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Jason Bonham

Jason Bonham (born July 15, 1966) is an English

England

Drummer

A drummer is a musician who plays a drum or drums, particularly a drum kit , marching percussion or hand drums. The term percussionist applies to a musician performing on any percussion instrument, but usually refers to one who plays Classical music or Latin percussion....
and son of Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin were an English rock music band formed in 1968 by Jimmy Page , Robert Plant , John Paul Jones and John Bonham . With their heavy, guitar-driven sound, Led Zeppelin are regarded as one of the first heavy metal music bands....
drummer John Bonham

John Bonham

John Henry "Bonzo" Bonham was an English drummer and member of the band Led Zeppelin. He was renowned for his power, fast right foot, distinctive sound and "feel" for the groove ....
.

Bonham was born in the town of Dudley

Dudley

Dudley is a large town in the West Midlands , England, with a population of List of English cities by population. Since 1974 it has been the administrative centre of the wider Metropolitan Borough of Dudley; the original County Borough had undergone a lesser expansion in 1966....
, West Midlands

West Midlands (county)

The West Midlands is a metropolitan county in West Midlands England with a population of 2,591,300. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....
. He first began playing drums at the age of 4, and appeared with his father in the film The Song Remains the Same
The Song Remains the Same (film)

The Song Remains the Same is a concert film by the England Rock music Musical ensemble Led Zeppelin. The recording of the film took place during three nights of concerts at Madison Square Garden in New York City, during the band's Led Zeppelin North American Tour 1973....
, drumming on a scaled-down kit. At 17, he joined his first band, Airrace. In 1985, he joined Virginia Wolf

Virginia Wolf

Virginia Wolf was a United Kingdom rock band of the late 1980s. Their albums included Virginia Wolf and Push . They actually existed from 1977 until 1988 featuring Nick Bold on lead guitar throughout....
, making two albums and touring the US supporting The Firm.

In 1988, Bonham joined former Led Zeppelin guitarist
Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres....
Jimmy Page
Jimmy Page

James Patrick Page Order of the British Empire is an English guitarist, composer and record producer. He began his career as a studio session guitarist in London and was subsequently a member of The Yardbirds from 1966 to 1968, after which he co-founded the English rock band Led Zeppelin....
for his Outrider

Outrider (album)

Outrider is an album by Jimmy Page, released by Geffen Records on 19 June, 1988. It is his first proper solo album, and the first time since 1969 he recorded with another label other than Atlantic Records/Swan Song Records....
album and tour.

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Jason Bonham (born July 15, 1966) is an English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
drummer
Drummer

A drummer is a musician who plays a drum or drums, particularly a drum kit , marching percussion or hand drums. The term percussionist applies to a musician performing on any percussion instrument, but usually refers to one who plays Classical music or Latin percussion....
and son of Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin were an English rock music band formed in 1968 by Jimmy Page , Robert Plant , John Paul Jones and John Bonham . With their heavy, guitar-driven sound, Led Zeppelin are regarded as one of the first heavy metal music bands....
drummer John Bonham
John Bonham

John Henry "Bonzo" Bonham was an English drummer and member of the band Led Zeppelin. He was renowned for his power, fast right foot, distinctive sound and "feel" for the groove ....
.

Bonham was born in the town of Dudley
Dudley

Dudley is a large town in the West Midlands , England, with a population of List of English cities by population. Since 1974 it has been the administrative centre of the wider Metropolitan Borough of Dudley; the original County Borough had undergone a lesser expansion in 1966....
, West Midlands
West Midlands (county)

The West Midlands is a metropolitan county in West Midlands England with a population of 2,591,300. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....
. He first began playing drums at the age of 4, and appeared with his father in the film The Song Remains the Same
The Song Remains the Same (film)

The Song Remains the Same is a concert film by the England Rock music Musical ensemble Led Zeppelin. The recording of the film took place during three nights of concerts at Madison Square Garden in New York City, during the band's Led Zeppelin North American Tour 1973....
, drumming on a scaled-down kit. At 17, he joined his first band, Airrace. In 1985, he joined Virginia Wolf
Virginia Wolf

Virginia Wolf was a United Kingdom rock band of the late 1980s. Their albums included Virginia Wolf and Push . They actually existed from 1977 until 1988 featuring Nick Bold on lead guitar throughout....
, making two albums and touring the US supporting The Firm.

In 1988, Bonham joined former Led Zeppelin guitarist
Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres....
Jimmy Page
Jimmy Page

James Patrick Page Order of the British Empire is an English guitarist, composer and record producer. He began his career as a studio session guitarist in London and was subsequently a member of The Yardbirds from 1966 to 1968, after which he co-founded the English rock band Led Zeppelin....
for his Outrider
Outrider (album)

Outrider is an album by Jimmy Page, released by Geffen Records on 19 June, 1988. It is his first proper solo album, and the first time since 1969 he recorded with another label other than Atlantic Records/Swan Song Records....
album and tour. In May of the same year, Bonham appeared with the 3 surviving members of Led Zeppelin for a performance at Atlantic Records 40th Anniversary
Atlantic Records 40th Anniversary

On 14th May 1988 the Atlantic Records label held its 40th Anniversary Celebration by staging a non-stop concert lasting almost 13 hours at Madison Square Garden, New York....
concert in New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
. John Paul Jones
John Paul Jones (musician)

John Paul Jones is an England musician, composer, orchestration, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist musician.Best known as the bass guitarist, keyboardist and, less often, mandolin player for Led Zeppelin, Jones has since developed a successful Solo career, and is widely respected as both a musician and a producer....
believes Bonham's performance was outstanding that night.

In 1989, Bonham appeared as a special guest at the Moscow Music Peace Festival
Moscow Music Peace Festival

The Moscow Music Peace Festival was a one-time gathering of high-profile hard rock acts who put on a concert for the people in Moscow, Soviet Union on 12 and 13 August 1989 in music to promote world peace and establish international cooperation in fighting the drug war in Russia ....
, performing the song "Rock and Roll
Rock and Roll (Led Zeppelin song)

"Rock and Roll" is a song by England rock and roll band Led Zeppelin, which was first released as the second track from Led Zeppelin IV in 1971....
" with many major rock stars of the day. That same year, he formed his own band, Bonham, whose Zeppelin-inflected first release The Disregard of Timekeeping
The Disregard of Timekeeping

The Disregard of Timekeeping is the debut album of United Kingdom hard rock band Bonham , released in 1989 ....
had a hit single, "Wait for You". However, after a lukewarm reception for their 1992 release, Mad Hatter
Mad Hatter (album)

Mad Hatter is the second and final album from the United Kingdom hard rock band Bonham , released in 1992....
, the band was dissolved, and Bonham concentrated on session work and guest appearances.

In May 1990, Bonham married Jan Charteris, in Stone, Kidderminster
Kidderminster

Kidderminster is a town in the Wyre Forest District Council district of Worcestershire, England. It is located approximately seventeen miles south-west of Birmingham city centre....
. His wedding reception included a jam with Jimmy Page
Jimmy Page

James Patrick Page Order of the British Empire is an English guitarist, composer and record producer. He began his career as a studio session guitarist in London and was subsequently a member of The Yardbirds from 1966 to 1968, after which he co-founded the English rock band Led Zeppelin....
, Robert Plant
Robert Plant

Robert Anthony Plant Order of the British Empire , is an England Rock and Roll singer and songwriter, famous for his membership in the former rock band Led Zeppelin as the lead vocalist, as well as for his successful solo career....
, and John Paul Jones. The Bonhams have two children, a son named Jager (not named after Mick
Mick Jagger

Sir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger is an England rock musician best known as the lead vocalist of the The Rolling Stones. As well as a songwriter, he is an actor, and record producer and film producer....
), and a daughter, Jaz.

Bonham drummed for Paul Rodgers
Paul Rodgers

Paul Bernard Rodgers, is an England rock singer-songwriter best known for being a member of Free and Bad Company. Both bands experienced international success in the 1970s....
on the Grammy nominated Muddy Water Blues: A Tribute to Muddy Waters
Muddy Waters

McKinley Morganfield , better known as Muddy Waters, was an American blues musician and is generally considered "the Father of Chicago blues"....
project. A year later with Slash
Slash (musician)

Saul Hudson , more widely known by his stage name Slash, is a guitarist best known as the former lead guitarist of Guns N' Roses and as the current lead guitarist of Velvet Revolver....
and Paul Rodgers
Paul Rodgers

Paul Bernard Rodgers, is an England rock singer-songwriter best known for being a member of Free and Bad Company. Both bands experienced international success in the 1970s....
, he appeared at Woodstock II
Woodstock '94

Woodstock '94 was a music festival organized in order to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the original Woodstock Festival of 1969. It was promoted as "2 More Days of Peace and Music." The famous poster used to promote the first concert was revised to feature two birds perched on a guitar ....
in 1994. Bonham reformed his band with a new lead vocalist, Marti Frederiksen
Marti Frederiksen

Marti Frederiksen is a musician, producer, and songwriter best known for his work with many hard rock bands including Aerosmith, Def Leppard, Fuel , M?tley Cr?e, Ozzy Osborne, Buckcherry and film soundtracks....
, replacing Daniel MacMaster
Daniel MacMaster

Daniel Stewart MacMaster was a Canada singer, who sang for the Canada/England hard rock band Bonham ....
. Renamed Motherland, they released the album Peace 4 Me later in 1994. However, his down-to-earth nature always showed--on one occasion making an encore drumming appearance for local Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin were an English rock music band formed in 1968 by Jimmy Page , Robert Plant , John Paul Jones and John Bonham . With their heavy, guitar-driven sound, Led Zeppelin are regarded as one of the first heavy metal music bands....
tribute band Fred Zeppelin
Fred Zeppelin

Fred Zeppelin is a tribute band to Led Zeppelin based in the original band's heartland of the West Midlands of England. Drummer Steve 'Blackie' Black also heads Midland talent agency and music organisation Moby Music- named after Led Zeppelin's drum solo "Moby Dick "....
.

In 1995, Jason represented his father when Led Zeppelin was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a museum located on the shores of Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio, United States, dedicated to recording the history of some of the best-known and most influential artists, producers, and other people who have in some major way influenced the music industry, particularly in the are...
, with his sister Zoe by his side. Bonham soon put together another solo project which culminated in In the Name of My Father - The Zepset
In the Name of My Father - The Zepset

In the Name of My Father - The Zepset is a recorded album by Jason Bonham, released in 1997. The album consists entirely of cover versions of various songs by England rock group Led Zeppelin, as a tribute to the band's drummer, and Bonham's late father, John Bonham....
, which featured the songs of Led Zeppelin. Proceeds from the album went to charity
Charitable organization

The definition of charitable organization, and of charity, varies according to the country and in some instances the region of the country in which the charitable organization operates....
. The album followed up with When You See the Sun.

Bonham drummed for Healing Sixes from 1999–2003 and appeared in the film Rock Star
Rock Star (film)

Rock Star is a 2001 in film film starring Mark Wahlberg and directed by Stephen Herek. The film also stars Jennifer Aniston. It was shot almost entirely in and around Los Angeles, but takes place in Pittsburgh....
, which starred Mark Wahlberg
Mark Wahlberg

Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg is an Academy Award-nominated, BAFTA-winning American actor, former rapper and producer of film and television. He was known as Marky Mark in his earlier years and became famous in his 1991 debut as a rap musician with the band Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch....
. The band in the movie, Steel Dragon
Steel Dragon

Steel Dragon is the name of a fictitious heavy metal music Band featuring real musicians, created to appear in the Warner Bros. movie Rock Star , inclusively being responsible for the movie's original soundtrack....
actually recorded the songs featured in the movie and the soundtrack. Following an album and tour with his aunt Debbie Bonham
Deborah Bonham

'Deborah Louise Bonham' is an English rock and blues vocalist and the sister of John Bonham, the late drummer for the band Led Zeppelin. Born in Redditch, Worcestershire, England, she lived with her father in The Old Hyde farm, Cutnall Green, Worcestershire . While living there, she started playing and recording music with her nephew Jason...
, Jason Bonham was invited to drum for hard rock
Hard rock

Hard rock is a sub-genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock and psychedelic rock and is considerably harder than conventional rock music....
group UFO
UFO (band)

UFO is a British hard rock/heavy metal music band formed in 1969. UFO became a transitional group between early hard rock and heavy metal music and the New Wave of British Heavy Metal....
. In 2006, he recorded with Joe Bonamassa
Joe Bonamassa

Joe Bonamassa is an United States blues-rock guitarist/singer....
.

Bonham starred with Ted Nugent
Ted Nugent

Theodore Anthony "Ted" Nugent is an United States hard rock guitarist and vocalist from Detroit, Michigan. He originally gained fame as the lead guitarist of The Amboy Dukes....
, Evan Seinfeld
Evan Seinfeld

Evan Seinfeld is an American Pornographic film actor, film director, photographer, writer, and hardcore punk vocalist for the band, The Spyderz....
(Biohazard
Biohazard (band)

Biohazard was a band originally based out of Brooklyn, New York. They are acknowledged as one of the earliest bands to fuse hardcore punk and heavy metal music with elements of hip hop....
), Sebastian Bach
Sebastian Bach

Sebastian Bach is a Canada heavy metal music singer, best known as ex-frontman of Skid Row .Born in Freeport, Bahamas, Bahamas, and raised in Peterborough, Ontario, Ontario, he attended nearby Lakefield College School....
(Skid Row
Skid Row (heavy metal band)

Skid Row is an United States Heavy metal music band, formed in 1986 in Toms River, New Jersey. They are named after Phil Lynott and Gary Moore's Skid Row ....
), and Scott Ian
Scott Ian

Scott Ian Rosenfeld , better known by the stage name Scott Ian, is an United States musician, best known as the rhythm guitarist for the speed metal band Anthrax ....
(Anthrax
Anthrax (band)

Anthrax is a New York City-based Heavy metal music band that released its first full-length album in 1984. The band was one of the most popular of the 1980s thrash metal scene and is notable for being the first to combine heavy metal with Hip hop music music....
) on the VH1
VH1

VH1 is an United States cable television network based in New York City. Launched on January 1, 1985 in television, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slighter older demographic than its sister channel, focusing on the lighter, softer side of popular music....
reality television
Reality television

Reality television is a genre of television programming which presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors....
show, SuperGroup
SuperGroup

SuperGroup was a 2006 reality show on VH1 that follows five well-known Hard Rock musicians over a 12-day period where they live together in a Las Vegas, Nevada mansion in order to create, plan and perform a live show together....
, in May 2006. The musicians formed a band called Damnocracy
SuperGroup

SuperGroup was a 2006 reality show on VH1 that follows five well-known Hard Rock musicians over a 12-day period where they live together in a Las Vegas, Nevada mansion in order to create, plan and perform a live show together....
(after ditching the names FIST, God War, and Savage Animal) for the show, during which they lived in a mansion
Mansion

A mansion is a large dwelling house. The word itself derives from the Latin word mansio In the Roman Empire, a mansio was an official stopping place on a Roman road, or via, where cities sprang up, and where the villas of provincial officials came to be placed....
in Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, Nevada, and an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and entertainment....
for twelve days and created music. Jason also played drums live with Foreigner from 2004 to 2007 and part of 2007 to 2008.

On September 12, 2007, it was announced that Jason Bonham would step into his father's shoes and play drums for a Led Zeppelin reunion concert
Ahmet Ertegün Tribute Concert

The Ahmet Erteg?n Tribute Concert was a benefit concert held in memory of music executive Ahmet Erteg?n at The O2 arena in London on December 10, 2007....
. This took place on 10 December 2007 at London's O₂ arena
The O2 arena (London)

The O2 Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena located at the centre of The O2, a large entertainment complex on the Greenwich peninsula in south-east London, United Kingdom....
as part of an all-star tribute to Ahmet Ertegün
Ahmet Ertegün

Ahmet Erteg?n was the Turkey United States co-founder and executive of Atlantic Records and chairman of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and museum, described as "one of the most significant figures in the modern recording industry"....
. By many accounts, he was more than up to the task, and superbly carried on his father's tradition.