31 May 2023

JOHN BONHAM, the Herculean drummer of legendary hard blues-rock emperors
LED ZEPPELIN was born 31 May 1948 in Redditch, Worcestershire, England. He would
have celebrated his 75th birthday today.

He passed away, at only 32, following a hard-drinking day
that knocked him out. He fell asleep and choked on his vomit.

Robert Plant: “He was an incredible character and so encouraging for me despite the fact
he was always taking the mickey out of me and I loved him desperately. We really were kids
and we grew up not having a clue about anything at all, just the two of us, loud, confident and mostly wrong and it was really good. We covered most of the squares on the board as time went by, I do miss him.”

Led Zep about their drummer on this short docu.

JOHN BONHAM: Bio – Discography