I don’t want to sound rude or anything, but have you ever noticed? Led Zeppelin’s drummer had really big drums. I was looking at a video the other day and noticed, wow, that’s a huge bass drum that man is playing ... and how about those toms? Are all drum kits that big?
Let’s compare drum sizes, shall we? We did a little digging online and, with the help of our very talented designer Ben Didier and math-whiz Victor M. Reis, we have created the above infographic showing how Bonham’s drums stack up against the drum kits of Ringo Starr of the Beatles and Charlie Watts of the Rolling Stones.
Conclusion: John Bonham really did have big drums.