re: I don’t quite understand how losing Bonham killed Led Zeppelin

I’ll never understand this cliche. Particularly since the blues they “ stole “ is itself hopelessly derivative. They just put their spin on it, the same way everybody else does. And even more so, they did it because they revered it. I mean seriously, who listens to the blues to delve into a new unknown genre? That’s not what the blues are.