John Bonham as soon as tried to punch Alex Van Halen, son reveals

Led Zeppelin’s drummer John Bonham as soon as tried to punch Van Halen’s Alex Van Halen, Jason Bohnam, John’s son, has revealed.

John died in 1980 and now his son, who can also be a musician, has shared reminiscences of a frosty first assembly he had with Alex Van Halen 40 years in the past – and revealed he solely discovered why it was tense years later after listening to about an incident between his dad and the Van Halen drummer.

“My spouse and I went to Donington – Monsters of Rock – AC/DC, Van Halen. And I acquired to satisfy Alex that day,” Jason not too long ago informed KSHE 95 (by way of Far Out Magazine). “Leonard [Haze] from Y&T launched me. He got here up – it is a traditional – and I’m like, ‘Oh my God, it’s Alex Van Halen!’”

Nonetheless, Bonham’s enthusiasm was tempered when Van Halen didn’t reciprocate in the best way he hoped.

He continued: “[Haze says:] ‘That is Jason Bonham.’ And he goes, ‘So what?’ He simply went, ‘So what?’”

Now on tour with Michael Anthony, Bonham opened up about why Van Halen was so frosty throughout their first assembly. He defined: “[Anthony] goes, ‘Properly, we heard your dad was in [Sunset Strip bar] The Rainbow, and we have been taking part in Gazzarri’s subsequent door. We type of ran round The Rainbow and tried to say ‘hello’ to him.”

“Alex type of like jumped over the [barrier] and went to place his hand out…and your dad took a swing at him! Possibly that’s why he was somewhat pissed!”

Alex was the drummer and co-founder of Van Halen, who he fashioned in 1972 along with his youthful brother Eddie.

The band disbanded in 2020 following Eddie’s loss of life. They launched 12 albums within the interval from their 1977 signing to 2020 and each Alex and Eddie have been the 2 fixed members of the band all through their profession.

Earlier this yr, Inexperienced Day‘s Billie Joe Armstrong recalled assembly Eddie, saying he “began crying” once they met backstage.