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John Bonham was born at Redditch, Worcestershire. He first learned how to play drums at the age of five, making a drum kit out of containers and coffee tins, and copying the moves of his idols Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich. He received his first proper drum kit at the age of fifteen, a Premier.

Later he created some famous drum solos like "Pat's Delight" and "Moby Dick". They would often last for half-an-hour and regularly featured his use of bare hands to achieve different sound effects. Rap artists such as the Beastie Boys would heavily sample his drumming. Bonham is also credited with the first in-concert use of electronic tympany drum synthesizers during a performance of the song "Kashmir" in Dallas, Texas in 1977.