John Bonham packed a powerful punch behind the drum kit for Led Zeppelin.Yet he had already earned his Bonzo nickname years before joining the legendary band. The moniker fit his playing style ...

John Bonham earned praise as Led Zeppelin’s drummer Bonham was exposed to music at a young age and seemed destined to become a drummer. He banged on pots and pans before he ever had a drum set.

The post Remembering John Bonham: Drummers Pay Tribute to the Led Zeppelin Legend appeared first on Consequence.. Heavy Consequence contributor Greg Prato is also the author of several rock books ...

Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones explains what you're probably getting wrong about the iconic "Black Dog" riff.

Led Zeppelin may have kicked the door down for hard rock with their debut, but John Bonham admitted to knicking the opening drumbeat from somewhere else.

July 7, 1980, Led Zeppelin played their last ever show with John Bonham before his passing in September of that year.

Rock Legend, 79, Says He Wasn’t Friends With His Bandmates in Resurfaced Interview first appeared on Parade on Jul 10, 2025 ...

Jason Bonham is the ultimate road dog. During a recent interview with the son of late Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham, we covered everything from life on tour to his famous father to truck stop ...

Publishers of a new John Bonham biography said it would arrive with a foreword by longtime fan Dave Grohl. C.M. Kushins’ Beast: John Bonham and the Rise of Led Zeppelin runs 384 pages and will ...

John Bonham left an indelible mark on not only rock drumming, but the drum kit in general. From the sheer power of his heavy hitting, to the sound he created from his choice of drum sizes, to the ...

Bonham: His wife, Pat, who’s like a sister to me, went away for the weekend to a health spa. Mom was looking after Jason and Zoe, and John had gone down to the local pub. I was in the big lounge ...

This week back in 1980, the rock world lost a good one. John Bonham, the fantastic, heavy-footed drummer for Led Zeppelin was found dead in bed in Jimmy Page's Windsor manor house. It was an ugly ...