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THE PLANTS
Robert Plant was born in West Bromwich, then Staffordshire, to parents Robert C. and Annie C. (Cane) Plant.
His dad died on 2004.
He has a sister called Allison, and he explains of her: "My sister, who normally thinks that my music - well, she thinks that I should be sectioned, taken off somewhere and strapped down - she's texting me: 'It's so beautiful, I can't wait to meet Alison, she's made you sing properly.' [About his colaboration with Alison Kraus. The Led Zeppelin singer admits his sibling has never enjoyed his music, but she can't stop telling him how much she likes new disc Raising Sand, 2007.]"
Above: Robert and sis Alison when were child.
Below: Robert and Maureen Plant with their parents and their children in the Summer of 1977, not long before Karac's tragic death.
THE PAGES
Page was born to parents James and Patricia Page in the West London suburb of Heston, which today forms part of the London Borough of Hounslow. His father was an industrial personnel manager and his mother was a doctor's secretary. In 1952 they moved to Feltham, and later again to Miles Road, Epsom which is where Page came across his first guitar.
THE BONHAMS
Bonham was born in Redditch, Worcestershire, England. His mother Joan gave him a snare drum at the age of ten. He received his first proper drum kit from his father Jack Bonham at the age of fifteen, a Premier Percussion kit.
He has a sister Deborah Bonham and a brother Michael Bonham (1951 - 2000) who was a disc jockey, author and photographer.
Deborah Louise Bonham (b. 7 February 1962) is an English rock and blues vocalist. Born in Redditch, Worcestershire, England, she lived with her father in The Old Hyde farm, Cutnall Green, Worcestershire (the location where John Bonham's fantasy sequence was filmed for The Song Remains the Same). While living there, she started playing and recording music with her nephew Jason Bonham who has played drums on her two most recent studio releases.
When Led Zeppelin was formed in 1968, Deborah was six years old. While living on the family's Old Hyde estate, Deborah and John's son Jason started playing and recording their own songs. At the age of 17, at Robert Plant's house in a nearby village, she recorded her first demos. With some encouragement and advice from mentor Plant, Bonham sent out the songs anonymously and soon landed her first record deal with the major European label Carerre Records in 1985, for whom she recorded the critically acclaimed album For You and the Moon. The album reached the top 5 in the NME chart, was DJ Simon Bates record of the week on BBC Radio 1 and sold well in Europe, being voted "Record of the Year" by Musik Mart magazine, in Germany.
A period of recording for the Japanese Sam Corporation followed, with press and radio promotion including interviews for music publication Burrn and J-Wave FM Radio. After this, English label RPM records released the CD single, "Perfect World" in 1995. Bonham spent 1996 organising a new band, together with new songs for an album and playing a series of shows such as headlining the Belfast Festival and a sell out show at the Bottom Line, in Shepherd's Bush. The beginning of 1997 saw the first of many trips to the United States. She performed live on Los Angeles's Rockline syndicated radio show to three million listeners throughout North America. This was followed by a special appearance with Jason Bonham and his band at the Whisky a Go Go in Los Angeles. Her band also opened for Jason Bonham Band's shows in Los Angeles House of Blues with guests Slash and Terry Reid, and subsequent other House of Blues appearances. Bonham also played at festivals including Glastonbury and Fairport's Cropredy Convention.
In 2004, she recorded her second album on the Track label and toured in support of it. Neither of these first two albums were released in the United States. In June 2008, her third album Duchess was issued on ATCO by Rhino Records and released in the United States.
Bonham has also toured and performed with Van Halen, Alannah Myles, Tim Rose, Uli Jon Roth, Humble Pie, Donovan, Lonnie Donegan, Jools Holland, Foreigner and Paul Rodgers.
Joan Bonham (mother), Deborah Bonham (sister), Pat Bonham (wife), and Zoë Bonham (daughter) attending the New York Premiere of Led Zeppelin's new LIVE DVD, at the Loews 34th Street Theatre, on 27th May 2003.
THE BALDWINS
John Paul Jones was born John Richard Baldwin in Sidcup, Kent (now part of Greater London). He started playing piano at the age of six, learning his keyboard skills from his father, Joe Baldwin, a pianist and arranger for big bands in the 1940s and 1950s, notably with the Ambrose Orchestra. His mother was also in the music business which allowed the family to often perform together touring around England.
