Led Zeppelin · 1969 · drums by John Bonham
Good Times Bad Times
From Led Zeppelin. Advanced · Straight · rock
Tempo
95BPM
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Feel
- Straight
- Tempo band
- 90–120
- Difficulty
- Advanced
"Work up to it" opens the tempo trainer at 65 and climbs to 95 in steps of four every eight bars. Members get the climb; everyone gets the click.
What the drums do
Track one, side one of the first album, and the kick-drum triplets that announced Bonham: fast sixteenth-note triplets on a single pedal, in the verses, on a Speed King with the spring loose. Learn the foot pattern slow and separately from the hands.
Advanced: Fast, odd, or both; the part is the reason the song is famous.
John Bonham
- John Bonham's drum rig in the Rig Vault →The kit, snare, cymbals and hardware, era by era — look for the 1969 setup.
- Log the sessionNote the BPM you got it clean at, and next time starts from there.
More John Bonham songs
Songs at about 95 BPM
Practise these together: one click, several songs.