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Led Zeppelin’s John Bonham Dies – 32 Years Ago
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| September 24, 2012
| Ken Kelley
Posted on 09/25/2012 7:07:15 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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To: ConservativeStatement
I was working in the Bay Area the first time I heard "When the Levee Breaks". I was in a steel warehouse and it was raining like crazy. The DJ introduced the song and said, "If God played the drums, this is what it would sound like!"
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posted on
09/25/2012 7:11:59 AM PDT
by
Baynative
To: ConservativeStatement
Greatest groove Rock drummer ever to have lived!
Thanks for the contribution Bonzo!
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posted on
09/25/2012 7:12:19 AM PDT
by
sirchtruth
(Freedom is not free.)
To: ConservativeStatement
To: ConservativeStatement
Attended their last Bay Area show, way back when I was a young punk.
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posted on
09/25/2012 7:15:13 AM PDT
by
skeeter
To: Baynative
Wow! That’s a great story! I believe it was Stairway for me. When I heard the way Bonzo breaks in with those flams and the smooth flow I was floored!
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posted on
09/25/2012 7:16:02 AM PDT
by
sirchtruth
(Freedom is not free.)
To: ConservativeStatement
"passed away"
Choked to death on his own vomit, after drinking INSANE amounts of vodka.
Let's call them as they are.
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posted on
09/25/2012 7:19:02 AM PDT
by
SJSAMPLE
To: ConservativeStatement
I never liked Zep as a young kid (too metal for my Steely tastes), and preferred the Who for mainstream rock.
But I quickly learned to adore Zep when I started to study drums in middle age.
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posted on
09/25/2012 7:21:21 AM PDT
by
Atlas Sneezed
(Hold My Beer and Watch This!)
To: SJSAMPLE
Better way to go than the Spinal Tap drummer who choked on somebody else’s vomit.
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posted on
09/25/2012 7:21:48 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(I'm voting for Ryan and that other guy.)
To: ConservativeStatement
There is a 2 disc dvd set released in 2003 of previously unreleased concert footage that every Zep fan should own. I was too young to have seen them live but putting those dvd’s in and blasting the stereo system always makes for a good day.
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posted on
09/25/2012 7:26:30 AM PDT
by
kreitzer
To: dfwgator
LOL.
Seriously, though.
I listen to classic rock (the REAL stuff) with my daughters.
Whenever it comes to Led Zep, The Who, or whatever band, I always point out the dead member and ask my daughters how they died.
It’s almost always drugs.
Just putting that image in their brains.
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posted on
09/25/2012 7:28:28 AM PDT
by
SJSAMPLE
To: kreitzer
Led Zeppelin II is the most plagiarized work of all time. Not only did they rip off dead Black Blues guys. But they ripped off Babe I’m Gonna Leave You from a very much alive White woman.
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posted on
09/25/2012 7:29:21 AM PDT
by
massgopguy
(I owe everything to George Bailey)
To: ConservativeStatement
When they broke up, I figured the next LZ would show up soon.
I’m still waiting. Has any group come close?
To: ConservativeStatement
As I was a blues fan in the late 1960’s, I loved Zepplin’s first album, and none since.
To: massgopguy
And Plant ripped off Janis Joplin’s singing style on those early albums.
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09/25/2012 7:30:47 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(I'm voting for Ryan and that other guy.)
To: sirchtruth
Ditto.... his son isn’t too bad either!
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posted on
09/25/2012 7:31:26 AM PDT
by
Heff
(Half this country is that stupid.)
To: Beelzebubba
I prefer Moonie to Bonham, myself.
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posted on
09/25/2012 7:32:57 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(I'm voting for Ryan and that other guy.)
To: ConservativeStatement
Keith Moon also died in September (9/7/78). The drum work on “I can see for miles” is amazing. September was not a good month for drummers. At least Neal Pert and Ringo are still with us.
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09/25/2012 7:35:41 AM PDT
by
teflon9
(Political campaigns should follow Johnny Mercer's advice--Accentuate the positive.)
To: SJSAMPLE
There’s been a few men who played drums with Robert Plant that have since passed. Bonham, Tony Thompson, Cozy Powell, Michael Lee and Richie Hayward come to mind.
To: St_Thomas_Aquinas
![](http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSOtEO-AI7LlGRBQ3eep8t0Vcau3p-RAecAMBC5K5fhPUIR8OYL)
Lez Zeppelin? (sarc.)
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