The most important member of Led Zeppelin?

[laverc]

I did pick the "fail" choice, i just can't decide. All four of them were so inimitable and irreplaceable at the same time.

 

[Magic]

 

[Big Ears]

I thought Jason Bonham did a good job of standing in for his dad, but he was a key part of BCC.

 

[Speed King]

I voted Fail.

 

[Rocking Jodi]

I like Robert Plant.

 

[Sharp Dressed Man]

I voted for Jimmy Page. Without him Led Zeppelin wouldn't even exist. Still, I find all four members equally important for the Led Zeppelin sound!

 

[Musikwala]

This:

I voted for Jimmy Page. Without him Led Zeppelin wouldn't even exist. Still, I find all four members equally important for the Led Zeppelin sound!

Pretty much.

 

[The Kid]

A band is a combined effort of all the members. They each did there own part to make it a success.

 

[LG]

A band is a combined effort of all the members. They each did there own part to make it a success.

Yes it's the 'sum of all parts > than any one individual' that make up any band. Balancing egos in any group larger than 1,,,,,,is as difficult as writing songs performing live shows.

However in many instances one member can be the glue that holds the band together, like in Zeppelin's case it was John Bonham. (There are some LZ experts in here who can correct me if I'm wrong but I think that was the main reason LZ went their separate ways.)

 

[gcczep]

Backbones...

^Page crafted "how" they should sound and was fortunate enough to land Bonham through Plant. It was his vision but Bonham held it together. He was THE reason that the band called it a day when he passed. I thought it was the right call at the time...and still is.

Richards once said that if Watts went, the Stones was done calling him as the "engine" that drove them.