Despite an intensive campaign to snare the drummer, Bonham was initially reluctant to join the band.

British animation also used big names, most notably Chicken Run ( Mel Gibson, Timothy Spall, Jane Horrocks and Miranda Richardson ) and Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit ( Ralph Fiennes, Liz Smith, Peter Kay and Helena Bonham Carter ).

Thomas Bean, a wealthy Bonham landowner and surveyor, donated fifty acres of land in southeast Grayson County to be used for a branch railroad line from Sherman to Commerce.

Bonham used the longest and heaviest sticks available, which he referred to as " trees.

( Bonham did have a second bass drum that can be seen in the " Communication Breakdown " promo ; however, it was never used in any recordings.

Bonham used Paiste Cymbals exclusively.

Bonham used Ludwig Speed King Pedal ( with tight spring tension ) throughout his career.

In 2007 they issued a limited edition stainless steel kit similar to the ones Bonham used on the last Led Zeppelin tours in the 1970s.

Elland Road was used as a substitute for the old Wembley Stadium for scenes in the 2010 film The King's Speech, which was nominated for 12 Oscars, 3 of which were for its stars Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Carter.

Brompton Cemetery has featured in a number of films, including David Cronenberg's Eastern Promises ( starring Viggo Mortensen ), The Wisdom of Crocodiles ( Jude Law ), Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes ( 2009 film ) ( also with Jude Law ) as the location of ' Lord Blackwood's Tomb ', Crush ( Imelda Staunton and Andie MacDowell ), Stormbreaker ( starring Alex Pettyfer, Ewan McGregor, Stephen Fry and Mickey Rourke ), Finding Neverland ( starring Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet ) and Johnny English ( starring Rowan Atkinson ); The Wings of the Dove ( 1997 film ) ( starring Helena Bonham Carter ), as well as being used as a location by photographers such as Bruce Weber ( see " The Chop Suey Club ").

Because bass player and keyboardist John Paul Jones had been late for the recording sessions, Page used the time to work on the riff with drummer John Bonham.

Such notable drummers as Hal Blaine, studio legend, Joe Morello of The Dave Brubeck Quartet, John Bonham of Led Zeppelin, Alex Van Halen of Van Halen, Ian Paice of Deep Purple, Ginger Baker of Cream, Dino Danelli of The Rascals, John Densmore of The Doors, Ringo Starr of The Beatles, Mitch Mitchell of The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Mick Avory of The Kinks, Sandy Nelson, solo artist, Gary Chester, studio legend, Carl Palmer of Emerson, Lake & Palmer, and Steve Gadd, all-around recording artist, used this drum exclusively throughout the 1960s and 1970s.

Even Ludwig drummers like Ringo Starr of The Beatles, Mitch Mitchell of The Jimi Hendrix Experience, and John Bonham of Led Zeppelin used some Swiv-o-Matic hardware items on their kits.

Recently, drummer Mike Portnoy of the progressive metal group Dream Theater used a Tama drum company-built acrylic kit for a John Bonham tribute, and for parts of Dream Theater's 2005 Octavarium CD and DVD.

Led Zeppelin's John Bonham received his first drum kit at the age of 15, an old rusty Premier set.

On Valentine's Day 1974, Moon performed on drums with Jimmy Page, Ronnie Lane, Max Middleton and fellow drummer John Bonham on acoustic guitar for the gig premiering Roy Harper's album Valentine.

alt = A black and white photograph of John Bonham playing drums

The three members reunited again on 14 May 1988, for the Atlantic Records 40th Anniversary concert, with Bonham's son, Jason Bonham, on drums.

alt = A colour photograph of Jason Bonham playing drums

Afterwards, they played one brief set with Tyler and Perry, with Jason Bonham on drums, and then a second with Neil Young, this time with Michael Lee taking the drumsticks.

alt = A colour photograph of John Paul Jones, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page performing on stage, with Jason Bonham partially visible on drums in the background

On 10 December 2007 Led Zeppelin reunited for the one-off Ahmet Ertegün Tribute Concert at The O2 Arena in London, with Jason Bonham taking his late father's place on drums.

In 2010, Hughes formed Black Country Communion with Jason Bonham ( drums ), Joe Bonamassa ( guitar ) and Derek Sherinian ( keyboards ).

" Bonzo's Montreux " by Led Zeppelin is named after the city where the drums session of John Bonham was recorded in 1976.

At the 1988 reunion, Jason Bonham, the son of Led Zeppelin's late drummer John Bonham, played drums.

Ex-bandmate Billy Corgan has said of Chamberlin, " he's up there with Bonham, you know, that level of drummer, who has been able to play a variety of music and have his style impact the way people play drums.

In 2004 UFO released their seventeenth studio album You Are Here with their new permanent guitarist Vinnie Moore and Jason Bonham on drums ( intermittently ).

* Jason Bonham – drums

Artists include Crosby, Stills & Nash, Iron Butterfly, Ruth Brown, Foreigner and Wilson Pickett, but the most talked-about performance is by a reunited Led Zeppelin with Jason Bonham on drums.

In 1974, Bonham appeared in the film Son of Dracula, playing drums in Count Downe's ( Harry Nilsson ) backing band.

John Bonham played the drums like someone who didn't know what was going to happen next — like he was teetering on the edge of a cliff.

One of the marvelous things about John Bonham which made things very easy a producer was the fact that he really knew how to tune his drums, and I tell you what, that was pretty rare in drummers in those days.

John Bonham did play double bass drums while the band was touring with the band Vanilla Fudge.

In 1971, he produced Lulu's 1971 song " Everybody Clap " consist of Maurice on guitar, Leslie Harvey on guitar, Jack Bruce on bass, and John Bonham of Led Zeppelin on drums.

Bonham first began playing drums at the age of four, and appeared with his father in the film The Song Remains the Same, drumming on a scaled-down kit.

Jason Bonham is endorsed by Ludwig drums and DW Drums

* Jason Bonham – drums, percussion, backing vocals

Jason and Zoe Bonham also attended, representing their late father.

Bonham joined the group Black Country Communion late in 2009 and is currently recording music with rock icons Joe Bonamassa, Glenn Hughes and Derek Sherinian.

The FBI team arrives too late, Bonham returns to British Columbia, where he starts burning letters that were sent to him from Hallam.

In the 70s, Led Zeppelin's John Bonham became the next world class drummer to use and endorse Ludwig drums, after Carmine Appice of Vanilla Fudge, and later Cactus, Beck, Bogert & Appice, and finally, with Rod Stewart, followed by Alex Van Halen of Van Halen in the late 70s and Neil Peart of Rush in the late 80s.

The band members are portrayed by ex-Dokken and current Foreigner bassist Jeff Pilson, Black Label Society and Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Zakk Wylde, actor Dominic West, and ex-Foreigner and current Black Country Communion drummer Jason Bonham ( the son of the late drummer for Led Zeppelin, John Bonham ).

Pryce Jones is a first cousin of Elena Propper de Callejón, wife of late banker Raymond Bonham Carter and mother of actress Helena Bonham Carter.

Of the earliest influential bands that are later to be described as Heavy Metal, several of the most notable artists arise from the mid to late 1960s Brum Beat music scene, such as: Robert Plant and John Bonham of Led Zeppelin, Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward of Black Sabbath and Rob Halford and Glenn Tipton of Judas Priest.