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That said, if we could somehow intervene to where Bonham didn't drink himself to death that particular day, there was always the next day or the next where he could have done it again. And, my favorite band was in trouble at that point in time. Bonham's drinking and Page's heroin made In Through The Out Door largely a Plant/Jones product. I don't think the group would have survived much longer without major interventions/rehab, even had Bonham lived thru that day. Erase the tragedy, and we might still not get another significant (if any at all) Zeppelin album.
I agree with you for the most part. Very apt points. As Bonham was young he might have made it to a rehab/clean or cleaner moment. When he died he had no drugs in his system and had kicked a heroin habit the year before.
Zep was still pretty huge at the time of Bonham's death, if their touring would have dropped way off who knows how big they would have remained. But if they could have made it to the digital age a few years ahead, who knows maybe things would have continued on. Plant and Bonham were very close, Page was Page, but I think he realized that without group his greatness was much diminished, hence I don't think Zep was headed for a breakup due to differences, and JPJ was steady all through things.
Even Richard Cole and Peter Grant cleaned up in later life. But what a serious tragedy this was, I remember exactly where I was when I read the newspaper article about his death.
