“When I turned 17, I had a bike malfunction at a race, and in my head, I went, 'You know what? I'm done. I'm going to go play drums.' I still ride my bikes for fun, but that was the turning point.”

English drummer, born 1966

Jason John Bonham is an English drummer, born in 1966. He is best known as the son of Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham, and for a career that has kept him close to rock music's highest-profile stages and collaborations. After his father's death in September 1980, Bonham performed with the surviving three members of Led Zeppelin on several occasions, including the Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Concert at The O2 Arena in London in December 2007. He has also worked extensively as a session musician, led the group Bonham in the 1980s and 1990s, and plays with the supergroup Black Country Communion.