A *GOLDEN* JOHN BONHAM DRUM FILL 

Bonzoleum is best drum feed on RU-vid

Never knew how big of a badass you were till after this video, Awesome lesson.

Mkay, my wife thinks I am crazy, down in the basement sitting at one of my kits with the laptop on the stereo, having conversation with you and all. Phil E. Fillerton

Indeed that Bonham snare sound at 6:17 is such a great reference to an absolutely perfect sounding/playing snare. You can tell it's response in playing it is perfect as well... That sound is just frickin perfect wow again nice referencing, Mr. Bonzolium! 😎

M.y favorite teacher uncle.....

This has to be the most fun fill to play in the history of drums! Great lesson, I'm gonna have a lot of fun with this!

Awesome stuff man. I now have my 11 year old watching your videos and asking about John Bonham

John was a bit b4 my time so I missed him live but you do an AWESOME job showing us what made Bonzo BONZO!! Many thanks bro.

You are the best ever Terry! Thank you so much for your videos and to share your passion is always a joy!

KILLER video...I got a feeling that this is gonna be a challenge😏 but you are a great mentor!!! I will burn and instill this into my brain no matter what it takes!!! After all...look at who I'm learning from...a Guru of DRUMS!!!

Upon reviewing some past recordings of my drum solos i had managed to keep all these years, I seemed to mostly neglect these alternating triplets in the heat of the moment. This is a very useful way to add so much flair and character it's an unfortunate missed opportunity to neglect it

I just stumbled across this one. What a great, great lesson! Well taught, well done! Thanks!

He is referring to I Can't Quit You at Royal Albert Hall 1970 not You Shook Me

Re-watching this again. Great lesson. Re - do this on the Vistalites Terry it will sound FANTASTIC !!

Another awesome drum video! Many thanks for the details!! :)

Great fill. Thanks for posting!

sei veramente un traduttore pratico di tecniche complesse molto chiaro e comprensibile. grazie! ciao!

This is an old video, but it sure is a great one! Thanks! I'm a long time viewer, who doesn't say much.

Love your Drum Lessons Brother Terry

Chicka Wacka, Chicka Wacka, Chicka Wacka! Love these vids.

I usually watch you for your Bonzo stuff because your attention to detail is awesome. This video was no exception. BUT...this video inspired something else. I took the 16th note sticking pattern from this video and I'm applying it to something called "The Rhythm Library" by Gordy Knudtson. The complete 16th note pattern that you demonstrate takes up the value of a half note. By using this half note pattern along with edited versions of it that take up the values of dotted quarter notes and quarter notes, I'm coming with some really cool two bar "wall of sound" phrases. Thank You!

You're A Freakin' Genius Terry! I've been tryin' to figure out what the he$$ Bonzo was doing, & of course you got the fill down! I'm Grateful God and your parents created you!

Hi Terry, i watch your videos and have done since day dot....I LOVE the honest coverage of JB. I am, and always have been, a complete Bonham obsessive, although not a very good drummer....sadly i don't have the time. I agree few people talk about his fills, they are what really stand him apart. What isn't ever mentioned, and isn't being pinpointed here, is also (I believe) the answer to everyones question of how to sound like him; If we simply try to replicate the notes from what we see him playing, within conventional timing patterns....as within this video, then we will not achieve the correct results. I have absolutely no doubt you are aware of this as you mention this for his general style of playing in other videos, but it would be great to highlight this point for his fills too. What makes the unique Bonham sounds on his fills, is that he would play the notes as you mention within the bar, but he would play them off the tempo of the beat, either before or after depending on his mood on the day. This gave him the 'Bonham' swing/groove and unique rhythm that he has and what we can hear but rarely get right. I find it physically impossible to get this right...and from what I have seen across the net...so does everybody else...it is clearly a genetic thing and in this case it was his personal and own comfortable deliverance. I have so much else I would like to ask and mention to you but I feel I would be hogging this page and so won't. On the subject of fills....you should (PLEASE!!) absolutely discuss the mega fills years; mainly '77....where he often delivered an entire orchestra's worth of fills in sequence to vent his frustration at the mess that JP was in (sadly) on his solos....particularly in NQ & Kashmir...these are moments of such undeniable genius that the world needs to be made aware of :-) Lastly.....your videos are AMAZING....please keep up the excellent work !!!!!!

Now I have heart and soul stuck in my head Terry *LOL*.... I believe Bonham also uses similar fills on " Since I've been loving you" .... Thanks for another Great Bonzo Lesson ...

I love this!

the drumming at the beginning was beautiful

I wouldn't even call myself a drummer, but I do love Zeppelin and these videos are great to watch and listen to!

Great skills and observations here T, I'm absolutely loving those hihats, I own a pair of Zildjian A 14" master sound anda pair of Zildjian K Hybrid 13.25" hats that aren't marked as master sound but have the crimped bottom cymbal, a few others to boot but they're my prized hats. Very pronounced. Yours are Paiste Sound Edge aren't they??

great teacher

Great stuff. You are a great drummer and teacher. I often wonder if Bonham focused on time counting out beats etc or played mainly by feel.

That fill is on I cant quit you babe RAH version.

Great video like always :)

Bonhamology - the study of BONHAM!

Good STUFF

okay so im going to buy a new hihat...I LOVE the hihat that Phil Rudd used on the Highway To Hell album. I only know that its a Zildjian hihat but not what model? its probably not in production anymore since its a long ime ago but atleast a kinda vintage type of hihat. Thanks!

haha you are the man, great videos

HI Terry, just wanted to ask what is the model and size is the cymbal you are crashing on? It sounds like a big Paiste crash? The hats sound great too..what are they? ...sound like Paiste's too. Thanks

my friend do u have any idea what ever happened to bonzo"s all natural kit the one @ the RAH !!!!!!!!! hopefully u will know thanks my friend

Hi Terry, no probs at all....you deserve it and then some !! I absolutely agree, but I do find that Jimi hijacks a lot of the mixes to his own benefit. I don't disrespect him for it, Zeppelin was his and he is course a talent to be in awe of in his own right...a master pre 76.....but he faded out a great deal of Bonhams foot work on the majority of interesting playing across the studio catalogue....and this has always saddened me. The world has gone Bonham crazy over the last 10 15 years, but I find most people don't actually appreciate what was going on a lot of the time, and it has taken the advent of the internet and people like your good self to shed some light on him for the right reasons. The studio version of Black Dog is a good example, misty mountain hop another...where only on very odd and particular playback devices (not necessarily good or bad) can you actually hear what he was doing in the studio beyond the basic rhythm. Black dog is such a good example of this whereby on first listen it sounds as though he is playing a somewhat basic arrangement which is quite forgettable to most I should imagine....and then you hear it on a different device (often on car systems I find) and you can hear his crazy footwork in the back of the sound ever so gently...and then it all makes sense as you hear the drum section in its intended entirety...as Bonham composed and played it. Without his foot being given an equal volume in the mix...most of the time we are not actually hearing his delivery as intended...only in part.....and this is a real shame....it would have TRANSFORMED a lot of the songs to have all of his limbs, and subsequently all of the notes, audible. The one limb / set of beats Jimmi chose to fade down was Bonhams soul...his foot; it all stemmed from there with him. I am convinced after the first album, probably due to GTBT, (which ironically despite clearly being a fantastic piece of work and revered rightfully so, I don't see as his anywhere near his best of the studio work compared to some of the other songs he played, but which we can't hear what's actually going)...that Jimi thought to himself....ok, no way, I am going to become second fiddle if this drummer is as prominent as me on the mix. This is of course made clearer in the live recordings across the years when you can hear him 'fully', but sadly only a handful are of decent enough quality to enjoy fully. The salad tapes were / are a fantastic insight...especially to the unique and mind boggling fills which he wanted to use on the later albums...which again weren't put in the songs !! Ok, goodnight Terry :) Show less Reply ·

Great trick

thanks alot man u rock

What snare are you playing? Sounds great

Boss. 👍🏻

just Think of it as a Paradiddl . right left kick kick. left right kick kick and there it is. Love all the video you put on RU-vid Great Job ;-) . Thank You

wow so much harder than 4/4.

need a closer/better mic - sometimes it's hard to hear you when you're not close to the camera's mic. great stuff otherwise! ;-)

why do you have that blue piece of tape on the drum

Buen video...Pero tu mano izquierda tiembla demasiado!

"notedom"

Either you drink way too much coffee or you have a medical condition which bears attention. Watch how your left hand trembles.