Thursday, 29 October 2009

JOHN PAUL JONES' ZEPPELIN RELIEF


Former Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones claims he is happy the group didn't reunite as it would have prevented him from working with his new band Them Crooked Vultures.
Led Zeppelin didn't reform, John Paul Jones is "happy".
It had been planned for the veteran group to reunite - possibly without singer Robert Plant - last year, but the idea was later scrapped and the bassist went on to join super group Them Crooked Vultures with Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl and Josh Homme from Queens of the Stone Age, a move John Paul admits wouldn't otherwise have been possible.
He said: "Jimmy Page and I rehearsed a bit with Jason Bonham and we couldn't actually agree on singers and that fell by the wayside. Then this came along and to be honest, I'm actually glad."
The musician admits he was already a big fan of ex-Nirvana drummer Dave's abilities before they decided to work together.
He added to BBC 6 Music: "I immediately recognised that this was a drummer that was a: actually good, and b: groovy, and c: listened, all those nice things that bass players like in drummers."

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