Is Led Zeppelin potentially working on new material for album?

August 27, 2008

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Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones have been working on new material, according to Jason Bonham. The son of John Bonham told Detroit’s WCSX radio station that he had been meeting with Page and Jones in England, filling in for his late father on drums.

“I’ve been over [to England] a couple of times,” Bonham said on Friday. “I’ve been working with Jimmy and John Paul and trying to do … some new material and some writing. I don’t know what it will be, but it will be something.”

This is the first whisper of new material since Led Zeppelin’s one-off reunion at the O2 Arena in London last year. Bonham played drums for that show, backing Page on guitar, Jones on bass and singer Robert Plant. Though many fans hoped for a reunion tour, nothing has materialised, and band members have remained furtive when asked about their plans.

Though Jimmy Page joined Leona Lewis on Sunday to perform Whole Lotta Love at the Beijing Olympics closing ceremonies, Plant in particular has emphasised that his focus is not so Zeppelin-oriented. He has been touring in support of a recent album with bluegrass singer Alison Krauss. Jason Bonham did not mention Plant’s name when speaking to WCSX.

Before a new Led Zeppelin album could be recorded, Bonham admitted, “lots of politics [would need to] get ironed out”. But he insists, “the possibility of doing something is in the cards. I really felt it was on the cards from the moment we walked offstage at the O2″.

Though Bonham has spent the past several years with Foreigner, he said he will be leaving that band on September 1. It remains to be seen whether a revived Led Zeppelin will be the thing that dominates Bonham’s schedule.

“At the moment, all I know is I have the great pleasure to go and jam with the two guys and start work on some material. When I get there, I never ask any questions. If I get a phone call to go and play, I enjoy every moment of it. Whatever it ends up as, to get a chance to jam with two people like that, it is a phenomenal thing for me. It’s my life. It’s what I’ve dreamed about doing.”

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/aug/26/led.zeppelin.new.material