Posted by David St. Hubbins at 155.westvalleycity-01rh16rt-ut.dial-access.att.net on November 10, 2002 at 00:55:15:
In Reply to: Definately Keith Moon posted by Von Rauffenstein on November 09, 2002 at 16:48:54:
: The Who really started to all apart after Moon's death...and I think he was overall a MUCH MUCH better drummer. and the falling apart of their later hits may have been contributed to because of this.
: Bonham died near Zep's end, but they still produced calssics, so he wasn't much of a an important fugure in the group while he was living. He wasn't anything special as a drummer either.
While I don't agree that Bonham was not a special drummer, it's nice to see somebody finally take Keith Moon's side. He was a very good drummer, and that may have been overlooked because his wild personality was more noticeable to most people than his technical prowess.
As for The Who falling apart after Keith died, I'm not entirely sure we can blame that ALL on the loss of Keith. I think The Who may have just been running out of steam by this time. Almost all bands start losing their brilliance at some point: I thank GOD The Beatles broke up when they did. Anyway, it's not like Jimmy Page really created anything of great note after Bonham's death.