Late Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham’s son Jason claimed on The Howard Stern Show recently that Jimmy Page gave him cocaine in a hotel room when he was a teenager. He then issued this statement:
On or about 9 April 2019 I, Jason Bonham, gave an interview on radio with Howard Stern (the Interview). In that interview I made certain untrue and derogatory statements concerning Mr. James Page (aka Jimmy Page) of the legendary band Led Zeppelin.
I unconditionally retract all derogatory and defamatory comments relating to Mr. J Page that I made in that interview. In particular it is wholly untrue that Mr. J Page offered me any illegal substances either when I was a minor or at all. I apologize to Mr. Page, unreservedly, for making these unfounded and untrue comments about him. Out of my long held respect for Mr. Page I will make no further comments on the Interview and I agree to make no further comments which Mr. Page might view as disparaging, either now or in the future.
In a new Movie TV Tech Geeks interview, Page ‘shook his head’ when the controversy was brought up.
I mentioned this to Page, but he shook his head to signal that it wasn’t something he felt a need to comment in so rather than live in that past, we moved on to a much more interesting past…
Page also said that his guitar playing in Led Zeppelin was ahead of its time.
“I’d like to think that it was, because the first album, I sort of knew, as we were doing the tracks, exactly how I was going to layer everything and the textures of them…. There’s a variety of moods on ‘Led Zeppelin I.’ So, again, it was me challenging and pushing as far as I possibly could, not even thinking of my limitations, just going beyond, beyond, beyond.”
