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  • Cool guy, but he dressed like he was a fucking hill billy. lmao

  • what is this footage from?

  • In reality he could play a coffeecan ,or a pot or pan or a bucket, plastic or metal and make it groove !!!!!RIP JOHNNY

  • bonham is the best!!!!!!!!

  • The truth as I see it: who the best drummer is will always be in debate. It depends on your age and level of emotional attachment to a particular kind of music. I suppose, if I was a teenager, or someone in my twenties, I might think that Travis Barker is the fastest drummer ever - but I know better. The Dynamic Loonies, Mr. Buddy Rich, Ian Paice, etc. were easily as fast, if not faster than Travis Barker - for instance.

  • @loufromperu65 Yes you are correct. I think people also over look potential. Most of the drummers you hear about have peaked their potential and maintain it (unless you are neil peart). Aside from neil, i think bonham was the best drummer to play rock music. Considering his age and how well he played really shows that he could have been something special at this point in time. People compare bonham to all the greats, but bonham is dead, and the others arent or were older. One way to look at it

  • The big 3 of drummers for me will always be Buddy Rich, Keith Moon, and Mr. John Henry Bonham. Also on that record I previously mentioned, you hear Keith Moon grabbing the mic and saying: "Go John go, whip Buddy Rich's ass. That tells me that the "Dynamic Loonies" were very aware of Mr. Buddy Rich, whom I believe to be the true master of the drums. I am, however also a huge fan of Ian Paice from Deep Purple, and Mitch Mitchell from The Jimi Hendrix Experience.

  • Some of the best drumming I've ever heard in my life on record was from John Bonham and Keith Moon. It came from this very tour in 1977. I got a bootleg on multicolored vinyl called: Live in the LA Forum: For Badge Holders Only. On this recording: Out On The Tiles into John Bohham's solo, introduced by Keith Moon. It appears that Keith Moon joins in on the kettle drums. You talk about amazing. For sure, there is no one drummer that can pull off what these 2 did on that record.

  • Woah! That was awesome. What I particularly like about JB is he's so laid back when druming, as if he's just having fun, and performs some truly inimitable drum beats and melodies. He doesn't play with painful intensity and madness like so many other drummers, whose solos are half drum bashing, half constipated facial expressions.

  • @poochiepooh - Might of been the smack he was fond of too :P

  • the greatest drummer on the planet up till december of 1980. and the greatest in my mind period LONG LIVE LORD JOHN HENRY BONHAM !!

  • whats teh song at 38 secs?

  • @eatthisvr6 led zeppelin III - out on the tiles

  • Oh this is their song "On the tiles" but it wasn't called that at first.. huh

  • @bgj150 thank you for ur compliment!! :)

  • When does the solo start?

  • What youre all missing is the jazz influence. Bonzo played around the beat like the great jazz drummers. Ginger Baker (who was also a huge influence) did it as well. Listen to the album called "Steamin' With The Miles Davis Quintet" from 1956. The drummer is Philly Joe Jones. You will hear what I'm talking about. Also the drumming from very early James Brown influenced Bonzo. The guy was amazing and is well known for his raw power but all the little things he was doing made him great.

  • got to look the guy from deep purple first did the thing where he used the high hat with out hitting it he did it in one song for about 30 seconds bonham heard it and thought it was the coolest shit ever and he started useing it all the time hints moby dick he mastered that sound granted there was alot of drummers that was his influences so to speak but he took what he heard and mastered them a great drummer

  • @bgj150 BY THE WAY,,,,,,,YOUR MOTHER SHOULDVE TAUGHT U DRUMS INSTEAD.........,,LOLLOLOLOLOL­LOLOLOLOL

  • @Useeerrname by the way ....your mother shouldve taught u drums instead.....lol,lol,,,,,wow that was funny!!!  YOUR A JOKE!!!!! PERIOD....NO NOTHING

  • Does anybody know to Dance?

  • TO bgj150 ! You can sit here on YouTube all you want and pontific your pathetic opinion of John Henry Bonham, but your opinion holds little weight in the world. Those are multiple combinations of about 32 seperate rudiments - then multiplexed across the tom and floor toms and incorporating the bass drum in and out. He has control of both hemispheres of his brain! Later on he pounds out the tympani and pounds with his hands! Your opinion holds no merit! Bonzo's catalogue of work is amazing!

  • @JohnBindon sorry john boy.......sorry to tell the truth..i guess the truth hurts some people, and unfortunaley your one of them...bonham played great on songs'' or in the studio'' as a soloist not at all...they are sooo many better then him..... hes looked at as being better then he was because he was in the great led zeppelin... im not saying he was bad...by no means...but wasnt as good as people made him out to be....

  • @bgj150 In reality, John Bonham played better live, than he ever did in the studio. It depends on the show. I'm fairly certain, you haven't come close to hearing everything that he played. He was actually quite inventive - and he had to be - especially with Jimmy Page playing and going off on tangents. You can't rehearse that stuff, you either have it, or you don't. That being said, John could've played with anyone. Unfortunately he died and we'll never know how much better he would've got.

  • I have played for most of my life,im in my 40's,there is no way any drummer can insult this guy's style,he was incredible musician,He was one of the best in the moment drummers,incredible control and dexterity,and a bass foot that most drummers cant accomplish with two feet....hes completely influenced my playing style since i first heard The song remains the same album when i was a kid

  • FUCK OFF....nkamal2007.....i played a lot longer than u asswipe....i probably forgot more then u would ever know.. and KEVSNIGHT... NOOOO LITTLE BOY U BLOWWW DOG.....

  • @bgj150 All you do is argue, bro... YOU'RE A GROWN MAN (I think...actually, no, I don't, but that's no matter if you aren't). Honestly. Chill. What kind of responses were you expecting with such prejudice against such an excellent drummer on a video which his fans watch? (I don't know if that last part made sense; I'm tired), but realize that you aren't the best person in the world.... In general, I guess.

  • SORRY ALL YOU LED ZEP LOVERS.....I PROBABLY KNOW MORE ABOUT DRUMS THEN MOST OF YOU...I ONLY PLAYED THEM FOR 12 YEARS....WHAT HES DOING HERE IS NOT GREAT/ SPECIAL...LIKE I SAID HES MEDICORE AT BEST...CAUSE HES IN THE GREAT LED ZEPPLEN BROUGHT HIM MORE THEN HE REALLY DESERVES , QUITE HONESTLY

  • @bgj150 YOU ARE A COMPLETE IDIOT. PLAYING FOR 12 YEARS, SO THAT IS THE PROBLEM, YOU CANT EVEN SPOT TALENT IF IT BITE YOU. I HAVE BEEN PLAYING FOR 38 YEARS AND HE IS BY FAR ONE OF THE BEST DRUMMERS OF HIS TIME. NOT EVEN WORTH ARGUING WITH A NO TALENT IDIOT LIKE YOU, GO GET A JOB WITH AMERICAN IDOL OR SOMETHING. kNOW MORE ABOUT DRUMS THEN MOST OF US, DOUBT IT.

  • @jjperry13 sorry asswipe!!!! i tell the way it is.....obviously your a deaf stupid mute.....listen jerkoff i would be THE FIRST TO ADMIT IF HE WAS AS GREAT AS ALL THE LED ZEP LOVERS SAY HE IS....BECAUSE U ASS HAIR I LOVE THE DRUMSSSS PERIOD...I WOULD ENJOY IT AND GAIN FROM HIM.....BUT IF U LISTEN REAL CLOSE '' EVEN THO U CANT , BECAUSE YOUR STUPID DEAF FUCK'' HE MISSES A WHOLE LOT WHAT HES TRYING TO DO....AND OTHER SOLOS HES ERRATIC AND ALL OVER. THE PLACE.....

  • @jjperry13 BY THE WAY,,,,,YOUR MOTHER SHOULDVE SWALLOWED YOU INSTEAD......,,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL­,LOL,,LMFAO

  • @bgj150

    12 years as a drummer does not impress anyone. Like anything else, there are a lot of lousy golfers that have played the game their entire lives.... Being a bad drummer for 10-20-or 30 years is nothing to brag about. I am not intending to be critical of your skills, nobody knows you... But this is just a small portion of a solo. Watch an entire solo from Bonham and then make comments if he is average at best. Most big name drummers (In rock &Roll) call him the best.

  • This video was recorded from a boot leg that is why the sound is so canny I had the boot leg and my brother stolid it and sold it To this day I want to kick his ass over it but like John loved his booze and would do any thing for it. my brother almost died over the same reason. He sold a large number of boots I had now my brother lives in Alaska under a nurse's care one more drink will kill him he sold these the summer before John died I thought It was was kind of Ironic. he drums too.

  • @bgj150 you suck dude

  • @bgj150 u_u' someone's jealous!!!!!!! hahahahaha

  • @bgj150 son first learn how to play drums then put ur fucking retard comments here! suck off u dick head dumbo..u'r just stupid

  • @bgj150 asshole :D

  • the Beast

  • RARE? The Seattle '77 video is one of the most circulated Zeppelin videos ever! LOL

  • recorded with a toaster

  • thanks for filming your tv

  • @jbonham78 In all fairness... I don't believe that TV Capture cards on the home computer were as popular as they are now! Just saying!!

  • this drum solo seems so easy but i don´t  think so

  • yo bonzos gettin a bit heavy there

  • this is clearly in 73

  • CHUCK NORRIS cried when bonzo died....

  • @cac1987fcb chuck norris was thinking in suck bonham´s dick when norris knew bonzo just was born

  • @PLACEBOgarbage holy shit lol

  • BONHAM !!!!

  • ah, by the year 1977 i know john was using a 15' x 12' rack tom and by the video it looks like one of the rare occasions were bonham had 18' x 16' & 20' x 18' floor toms instead of his usual 16' x 16' and 18' x 16'

  • Wonder if Plant calls it Over The Top, cos it's written on his set list as OTT (Out on The Tiles) LOL!!

  • 0:42-0:44 is just classic phrasing and technique is perfect drumming

  • Yes Buddy Rich... Rich's technique has been one of the most standardized and coveted in drumming. His dexterity, musicality of playing style, speed and smooth execution are considered "holy grails" of drum technique and have been considered almost next to impossible to duplicate

  • @1VISHIOUS

    I think your right. I was jamming to Led Zep and teling my brother how great

    Bonham was. He told me to check out Buddy Rich and I was Blown away.

    I'ts like his speed is as fast as a hummingbird's wings. And your right about his

    technique,dexterity and musicality. He is awsome.

    Thanks,

    Rich

  • @1VISHIOUS So many great drummers over the years.Buddy Rich was sometimes amazing but my personal favourite is Mel Taylor from the Ventures.Check out their performance of Caravan in the 1966 Ventures special in japan.

  • I thought John Bonham was the best drummer ever. and I still think he is one of the greatist. But after hearing Buddy Rich.

    I think Buddy Rich is the best solo drummer ever.

  • @KINGFISHRICH yes

  • Seattle 1977 :D

  • I thought I heard a marching band come through my house.

    No, wait I'ts just a John Henry Bonham SOLO !!! PLAY ON !!!

  • John Bonham is the best drummer ever !

  • Died way too young, RIP

  • If you are gonna record off a tv screen at least turn the lights out. Nice light bulb.

  • No contest ...Best Rock drummer ever ... and not just for the inspired fills ... but the Fat sound! Bonzo has inspired more drummers than anyone ..

  • Calico did you get dropped on your head as a kid, no Elvin Jones is not the greatest drummer. Why would you come here and say that you idiot :(

  • Is it from some DVD?? What was the name of it?!?!

  • @doabe1. Well said. May not have been the most technical drummer or fastest (although he was up there) but NOBODY has ever had a deeper pocket (groove) IMO. I've been playing to Zep albums all my life, and there's nobody your gonna learn more from than Bonzo

  • The best drummer of the whole times is the drummer that you think that's the best drummer of whole times.

    I personally think it's John Bonham, damn the guy was a beast.

  • Elvin Jones is the greatest drummer ever.

    If you haven't listened to him, don't disagree...

  • For as long as humans live,There will be a Zeppelin fan..SWEET!!!

  • is on the top the name of this song??? I´m trying to find out it

  • @PLACEBOgarbage over the top.

  • @PLACEBOgarbage i think it's a mix from" When the leeve breaks "and "out on the tiles"

  • @doable1 very true man, Bonzo was the powerhouse behind Led Zeppelin, he was their secret weapon, they wud never have been as good without his feel for the groove and of course those legendary triplets

  • hell ya...u not the fastest..but all the beat comes from ur heart... jhon bonham you are no 1 always...R.I.P..maan missin you ....

  • Bonzo, Moon the Loon and Mitchell.

    My Holy drumming Trinity! I can only picture all three of them rocking the fuck out on them clouds!

  • see what a steady intake of booze does to ya my little paradiddle heads?

  • Wheres the laser show. That was too much

  • si c pour une qualité pareil autant en rien mettre

  • Bonham is the king

  • Bonzo did a drum solo at every show. There must be more vids of his work.

    One of the greatest rock drummers, ever!

    (Moon, Mitch Mitchell, Bonham, Tommy Aldridge, Carmine Appice, Billy Cobham-jazz, too-Ringo-his basic beat and high hat-Ginger Baker-again the jazz thing s there-Michael Shrieve)

  • @musikfanat You forgot Neil Peart!

  • @musikfanat

    You forgot Neil Peart!!!

  • @Calken54 Sorry, sorry! Yes, Neil Peart!!!

  • bonham was the best...there are more technically sound guys in death metal and other shit but drums are about rythym, abidextruousness and trance... and NO one did this like Bonham so far that I've ever herd.

  • don't forget janice joplin, jimi hendrix, both drug related deaths. I think what made bonham so great was all you said about his ability to end songs, and his style, plus his increadably fast foot. he played a single bass with a single pedal and made it sound like a double bass...back when no one was doing heel toe technique. he practicaly invented it

  • @chrisGTO66

    The fastest foot I ever heard!!

  • if you don't have good enough quality to listen to it, dont post it on youtube.

  • anyone who thinks they can play like bonham is bullshitting. he can move both his feet faster than hell, he only uses a double kick at a fewgigs but never recording". how many of you bastards can drumrole with one foot. im a crappy drummer but he is my idol and i get a little bit better everytime i listen to him

  • @novedekne nobody is gonna be able to do something like a double bass roll on a single pedal. its just not gonna happen. the technique he used on the single pedal was the slide technique, but it was modified. what he did, and what anyone can do, is that once you get adept at sliding, u dont have to slide anymore. u just bounce the pedal and use the momentum of the pedal to get that double hit.

  • @stacy208 (part 2) to get the triple hit, the third note of the triplet with your single bass pedal, u just drop the the heel on the bass of the pedal. or u could pull your foot back down the pedal which also can achieve this third hit, but thats another story. also if u want to do fast 16th notes with one foot, jojo mayer goes into detail on that or u could just do the steve smith constant release, which wasnt called that in bonham's time, but was probably what he used anyway.

  • @stacy208 (part 2) to get the triple hit, the third note of the triplet with your single bass pedal, u just drop the the heel on the bass of the pedal. or u could pull your foot back down the pedal which also can achieve this third hit, but thats another story.

  • @stacy208 and then a triple hit is not that hard u just drop the heel on the third note of the triplet

  • Time Machine I hear ya - simple is best at least to the listeners ears. I have always been in awe of buddys awesome chops but could never really hear what he was doing it was so astonishingly complex. Bonzo was more in line with Krupa - drum sounds for the working man!

  • buddy rich was great but bonom had the best stile more interisting to listin to than any one

  • i gotta agree man, buddy rich was one bad ass...mainly cuz he was one of the earliest ones, or pioneers that was doing what he was doing. Jus like any sport greater athletes come but u gotta honor the first ones as the best, because they inspired others to be greater. There really is no BEST.

  • @livejamm69

    dude are you fuckin deaf?

  • me and my friend John (Zeplin fan) are in an arguement.. Who's better JOHN BONHAM or NEIL PEART. and whoever you decide from that, who's better, JOHN BONHAM or STEVE SMITH. and WHOEVER YOU THINK, or BUDDY RICH!

  • didnt like me this drum solo  is so eaysy i wanna something more hard

  • sometimes simple is best

  • Love the riff too!

  • Well damn it.I gotta go...can't get past the poor quality of this video.

  • I LOVE john bonhams groove, hes just amazing

  • I actually have this concert on dvd, it is almost 4 hrs long chock full of solos by everyone but Plant...The drum solo is about 20 minutes long and although it may not be one of his best it is very EPIC to say the least.. oh and btw they butchered stairway at this show..

  • Good solo. But definitely not his best one. Although, the whole thing isn't here so I can't accurately say that.

  • such a sick fucking band!!!

    these guys are number one to this day!!!

    zeppelin paved the way for many.

    coolest riffs ever!! jimmy is the man!

    bonzo rules! jpj great!!!! ole percy sounds

    like an air rid siren on zeppelin 1

  • dude where did u find this

  • robert plant is such a big bag of hot air

  • are you a mental case  fuck you and die young..plant..page.bonhan,jone­s..the greatest musicians who ever walked this earth..how dare you disrespect them......

  • my friend.....zeppelin has been  my whole life since 1975...fuck you..have a great day..larry....

  • @larryc2321 I'm so sorry, Hopefully you will get a life, soon.

  • bigthickett, thats pretty fucked up

  • uh dude that's kinda creepy man they're good alive too you think Jimmy doesn't rock out anymore? He's a frickin guitar wizard now he's like Gandalf with a guitar

  • One of the best. Oddly enough, had it not been for Bonham, I probably wouldn't be half the guitarist I am today. Drum solos are one thing but what set Bonham apart from the rest aside from his unorthodox technique was his killer fills at the end of phrases in Zeps music. Pure genius. Drums were an instrument to Bonham, not just something to pound on or keep time.

  • nice. drums should be treated as such. An instrument.

  • Bonham has influenced my guitar playing too. Can't explain it really.

  • @doable1 That's right - what set him apart was the whole enchilada. The fills, the grooves he invented, the solos, and THE WAY HE PLAYED THEM. It was visceral, neural, it was in his bones and muscles.

  • @Vahagnll He sounded good,was solid as a rock. But he didn't really "invent" anything. The beats he played are the basic beats,rudiments you learn. His "big bottom" bass drum sound came courtesy of Carmine Appice who was a big influence on Bonham.( Zep opened for his band Vanilla Fudge early on) Bonham even went as far as to get a (rarely seen) double bass drum kit just like Carmines. Appice is the true founder of heavy bottom in hard rock. Bonham gets all the props though.

  • @GalaxyRover1020 I know he was influenced by Appice and that Appice could historically speaking be a more pioneering drummer than Bonham. Bonham was influenced by many other pioneering drummers (Keith Moon, Ginger Baker, some latin-style drummers). This is natural. However he did come up with some very original stuff himself. Unless you think that a groove cannot be invented, he invented many good ones. "When the Levee Breaks", "Achilles Last Stand", "Fool in the Rain", etc.

  • @Vahagnll No doubt he was a fine drummer. Carmine himself respects John Bonham very highly.And it's refreshing that all the tunes you name checked aren't the usual played out Zep tunes.

    I just think (for my taste at least) there were far superior underrated drummers from that era. Deep Purple's Ian Paice comes to mind.

  • @GalaxyRover1020 so let me get this straight- you don't think john bonham is the greatest drummer of all time? if you think ian paice is underrated, i don't think we're talking about the same ian paice. he pretty much sits at the bottom of the totem-pole where he belongs. he can go fast. that's about it. john bonham was the most well-rounded drummer of all time. and if it's material you're lacking... then we have a whole different conversation here.

  • @zaneman35 - Paice on the bottom of the totem pole? NEVER heard anyone every bad mouth his playing. Oh well, you're entitled and obviously a Bonham diehard. See here's the thing, a drummer like Paice can play any genre fluently with skill. Bonham i have never heard play jazz etc. He had his trademark heavy simplistic heavy bottom that's about it as technique. Sorry ,but like you I'm entitled to my opinion.

  • @GalaxyRover1020 because he wasn't in a jazz band, although he does have a real swing feel. i'm confident that he could have played drums of any genre. i know we are all entitled to our opinions, and i don't think i'm gonna be able to change anyone's mind here. so i guess we should just agree to disagree.

  • @GalaxyRover1020

    Bonham's biggest influence was the great Jazz drummer Joe Morello, so any thoughts he couldn't or didn't play jazz are ridiculous.

  • @bman546 - Very well aware of Joe Morello. He was a resident where I'm from and my bassist friend jammed with him @ a party and another drummer friend took lessons from him. I dunno know I recall Appice getting name checked quite often as his main influence. Many are "influenced" by others,it's when you actually "hear' it in their playing that counts imo. I hear plenty of Appice, no Morello.Which is rather interesting as Morello was a big influence on Carmine.

  • @doable1 one of the best? please men THE BEST!!!!

  • @doable1 I couldn't agree more with you! I am a student, disciple and believer of Led Zeppelin. The way each song and improvised passage are linked together by their energy is phenomenal, beyond words! I tune and strive to play in the manner of Bonzo, it does however also require a guitarist/songwriter of equal prowess and ability to pull it off!

  • Not one of his best performances, looks a little drunk/tired

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  • @twelvefingered saying you hate drugs and alcohal is as bad as saying you hate led zeppelin, especially because they go hand in hand haha

  • @twelvefingered stfu

  • @twelvefingered

    that Jimi Hendrix guy was pretty good too

  • @twelvefingered What the h ell does that have to do with anything you brainless twat? Go back to diggi ng holes chunk rocket.

  • it isn't wasnt the alcohol that killed them, over doin' in a huge way killed them , except for Kurt Cobain, we're all reletively certain that bitch Courtney Love killed him ;) and the rock and roll lifestyle has been known to be harsh on people, I think more that the lifestyle killed 'em.... the drugs and alcohol was merely the tool they used , unfortunate the greats died that way but, at least we had them for a time , and will always have tape , LP, CD and Video so they can live forever thru us

  • @twelvefingered well its never gonna change...or go away its apart of the culture with bands...it was an accident with bonham , name a band that dosnt take drugs or alcohol.?

  • Bonham is absolutely brilliant, and a truly magical player. Nobody else even comes close to his level in rock music, and few do in jazz with the exception of Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa who "Bonzo" idolized.

  • john bonham one of thee greateat drummers of all time

  • james89027 nobody gives a fuck how you learned to suck ass at drums or how fast you think you are, not that it matters anyway. you will never have half the talent bonham had so go eat shit you fucking cock jockey

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  • many millions disagree with you

  • only a compleat tosser would say that!!

  • You idiot, playing fast isn't a measure of drumming prowess. Any thrash metal drummer is fast, but couldn't match Bonham for power, musicality or innovation. And, his right foot was pretty fast when appropriate - with only a single pedal - how many 'fast' drummers do likewise?

    Tosser.

  • You suck dick it doesn't matter how fast you can go any drummer can go fast. Boham is one of the best drummers ever. I bet you couldn't do that with one foot. So fuck of.

  • james89027:

    if u think ur so good, why wont u upload a video of yourself playing the drums? u said u r better than the greatest drummer of all time, so i want to see.

  • pace is nothing without soul dude i think u have neither

  • I bet you couldn't go as fast as his right foot with both your hands.

  • lol, sure James.

  • Google - led Zeppelin Live in Seattle DVD

  • where can i get this video on dvd or something?

  • The foot work is nasty! "The horror, the horror"...

  • DE LA P.T.M.

  • This is rare for you :| ?

  • what the hell you call rare?

  • I was at this show and even though I'm a huge Zep and Bonham fan, This concert was a letdown after seeing them in their prime. All of them except John Paul Jones was having massive personal problems.

  • Oh, come on! What a tease! It really didn't even start getting good till about 4:30 or so, imo, and then it's over... 8^(

  • sweet

  • its sad to see him so chubby. hes fuckin awsome though.

  • priceless.thanx

  • Definately one of the most exciting drummers that ever walk this planet

  • I was there.

    This was to be their last tour of America and was the beginning of the end for Zeppelin.

    Shortly after this concert Robert's son died and the tour ended.

  • yea and at tthat came with the creation of disco and punk well....i did not live that era but acording to wat ive heard n read the zeppelin where at that time on their decending.....with disco and punk taking over...nowdays to young ppl zeppelin is as populare as any new band...ans increasing with as they go older

  • the normally would open with the moby dick riff, but they opened this one with the out on the tiles riff from the 3rd album.

    i actually like that haha

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  • aveva perso molto consideranto gli assoli precedenti anche se il suo saund era ancora irresistobile, in ogni caso uno dei migliori.

  • John Bonham is the best drummer ever

  • Everyone show some fucking respect. Who cares what the guy looked like in the last few years. Focus more on his skills rather than looks, or is that what being a musician is all about now?

  • tiernan is rite john bonham could be 600 ponds and still be the greatest drummer he could be freckin mental and to me that would make him even more better

  • RARE???!!! Man, the Seattle '77 vid has been widely circulating for years now.

  • awesome drumming, but kinda sad when you look back at how he looked a few years before at the royal albert concert

  • By that, do you mean his physical appearance or drumming capabilities? I for one think that his drumming capabilities grew with his age- i.e. In My Time Of Dying, Achilles Last Stand, Kashmir, In The Evening, and Bonzo's Montreux. He did have some incredible solos and works early on, too, but as he progressed in age, it seems as though his drumming became heavier,faster, and more epic in a way.