Editing John Bonham (section)

==Artistry==

=== Equipment ===
[[File:John Bonham-2.jpg|thumb|200x200px|Bonham at [[Madison Square Garden]] with Led Zeppelin in 1973]]
Bonham initially used [[Premier drums]], but in the late 1960s was introduced to [[Ludwig Drums|Ludwig drums]] by [[Carmine Appice]].<ref>Flans, Robyn. "Carmine Appice: Power Drumming Forever". ''Modern Drummer''. Vol. 31 No. 4. Apr 2007</ref> Throughout the remainder of his career, Bonham endorsed Ludwig. At times, Bonham's [[Bass drum|kick drum]] pedal squeaked. Jimmy Page later commented:

{{blockquote|The only real problem I can remember encountering was when we were putting [[Led Zeppelin (box set)|the first boxed set]] together. There was an awfully squeaky bass drum pedal on "[[Since I've Been Loving You]]". It sounds louder and louder every time I hear it! [laughs]. That was something that was obviously sadly overlooked at the time.<ref name=page93>[http://www.iem.ac.ru/zeppelin/docs/interviews/page_93.gw Interview with Jimmy Page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807201650/http://www.iem.ac.ru/zeppelin/docs/interviews/page_93.gw |date=7 August 2011 }}, ''[[Guitar World]]'' magazine, 1993</ref>}}

In 2005, Ludwig reissued Bonham drum kits in several styles and, in 2007, stainless steel kits similar to those Bonham used on the last Led Zeppelin tours in the 1970s.

Bonham used [[Paiste]] [[cymbal]]s<ref>{{cite web |title=John Bonham: Cymbals |url=http://www.led-zeppelin.org/studio-and-live-gear/817 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703061914/http://www.led-zeppelin.org/studio-and-live-gear/817 |archive-date=3 July 2015 |access-date=12 July 2015 |website=led-zeppelin.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Original Paiste Cymbal Agreement with John Bonham 7-13-1971 |url=http://www.rcivistalite.com/paiste.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150302070233/http://www.rcivistalite.com/paiste.htm |archive-date=2 March 2015 |access-date=12 July 2015 |website=RCI International}}</ref> and [[Remo]] [[drumhead]]s.<ref>{{cite web |author=Administrator |title=Cymbals |url=http://www.led-zeppelin.org/studio-and-live-gear/817 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703061914/http://www.led-zeppelin.org/studio-and-live-gear/817 |archive-date=3 July 2015 |access-date=29 March 2015 |work=led-zeppelin.org}}</ref> His hardware was a mixture of Rogers and Ludwig, including the Ludwig Speed King pedal and Rogers Swiv-O-Matic series of hardware.<ref>{{cite web |title=Drum Kit Hardware Ludwig |url=http://www.johnbonham.co.uk/drumsetup/hardware.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170712065159/http://johnbonham.co.uk/drumsetup/hardware.html |archive-date=12 July 2017 |access-date=22 July 2017 |website=JohnBonham.co.uk}}</ref> Initially augmenting his kit in live performances with [[timbales]] and [[congas]] as well as the [[cowbell (instrument)|cowbell]], he soon settled on his trademark [[timpani]], [[gong]] and [[ching-ring]] mounted on his [[hi-hat]] stand as the percussion in his setup in addition to the aforementioned cowbell.<ref>{{cite web |title=Percussion Cowbell Congas Tambourine |url=http://www.johnbonham.co.uk/drumsetup/percussion.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170712065118/http://johnbonham.co.uk/drumsetup/percussion.html |archive-date=12 July 2017 |access-date=22 July 2017 |website=JohnBonham.co.uk}}</ref>

Bonham drum solos would often feature playing [[floor tom]]s and cymbals with his bare hands. He started using this technique as well as developing a finger-control style, influenced from hearing jazz recordings by drummer [[Joe Morello]], during the early 1960s with his first band the Blue Star Trio.<ref>{{cite book |last=Welch |first=Chris |title=John Bonham: A Thunder of Drums |publisher=Backbeat |year=2001 |isbn=0-87930-658-0 |location=San Francisco |page=21}}</ref>