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Re: Wissenswertes über Bonzo
Black Dog - 31.05.2006, 10:20Wissenswertes über Bonzo
Anlässlich seines Geburtstages, heute, passt das ganz gut :-)
The Engine Room : John Bonham
o John Henry Bonham was born on May 31, 1948 in Redditch,
Worcestershire, England.
o Bonzo married Pat at 17, whom he met a dance. They had two
children, Jason and Zoe.
o Bonham's explosive power and endurance may well have come from his
days as a hod carrier on building sites.
o At one stage Bonzo owned 21 cars.
o A notorious episode involving John Bonham was when he walked into
the Rainbow in Los Angeles and ordered 20 Black Russians, drank
them all quickly in succession and left.
o Another incident saw Bonzo ride a Harley Davidson motorcycle
through the lobby of the Hyatt House Hotel in Los Angeles.
o The hot rod John Bonham drives in "The Song Remains The Same" was
originally imported by Jeff Beck in 1969 before being sold to
Bonham. It is a "Blown Model T" with a 500bhp Chevy Engine, 1932
Ford dropped beam, 1942 Ford front drums, 1962 Chevy rear axle,
Convair steering boxes and a Holeshot torque converter. The car
was nicknamed "The Boston Strangler."
o Jimmy has said that Bonzo was the reason the band had to buy
bigger amps.
o When tempers flared in the band it was not unheard of for Robert
and Bonzo to dig up old arguments from their Band of Joy days,
such as who had paid for what in 1968.
o Bonzo's symbol from the fourth album, the three linked circles
came from the same book of runes that Jonesy's came from, and is
meant to symbolise the man-wife-child trilogy. Bonham's symbol
has a common elements with Jones's, trisected ovals, or "yonics",
which are in opposite aspect in their symbols, reflecting that
they symbolise two very different people. Plant has pointed
out that it also looks like the emblem for Ballantine beer.
Another source says that Bonham picked the symbol at random,
simply because he liked it, and it reminded him of drumheads. A
DJ in Britain, Danny Baker, came up with the interesting theory
that Bonham was sitting in the pub with his customary glass of the
amber fluid and plonked it down on his beer mat a couple of times
and noticed what a nice little symbol the marks formed. Jason
Bonham has said, on the same DJ's show that the symbol is the
man-wife-child trilogy rune. The German company Krupp AG also
has a symbol with three interlocking circles, although it is the
opposite way up to Bonham's. A German band called the Krupps has
used this symbol and pictures of zeppelins for album art. Another
reasonably plausible thought, is that the symbol looks a bit like
a drum kit when seen from in front, with bass kickers, or above
with toms and cymbals slightly overlapping.
o The drumbeat from "When The Levee Breaks" is the most frequently
used sample in dance music, notably featuring in the hit song
"Relax" by Frankie Goes To Hollywood. At one time the remaining
band members took legal action against The Beastie Boys for their
use of this drum sample. The Beastie Boys use several Zep samples
on their album "Paul's Boutique".
o Dave Lewis in _A_Celebration_ rates Bonzo's top 10 performances
as,
1) Moby Dick 6) D'yer Mak'er
2) Whole Lotta Love 7) In My Time Of Dying
3) Poor Tom 8) No Quarter (Live)
4) Rock And Roll 9) Achilles Last Stand
5) When The Levee Breaks 10) Hots On For Nowhere
o Bonham's funeral was held in Rushock, Worcestershire.
o Bozo's drumming is characterised by a tendency to play slightly
behind the beat rather than in front of it. This gave Page a
solid base from which to expand his riffs, while Plant seems to
find a huge beat very inspiring, whether it is energy or volume
providing that power.
o Bonham's symbol has also been observed on the side flap of a one
pound container of Challenge Butter.
o A 1982 issue of US _Playboy_ featured the following tribute to
Bonham, when he was inducted into their rock'n'roll Hall Of Fame.
"John "Bonzo" Bonham was part of a well equipped army
that scaled the face of rock and roll until, for a few years,
there was nothing left but rock - power rock, heavy metal,
lude and lascivious rock. For 12 years, Bonham's drumming
for Led Zeppelin managed to avoid setting the critics on
fire. They called him heavy handed, leaden. That did not
deter the listeners who supported Bonzo from the beginning.
Led Zep's founder, guitarist Jimmy Page, described
encountering Bonham for the first time: "I couldn't believe
how he was living his music. When he gets into a trip, the
audience goes with him." He was inventive and unpredictable,
raw and basic. It was as though he recognized no rules, no
conventions. Sometimes he'd drum with his hands, which
prompted one manufacturer to claim its drums were as tough
as Bonham. Perhaps the same insistent push to the limit that
characterized his work crushed him in his private life. On
September 25, 1981, as American fans lined up to buy tickets
to Led Zeppelin's first tour since 1977, Bonzo, exhausted
from touring and drink, died in his sleep, yet another
casualty of rock and roll life. Since then, the tour has
been cancelled and the band has called it quits, a rather
heartfelt testimonial to Bonham's talent. We'll miss the
incredible timekeeper who could solo for 30 minutes and
leave his audience screaming for more. He spawned hundreds
of imitators, but no one in the world plays drums the way he
did."
o Bonzo's symbol has been sighted on a church steeple in Italy.
o Bonham claimed that Zeppelin came away from the Earl's Court shows
in 1975 with nothing more than a few hundred quid each to show for
their efforts.
o The drummer on Donovan's "Hurdy Gurdy Man", a song arranged by
John Paul Jones, is reputed to be Bonham, although this is very
unlikely.
o One of Bonham's defining characteristics as a drummer was his
lightning fast bass pedal foot, and his amazing endurance. He
could also triplets and quads very quickly and with a very even
rhythm, he didn't even need to build up to them, he could just
jump straight into them. Several examples of this being in
"The Song Remains The Same" film during his drum solo.
o Bonham played Ludwig drum kits throughout his career with
Zeppelin, even getting a custom miniature set made up for his
son Jason. He used Ludwig 2A sized drumsticks.
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