From Los Angeles to New York, the concept of the Bonzo Bash is really simple: each drummer chooses his or her favorite Led Zeppelin song and plays it on an amber acrylic drum kit with house band "The Moby Dicks." This coming together of the world’s best drummers also brings with it an undeniable, communal spirit that is very hard to find at any other type of rock show.

The latest confirmed artists to the show are:

• Rod Morgenstein
  
• Corky Laing
  
• Dom Famularo
  
• Aaron Comess
  
• Zack Alford
  
• Danny Schuler
  
• Ron Lipnicki

Since the first Bonzo Bash (The Groove Remains The Same) on Zeptember 25th, 2010, which brought 18 of the world’s best drummers together on one drum kit in West Hollywood, Tichy and Sutton have done a total of five Bonzo Bashes with each one gaining more momentum and much deserved attention. Since then 50 drummers and 30 guests have performed over 100 songs through the course of these marathon shows.

Drummerszone covered the latest Bonzo Bash on January 24th 2013 with over 400 pictures and the video added here. On this event 30 drummers played with a total of 52 performers over the course of 5 hours.

Brian Thomas Tichy on the Bash-concept:

"I had this idea back in 2010 when one day it occurred to me that John Bonham and Led Zeppelin were the only band I had never stopped listening to for over 30 years. The idea literally came to me in that instant. I was going to go for a backyard party or a kegger in a rehearsal room, but then figured if all these drummers actually get together and make it a thing, it should be made available for people to see. So I talked to promoter Joe Sutton, a Zep Head himself, who happened to have the exact night on hold at Key Club and that was that!"

The 'Bonzo Birthday Bash NY/NJ East Coast Invasion' shows

• Thursday, May 30th, The Gramercy, NYC
  www.thegramercytheatre.com
  
• Friday, May 31st, Revolution, Amityville, Long Island, NY
  revolutionli.com
  
• Saturday, June 1st, Bergen PAC, Englewood, NJ
  www.bergenpac.org

The drummers performing
(NYC = New York City, LI - Long Island and NJ = New Jersey)

• Zack Alford (David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen, The B-52s) - NYC
  
• Carmine Appice (Drum Legend, Co-hosting ONLY) - NYC, LI, NJ
  
• Michael Cartellone (Lynyrd Skynyrd, Damn Yankees) - NYC, LI, NJ
  
• Aaron Comess (Spin Doctors) - NYC
  
• Liberty Devitto (Billy Joel) - LI, NJ
  
• Dom Famularo (World-renowned clinician) - LI
  
• Joe Franco (Good Rats, Twisted Sister, Widowmaker) - NYC, LI, NJ
  
• Jerry Gaskill (King’s X) - NYC, LI, NJ
  
• Nikki Glaspie (Beyonce, The Nth Power, Dumpstaphunk) - NYC
  
• John Hummel (Matt O’Ree Band) - NYC, LI, NJ
  
• Johnny Kelly (Danzig, Type O Negative) - NYC, LI, NJ
  
• Corky Laing (Mountain) - NYC, LI
  
• Ron Lipnicki (Overkilll) - NYC, LI, NJ
  
• Jojo Mayer (Nerve) - NYC, LI, NJ
  
• Rod Morgenstein (Dixie Dregs, Winger) - NYC, LI
  
• Jonathan Mover (Aretha Franklin, Joe Satriani) - NYC, LI, NJ
  
• A.J. Pero (Twisted Sister) - NYC, LI, NJ
  
• Mike Portnoy (Adrenaline Mob, The Winery Dogs, Dream Theater) - NJ
  
• Thommy Price (Joan Jett, Billy Idol) - NYC
  
• Van Romaine (Steve Morse) - NJ
  
• Bobby Rondinelli (Rainbow, Black Sabbath) - NYC, LI, NJ
  
• Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Chickenfoot) - NYC, NJ
  
• Danny Schuler (Biohazard) - NYC, LI, NJ
  
• Matt Starr (Ace Frehley, Burning Rain) - NYC, LI, NJ
  
• Chad Szeliga (Black Label Society, Breaking Benjamin) - NYC, LI, NJ
  
• Brian Thomas Tichy (Whitesnake, Foreigner, S.U.N.) - NYC, LI, NJ
  
• Steven Wolf (Alicia Keys, Pink, Britney Spears) - NYC, LI, NJ

Special guests
Randy Jackson (Zebra)
Jimmy Kunes (Cactus, Savoy Brown)
Russell Allen (Adrenaline Mob, Tred)
Mike Orlando (Symphony X, Adrenaline Mob, Tred)
Eddie Trunk (That Metal Show) - Hosting NJ
Rob Bailey
Mike Tichy

The Moby Dicks
Brian Thomas Tichy (S.U.N.) Guitar (Moby Dick)
Rob Clores (Black Crowes, Enrique Iglesias)
John "JD" DeServio (Black Label Society, C.O.P.) Bass (East Coast Moby Dick, Special Guest)
Chas West (Bonham, Lynch Mob) Vocals (Moby Dick)
Brent Woods (Vince Neil, Sebastian Bach, Brentwood Forest) Guitar (Moby Dick)

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