Videography : Chris Gendron ( Roving Cam ) Michael Claren ( Stationary Cam ) Editing: Michael Claren Host: Joe Capicotti, Chase Capicotti Produced By: Dragonlake Media for 2Xtreem Motorcycle TV
Jasons true passion was and is Motorcross. In his day he was a national champion. It was his dad that wanted him to play drums. Out of an obligation to his father after his passing Jason gave up his promising career in Motorcross to pursue his fathers wishes. So internet talkers please show a little respect for a fathers son. John was a legend it would be hard for anyone to fill his shoes. Robert, Jimmie and John Paul are like uncles to him. Its a family thing.
3 года назад
he was being taught drums before he could walk let alone ride
Man some of you making negative comments about how bad Jason is compared to his dad seriously need to get a life. No one, least of all Jason, thinks he plays like his dad. He has his own unique style all his own and that's all that matters. A lot of jealous haters on here who walk around with rain clouds over their head every day.
Well said. The way people dis each other these days, it's a wonder we can get through the day. But some people have no lives and all they can do is criticize for the sake of criticizing. And I agree that Jason isn't like his dad exclusively. When you hear him play with other groups like Foreigner or Black Country Communion, you see how versatile he really is.
I also think if you are going to criticise you need to understand what he is playing. No n drummers do not realise the difference between a good drummer and a bad drummer. If I said to my non drummer friends what do you think of Phil Collins they tend to either judge him on his personality of the simple fill in In the air tonight without realising what a truly outstanding drummer he was both with Genesis and Brand X. Jason Bonham will forever be compared to his father but he is not his father. John Bonham had a style that everyone including myself has tried to replicate but no one has. The possible closest fit to John Bonham is Carmine Appice. That said Jason Bonham is still a damned good drummer. Most rock drummers whether they are Blas Elias, Frankie Banali or Dave Grohl are heavily influenced by John Bonham. That is just a fact and it is never going to change. I can imagine some 10 year old child in his room now listening to Good Times Bad Times and trying to work out what John Bonham is playing with those 16th note triplets and the reason why is because no one has affected us in the way John Bonham has and considering he recorded Led Zep 1 in 1968 and it is now 2015 and we are still having the same discussion. I think this discussion is going to run and run because I do not see anyone ever being as important to rock drumming as John Bonham. Some of you may think that is a naïve view but it has not happened yet in nearly 50 years.
They all need to realize Jason isn't John reborn. He is his own man and has is own sound. No one will ever sound like John cause he had his own mind and the way he wanted to sound. Just because they share the same DNA, don't mean they will play alike.
Kerry B Aman friend shaking my head with the negative comments... Jealousy gets you no where in life or envy hate all the above. Jason good guy and one hell of a drummer. His dad is Def smiling down upon him. Keep it real and its all about the music....
I saw this awesome band this year in London Ont and of all the concerts I have seen this one was probably one of the best, my two sons and I talk about the show all the time and the moment Jason opened up with rock and roll was one of the loudest bombastic drum sounds I have ever heard,as soon as he comes back my way again I will be slapping down my credit card to buy some tickets.
If I was Jason Bohnam and I could have all the Ludwig drums in the world, I would build a huge double bass kit and play it all day and night. I would become so incredibly good at the drums I would make videos on RU-vid. Videos of me Jason Bohnam playing the drums.
Even I have a slight father complex towards my dad who (did nothing else but) raised three children and kept his family working hard all through his life. Just imagine what this fella can feel...
I like Jason Bonham, but as a musician, I have always felt a little bad for him, no matter what he does....others (especially drummers) will always compare him to his Dad....it would like being the son of Picasso and have an interest in painting.
@Batphink Reynolds True, I am envious of him kinda like I am envious of Ringo. It's not that I'd like to play like him, but he does have a steady lucrative gig!
Yep it's a bit like Jon Lord (Hammond Player from Deep Purple), there are plenty of better players than him but none can come close because he was the pioneer of that sound. I think Jason is a great drummer - probably more proficient than his dad, it's just that his dad did a lot of things before him
jason i dont care what anyone says im a 60 year old drummer an you play amazingly well,you have your dads feel touch an style down with your playing style as well always enjoy your playing peace to you my brother!!!!
Stop coveting and you'll all be a lot better off, Jason is his own man with a cool style and life and I learned more from this 5 minute video than 5 months of all the others, Thank you Jason and God Bless your father in Heaven, KM.
Can u imagine your father is the late great John Bonham !! Jason your father is very proud of you,i love your song I'll wait for you,sounds like Zeppelin,i would love to meet you one day,ken
Good times bad times, I would rather have seen/listened to him do that than chat with the other guys....Seriously, I need to see that done, what a tease.
If I were Jason Bonham, I would want to be just like my father, (John). My #3 pick for hero, following Jesus, #1, and My own Father, #2. Bonzo was, is, and always will be the greatest damn drummer, of any style, EVER... he was and still is the reason I started playing..... R.I.P. John Bonham... you are the Fucking Man!!!!!!
For rock drumming I completely agree and despite being a punk drummer I spent a large proportion of my teens learning every Led Zeppelin song I could find due to my love of his bass drum work but then go back further and listen to Joe Morello and you can see where some of John's ideas came from. Also as someone else has mentioned Fool by Led Zep is the Bernard Purdie half time shuffle but Bonham does play it very well indeed. John Bonham is my favourite drummer due to his feel and the way he used his technique but there are technically better drummers such as Steve Smith from Journey. I think only drummers know how good Steve Smith is as he often plays it very straight with Journey but if you listen to some of his Steps Ahead rhythms you realise just how good he is and from there you start getting into people like Steve Gadd and realise a lot of training and technique is the only way to play those rhythms.
misfit yea, I agree, Steve Smith is also very good... but to me, nobody compares to Bonham. it might be because he was the first drummer I'd ever actually listened to, or the first one to get my attention, but it was Bonham and zeppelin that got me playing, so for that, Bonham will ALWAYS BE my #1 pick.
Jason Bonham uses a variety of Ludwig®/Conn-Selmer kits derived from his late dad's outfits with Led Zeppelin, albeit substituting Avedis Zildjian cymbals for the Paiste 2002's: A 26" x 14" kick, 18" x 16" and 16" x 16" floor toms, a 14" x 10" rack tom, and a 14" x 6-1/2" snare drum. Were I ordering a kit for a Big Band, I'd do a more comprehensive big-drum set-up with better-scaled sizes: Dual 26" x 16" kicks; 20" x 18", 18" x 16", and 16" x 14" floor toms; 14" x 12", 12" x 10", 10" x 9", and 8" x 9" rack toms on double stands; 14" x 8" center drum (ideally an NOS LC-S483-YX); and 14" x 5" left snare drum (L-M410-XX). Heads: Evans/D'Addario, BD26EMADHW batters on kicks (driving Ludwig/Conn-Selmer LW-4226-V resonants), B08EC2S through B20EC2S (even) tom batters driving TT08GR through TT20GR resonants; B14HW driving TT14RGL on center drum; B14HD driving S14GEN30 on left snare drum. Snare cartridges: Ludwig/Conn-Selmer L-1108 on center drum, L-0671 on left snare drum.
There’s nothing wrong with Jason. He plays well, has great equipment and all the experience in the world. It must be a bummer growing up in father John’s shadow.
I saw him a few weeks ago in November at the Borgata in Atlantic City and he totally Trampled Under Foot... A whole lot different live then he is in this video
1:56 He says that jeff porcaro took rosanna's shuffle from a led zeppelin song. Could someone tell me which song is that, please? I can't understand :(
Valentino Patat Porcaro took Rosanna from Fool in the Rain.and Purdie's particular half shuffle mentioned by Porcaro, is Home At Last. Pattern: kick on uh 1 and uh 3. . hat= uh 1, uh 2, uh 3, uh 4, and snare on 3. mind you, those 3 songs are NOT exactly identical. And even Poracro says 1 thing then does something else, lol.
He plays a lot like his father. His father had a different way which to me set him apart from most all drummers. How can you measure the best ? I can say this about John Bonham, he mastered his craft. He took his job seriously and perfected each Led zeppelin song. He was a humorous guy and a good father. He loved Led zeppelin and didn't hold nothing back for the band. He loved drumming, probably more than his son. I'm glad his son is having a good time with the legacy his father gave him. Jason is a fantastic player, no doubt about it but he should never be compared to his father because most drummers couldn't. Jason looks seems like a well grounded man and if he wants to dote about his father well I'm unbiased, he's dad was fuckin drummer going in his day.
There's a great bit from a John Paul Jones interview about when they were rehearsing together for the first time. This was for the MSG reunion gig they did in the late 80's/early 90's, something like that. Anywho, Jones says that they were playing away and, during Ramble On, he threw in this old fill that he use to do. What surprised him was that Jason managed to play along with it which, as Jones described it, is something that's difficult to do unless the rhythm section has been 'married for 10 years'. When the song was over, Jason looked at him and went 'Chicago, 1974'. If that doesn't show his hard work ethic, I don't know what will.
Definitely Jason doesn't have is Father rhythm probably very small detail that are not interested because they so little detail. One thing I did really saw is that Jason didn't change is own style on that video playing drums with the one playing 6 or 7 year old. What I could see in this video that same unique of Jason style in both videos with the difference of ages of course but the style didn't changed at all. That was very impressive. He's dad taught how to play but Jason took is own style not he's dad. I play drum have his dad configuration drum set. and I took my own style. great.
Stop talking out of your backside mate. The loss of John Bonham was one of the greatest losses to music ever. Jason admirably filled his Dad's footsteps and indeed was the main driving force and catalyst behind the o2 gig, if you bother to do your research. Only Jason could have sat in for his Dad at that show. Even Dave Grohl, who is awesome in his own right, showed the Led Zeppelin family respect. If you're as good as you say you are, let's see it!
I've only seen Rock n Roll played correctly by his dad, and I think one other time. The 8th notes play tbrought the entire tune. If Jason would just put in some REAL practice time Zep would reunite. We all saw him as a little kid during Moby Dick. My guess is he stopped playing, and never studied. Come on Jayson, get your shit together and learn these tunes! Guess it doesn't really matter. He's not his dad, and never will be. Maybe his talent is riding dirt bikes?? Seems like a real cool guy though. Anyone ever heard him sing? That's where his talent is at musically.
+4 more hit the nail on head on several levels 4 m. i'd add that this drummer should play something else.be his own man and not the son of all Zep fan's who want it to continue. top fuel drag /singing
Jason wants that sound like his dad he's got the drums but his dad hated Zildys, always used Paistie Giantbeats and 2002s why is he using what his dad disliked and broke em he said easy. You can't get bonzo sound without the Paisties jason hello? Save he has his own style, look at the drums..
it can be easy for jason ..drum wise..he will always be compared to his dad..on the other hand he does have it easy ..born into the zep family and all that zep money ..and many connections in the biz ..so i guess you take the good with bad
