[God luvs America]

my favorite band of all time, which came to a crashing end on my 17th birthday with the death of Bonzo...

[SamAdams76]

I was about the same age when Bonham died. It was about a year after they released "In Through The Out Door" which is my favorite LZ album, though I know most would disagree.

Bonham was 32 years old when he died and to me that seemed positively ancient at the time. Also in 1980, Led Zeppelin was considered one of the "dinosaur bands" in the rock world along with Pink Floyd who also put out their best album the previous year "The Wall".