The Tragic Real-Life Story Of Robert Plant

Publish date: 2024-05-03

Robert Plant and John Bonham, the drummer for Led Zeppelin, knew each other long before the band. They met in 1965, when Plant was just 17 years old, and played in two bands together over the next few years, the Crawling King Snakes and the Band of Joy (which Plant reformed in 2010). When Plant was offered the lead singer position in Led Zeppelin in 1968, he recommended Bonham for the drums, which allowed the two friends to work together on what would be the biggest band in the world.

Bonham was a heavy drinker, and on September 24, 1980, he went to sleep after drinking heavily and choked in his sleep. Bonham died at the age of 32. Plant was devastated. According to OnStage Magazine, 32 years later, he said of Bonham, "He was a very, very dear friend of mine, that I miss every day."

In fact, Plant's devastation over his friend's death is a big reason why Led Zeppelin have never reunited. Even though such a reunion would make headlines everywhere, Bonham's son, Jason, told Billboard that Plant said, "I loved your dad way too much. [...] When your father left us, left the world, that was it for Led Zeppelin."

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