British - Musician | May 31, 1948 - September 25, 1980
Drumming was the only thing I was ever good at.
John Bonham
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There were times when I blundered and got the dreaded look from the lads. But that was a good sign. It showed I'd attempted something I'd not tried before.
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My nerves before a gig got worse; I had terrible bad nerves all the time. Once we started... I was fine.
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Not everybody likes or understands a drum solo, so I like to bring in effects and sounds to keep their interest.
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I dare not drink before a gig because I'll get tired and blow it. So I have to sit drinking tea in a caravan.
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People who don't take care of their drums really annoy me.
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I remember in the early days when we played six nights a week for a month and I was doing my long drum solo every night. My hands were covered in blisters.
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There was absolutely no intention of splitting up. We had so many great ideas to use on the new album. John Paul Jones was incredible, coming to the studio each day with new instruments to play.
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Sometimes you'd come up against a brick wall... or sometimes you go into a fill and you'd know halfway through it was going to be disastrous.
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We once did six tours of America in 15 months.
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With Zeppelin, I tried to play something different every night in my solos. I'd play for 20 minutes but the longest ever was 30 minutes. It's a long time, but whenI was playing it seemed to fly by.
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I hate it when people slag us off. We had done three tours during 1970 and we finished off feeling we had just about had enough. We had done so much in that short space of time, we were drained.
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