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Dad's influence naturally came into me, rather than trying to emulate every detail. His way of teaching me was to be sparse, and to be explosive when it needed to be.
Jason Bonham
Dad's the master, I'm the student.
I'm playing my father's music and I'm a fan of Led Zeppelin. The response has been beyond what I ever imagined it would be. Unreal. Everyone seems to understand the story I'm telling.
As I've gotten older, as I've gotten familiar with all different types of music, stuff that I didn't like when I was younger I actually kind of like now.
Well, when you grow up in a family situation like in England, you're whole - we call it pub culture, and it is, really. You grow up, you literally come home from work, everyone goes to the pub at 6:30, you drink till 10:30, go home and go to bed. That was our entire life - all my aunts and uncles, and my grandfather drank 'til he was 85.
You know, I went through the whole blond hair bit. And dad took me to see The Police when I was 13. And I was like, this is a cool band, dad. See this is a cool band. And I felt bad for years because then a year later... I never had a chance to tell him how great I think was. After he passed away, I would go and listen to his music.
It's beyond my wildest dreams to come out, represent my family, my father and the music of Led Zeppelin.
I think that my performances with Led Zeppelin got better with each performance and I think that our performances as Led Zeppelin Experience have also gotten better with each show.
It's imperative that I continue putting together the best shows and take it to the next level. I'm talking to people about holograms, and my dream is to do the hologram drum solo with dad next to me.
I am notoriously hard on myself in terms of working on new material and while I am critical of my performance on the Led Zeppelin material, I am way more critical of my own stuff. I'm pretty hard on myself.
I did not want to go onstage and play Led Zeppelin songs; there has to be more than that. I wanted to create a complete experience of what Led Zeppelin means to me, growing up around them and being part of it all my life.
Performing my father's songs at the Led Zeppelin O2 reunion concert in 2007 was an honor that I will forever remember as one of the most bittersweet, yet greatest nights of my life.
I don't mind talking about dad and stuff, because that's part of my life, you know? For me to pretend to be like him, and do the same things he used to do is over. I can see past it now. It took me thirty-eight years and sobriety to realize who Jason Bonham is.
I know I live in the shadow of the greatest drummer in the world, so it's nice to have a bit of sunshine now and again.
I've had about 40 cars in my lifetime, maybe more, from Lamborghinis and McLarens to Bentleys and Rolls-Royces, but I always lost so much money.
I've loved Range Rovers. That goes back to when I was a kid. My dad had the first ever Range Rover that was ever made - the first wave back in the '70s - and he had one every year from that moment, and mom has continued to do that. From the moment they started Range Rovers, they've been in my family.
I'm a huge fan of Ayrton Senna and the color scheme of the old McLarens.
My first four cars, I flipped - not sold them, literally rolled them or flipped them.
I've searched all of my life for approval from my dad who is not around. So if I can get approval by his fans or from peers and critics, it helps me.
A song like 'When The Levee Breaks' has a very simple pattern, but it's hard to give it that feel that my dad gave it.
I found my childhood scrapbook and there's an interview in there with dad from 1970. He talks about how long he's been playing the drums and he'd only been playing drums six years in 1970.
I always regretted that I never had the chance to tell Dad how great I thought he was.
As a young kid I never saw myself as a drummer.
It took a thing like my father's death to make me decide that I actually wanted to pursue drumming.
I never imagined in my wildest dreams when I was 17 watching Van Halen at a Donington Park rock festival and seeing Sammy Hagar later on when I was in the United States playing that I would end up with a band of guys I bought albums of.
I think I misunderstood the following in the footsteps bit, in a few of my early drinking years. I'd take any form of being compared to Dad as flattery. So if I fell off a stool or smashed up a TV set just because I was drunk, and somebody in the bar went 'Hey, man, that was just like Bonzo!' I would be really happy.
I loved 'Rain' and its take on the Beatles. The way they used a timeline and news reel to create a mood, and crafted set changes throughout, it was stunning.
I strive to be positive. I begin every day asking myself what I can do to make this a positive day.
To play like John Bonham is the hardest thing in the world because you're not John Bonham. It's how you breathe out of your heart. It's your emotions.
There's always got to be one adult in the band, I think.
My first band, we wanted to be like Foreigner and Journey.
You know at 14, when you lose your hero - your father - that's why I hold him on such a high pedestal.
My kids still think that, you know, other kids' parents are cooler than I am.
He was just dad to me. I never really looked at him as Mr. Supergroup, John Bonham.
My dad was a regular dad. At home, he wasn't Bonzo the animal. He was a very intellectual, quiet chap - not the beast we all know.
I was into the Police. I dyed my hair white-blond and wanted to be Sting.
One of my dreams was always to play alongside my father but I never got the chance because we only had one drum kit at home.
We all have to appreciate where we come from and how wonderful our parents were.
I was thrilled to hear Mick Jones wanted me to be involved in celebrating 40 years of Foreigner. I spent three years as their drummer and had a great time.
I have lots of memories of Zeppelin. And I know the joy it gives fans when I tell them stories. I see their faces light up.
I'm English, so I can be very 'half empty.'
Are people going to be more critical because I'm a Bonham? The answer is yes.
The fan support throughout the years, and the new generation, has made Zeppelin larger than life.
I was really into motocross. I started racing when I was 10 years old and did very, very well. That was my dream, if anything, more than drumming.