Zep drummer John Bonham died on Sept. 25, 1980. A day of hard drinking as the band rehearsed for a North American tour led to him dying in his sleep. Jimmy Page revealed Led Zeppelin could never ...

When John Bonham died in September 1980, there was no future for Led Zeppelin as a working band. As John Paul Jones later put it, Bonham was not just the drummer; he was “a quarter” of Zeppelin (and a ...

Fans were hungry for more music after drummer John Bonham died on Sept. 25, 1980, effectively putting an end to Led Zeppelin. Their last album, 1979’s In Through the Out Door, marked a strong return ...

Coda itself has always been underrated, arriving as it did in the stunning aftermath of Bonham's passing. “When I started to think about it originally, we wanted to do something in the best taste ...

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It is, Jimmy Page declares proudly, “the mother of all Codas – an absolute celebration of Led Zeppelin, all things bright and beautiful, all of the curios.” The Led Zeppelin guitarist pauses and grins ...

Being well acquainted with the original albums that led to these expanded editions, I had this review half-written in my head before the CDs even arrived. "This is the sound of a great band on the ...