonham's incredible isolated drum part on Led Zeppelin's Fool In The Rain

By Fraser Lewry Published

The John Bonham's drum parts that are almost as popular as the completed song from which they come

Interviews
Led Zeppelin’s John Bonham playing drums on stage in the early 1970s
The Top 10 greatest Led Zeppelin John Bonham songs

By Dave Lewis Last updated

With Led Zeppelin, John Bonham wrote the drumming rulebook. These are the 10 songs that show why he was the greatest rock drummer of all

Tracks & Singles
Ringo Starr, Charlie Watts and John Bonham
Ringo Starr shares story about Charlie Watts and John Bonham that makes him wish TikTok was a thing in the 70s

By Elizabeth Scarlett Published

Beatle Ringo Starr reminiscences about a silly encounter he once had at a party with the late Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts and Led Zeppelin's John Bonham

Bands & Artists
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