John Bonham is not dead!

No dynamics or groove? Stepped on everyone else? That does not sound like John Bonham.

 

Why do you think LZ was so loud?

 

That'll show him!

 

"Excuse me sir. I think you're looking for the headbangers ball. That's two blocks down. Red building on the right. Ask for Snake."

 

That wasn't Bonham.

 

This John says "No"

 

@Axtman since we’re both Seattleites, which jazz jam was this?

 

I have to laugh.

I am the house bassist for a weekly jam.

One night, an individual who was showing up on a weekly basis, decided he wanted to play.

So we said ok, and got him up the second set.

First song, well.....it was a drum solo through the whole song.
Second song, rerun of the first movie
BL ended the third song ended after a verse and a chorus. Same movie different beat

That was probably the shortest 3rd set we ever played.

He hasn't show up since, so....I'm wondering if we are talkin the same guy. Seemed like he was intent on whack a mole as well.

 

Ah, for a second I thought that you belatedly just discovered the Yoyoka videos. So, did this guy do the kick drum triplets? Drink the bar dry?

 

Then he’ll just do his Paice imitation. Try “Space Trucking” instead.

 

"Thank you, thank you, we'll be here all week. Don't forget to tip your waitress..."

 

Just call out "drum solo" and everyone just leave the stage, and order a drink at the bar.

Now they would be funny.

 

Vanilla Fudge, Febuary 1971. Bands plane is late - it's freezing cold outside - they haven't eaten all day. Walk out on stage 1 hour late. No one has left the building. First song is about five minutes long. Second song is "Break Song" and the drum solo goes on for 30 minutes. Band goes back stage and pigs out on cheeseburgers and Bud lite. Finally they stroll back on stage, and hand burgers and Bud to Carmine (drummer), so on song three they have no drums, just the other three. They do a long blues song that really went well with no drums. Finally, an hour after arriving on stage, everyone has been fed. NOW they rock the place. Where was I? Sitting with our drummer on the floor about 3 feet behind Carmine. Rock and roll for sure !

 

We had a drummer try out for our band once. I called him "MG42" because he was playing loud and fast. It sounded like a machine gun going off! Think about Plush at 140 BPM

 

I had a drummer like that, exactly as you described, with the addition of not knowing how to count...I left. If you don't, you are a better man than me.
Rock on.

 

Doesn't sound like Bonham to me. He was good!