>On 24 September 1980, Bonham was picked up by Led Zeppelin assistant Rex King to attend rehearsals at Bray Studios for a tour of North America, to begin 17 October in Montreal; it was the band's first tour since 1977. During the journey, Bonham asked to stop for breakfast, where he drank four quadruple vodka screwdrivers (16 shots, totalling between 400 and 560 ml). He continued to drink heavily at rehearsals. The band stopped rehearsing late in the evening and then went to Page's house, the Old Mill House in Clewer, Windsor. After midnight on 25 September, Bonham fell asleep; someone took him to bed and placed him on his side. Jones and the tour manager Benji LeFevre found him unresponsive the next afternoon.[33] Bonham was pronounced dead at 32 years old.[34]
>The inquest on 27 October 1980 showed that in 24 hours, Bonham had consumed around 40 shots (1–1.4 litres) of 40% ABV vodka, after which he vomited and choked, a condition known as pulmonary aspiration.
i have known a few alcoholic drummers that drink that amount almost daily and lived into their 70's. one is still going. they pass out all the time and live alone too.
simply a skill issue.
Bonham's drumming is AI tier anyway they should have got Mitch MItchell or Baker instead. those guys could actually swing.
>>126834057does drinking affect drummers less than other instrumentalists?
>>126833895 (OP)John was a sensitive man who didn't like being away from his family. The band pressured him into touring. I hope they take time to reflect on this.
>>126833895 (OP)LZ should've quit in 1977. They were pretty much done anyway when Bonham died and if it hadn't been him, it would've been Page from his heroin addiction.
>>126834084Other way around. They sweat more and dehydrate so booze hits them harder.
>>126834085He was a violent, drunken bastard who liked to threaten and beat up random people.
He would have been a good fit in Lynyrd Skynyrd.
>>126834088What does that bug has to do with Led Zeppelin?
>>126834249this what you get when you merge Jimmy Page with his girlfriend
>>126834260that makes absolutely no sense.
>>126834085>>126834103https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LidhEFbtRz8
>>126833895 (OP)>after which he vomited and chokedDidn't Hendrix die from this too?
>>126836570Yeah. Bukowski joked in an interview I watched about people who died from aspirating vomit failing at being drunks, as you should know to sleep on your side, but apparently Bonham did and still choked.
>>126834103Violent drunks tend to be sensitive.
>>126834057Zepp's music was supposed to plod. Swinging would've messed it up.
Is alcohol really that much worthy?
