Jason Bonham is now a fab drummer as is Zak Starkey (Ringo's son).I was lucky enough to work for a certain member of that band and have heard both playing with the afore mentioned members,Simon Phillips is not bad either.

Bonzo was the best,but for sheer enthusiasm and showmanship,here is the master,in a drum off against Buddy Rich..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cd6m9PUbUw

Yup without a doubt Keith was da man. Had the good fortune to go and see him in action with the Who many years ago, now gone the way of so many of his kind unfortunately.

There will only ever be ONE drummer....
 

...Animal!

I saw Zak Starkey perform in Ringo Starr's All Starr Band a few years back -he was pretty good. What a laugh that concert was, Nils Lofgren, Dave Edmunds, Todd Rundgren, Joe Walsh, Timmy Capello and who knows who else. Absolutely brilliant.

It had to happen.

On the strength of seeing that I've had to go on a Led Zep nostalgia buying frenzy. Their back catalogue isn't licensed on iTunes so I'm buying up the CD series and downloading them to me iPod.

Incidentally as a very humble muso myself it was interesting to see the instruments that they used on the live version of Kashmir.

Jimmy Page is using a Danelectro guitar that was originally designed as a real cheapo budget guitar with a softwood frame covered in masonite (american for hardboard) and lipstick tube pickups (so called because all the magnets and coils were built into tubes that really were meant to be for lipsticks). So a guitar that was sold in US catalogues as cheap as cheap pie - but later gained a cult following

On the other hand...

John Paul Jones is using a Yamaha GX1 synthesiser, one of only about 10 ever made and the only instrument of it's day that could replicate the complex string arrangements for this song in a live band. Synths of that power are ten a penny nowadays but in 1973 this was the mutha. It weighed 300 Kilos and cost $60,000 :eek: :eek: :eek:

$60,000. Let's get that in perspective. Allowing for an exchange rate of 2-1 that's still £30,000 in 1973.

In 1973 the list price of a Ferrari Daytona was $24,000 or £12,000 and the average house price was £5,500


I'm taking my anorak off now and going to bed with a copy of the railway timetable and a nice mug of cocoa

You can't beat the old guard, Bonham, Moon, Ginger Baker etc.

Listen out for Travis Barker (Blink 182), Joey Jordison (Slipknot) for speed and accuracy. Taking drummers to another level.

I did once see Ian Paice, how he could get so much noise out of a small drum kit was a joy to listen to, but for pure raw power and aggression there is only one, Dave Lombardo from the delicate thrash band SLAYER.
They might be a bit too new for a lot of you old timers. :frog:

Now was that the one from the muppets or the gods of rock Motorhead?