Paice or Bonham? - Progressive Rock Music Forum

John Bonham for me....

I love Zep a lot and I think Bonham has more powerful sound....I like Purple too but I think Bonham's better..

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where's Sasquamo?! he shouldn't hurt himself keeping his opinions for him, on this thread & poll!

Terry Bozzio

-music is like pornography...

sometimes amateurs turn us on, even more...

-sometimes you are the pigeon and sometimes you are the statue...

Bonham's technical skills were limited to say the least. Anyone who doesn't realise this is probably not a drummer. However, he did have a style that he managed to make his own (probably the first guy to use an unshamedly straight rock approach in a blues context) and that made him have a huge influence on basically anyone who has heard him play. For me at least, his style is highly contagious - it's probably what people feel as "power" in his playing. His use of the bass drum in particular was delicious and there's no denying it changed many drummers' approach towards playing in the following years. Well, it even changed mine a few years ago, so that's really something. Also, the fact that he played in a great band with a unique creative personality as a whole helped things a lot.

Paice on the other hand is way more accomplished technically and more imaginative (oh, come on, listen to "Burn" if nothing else). Well, he wasn't always very inspired, but he could be really impressive at times. I think he could have played in basically any rock band of that time and do a marvelous job, and he probably could have easily fit in a jazz formula. Then again, maybe that's part of what makes him not as "unique" as Bonham (excuse the pleonasm). I mean, I could picture Paice in a different context than Deep Purple or Deep Purple without him, but I couldn't imagine Led Zeppelin without Bonham.

To conclude, the first post in the thread contradicts the poll question itself - is it "who is your favourite" or "who is better"? I'd say Paice is obviously the more skilled of them, but my favourite is Bonham, so... I can't really vote here.

Edited by Uroboros - November 23 2006 at 16:23

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Although I quite like Ian Paice, my favourite drummer is and will always be - at least until somebody as unique as him appears - JOHN HENRY BONHAM !!

"We've got to get in to get out"

My vote goes to Paice, although both are great. I think Paice's drumming can be soft and subtle when it is needed - Bonham couldn't play like this.

About the question of two bass drums: Art Blakey played with two bass drums on a studio recording at the early Fifties, sorry, don't know exactly when nor in which song. Probably the first rock drummer who used two bass drums was Ginger Baker - as far as I know, he was playing with it in his Graham Bond Organization days.

By the way, Atavachron: IMHO Bill Bruford is the finest rock drummer in the world!

"He's a man of the past and one of the present"
PETER HAMMILL

Ian Paice, for me. I understand nothing in drumming techniques, so my attitude is purely emotional. I never liked Bonham's way of playing too much.

Dr Know wrote:

Paice used them in 1972, I also would like to know who was first to use double bass drums

Any drummers out there Smile ?

I think Moon where one of the first, he used it on the studio recording "bargain" from Who´s next!!!

In my opinion the only two that can compete with bonham is moon and baker, but i think bonham wins a narrow win over moon!

I've voted for John Bonham; one of my favourite drummers.

I feel that Bonham is slightly overrated

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Poll Question: Who is your favorite?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
John Bonham	33	[53.23%]
Ian Paice	29	[46.77%]
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