When a band decides not to continue because you lost your drummer you know he was a special man! They loved this man!

I’ll show my teenage ignorance. By the time I saw Zeppelin play in ‘77 I’d seen a bunch of great bands and great drummers including Neil Peart and Ian Paice. I was not the biggest Zep fan when I went and Bonham was just another drummer. That all changed in a magical instant. We were close to the front near the center when the lights came up.

As a Led Zeppelin fan I can honestly say watching this opened up another level of understanding to the songs and albums I've heard hundreds of times. Excellent work and explanation.

I don't play drums, I really don't know much of anything about drums, but Bonham's playing bring a surge of emotion to me that makes me want to cry. I can't say that of any other drummer I've ever heard.

That Kashmir time signature analysis blew my mind. Never thought about it. Well done!

This actually made me appreciate much more not only Bonham, but drumming as a whole. Good job!

the sound bonham gets when he hits the snare and hi-hat together- its perfect and no other drummer can make it sound quite that good / crisp.

I've never been more randomly obsessed with a musician as I am with Bonzo. I can't explain it beyond my visceral love of music and how his drumming makes me feel...all the feelings.

He played those bass triplets in Good Times Bad Times with one foot, by the way.

"I've always been obsessed with drums. They fascinate me. Any other instrument - nothing. I play acoustic guitar a bit. But it's always been drums first and foremost. I don't reckon on this Jack-of-all-trades thing. I think that feeling is a lot more important than technique. It's all very well doing a triple paradiddle - but who's going to know you've done it? If you play technically you sound like everybody else. It's being original that counts."

John Bonham's drumming is as mysteriously good as the writing of some of my favorite writers. It's so natural and effortless and has perfect judgement as to what to emphasize or omit.

Thank you for the explanation. I finally got why they had to quit the band when he died. He couldn't be replaced by anyone, and without him, Zep truely could not be Zep anymore.