10 Greatest Posthumous Rock Songs

10. Bonzo's Montreux - Led Zeppelin

It made sense for Led Zeppelin to call it quits after John Bonham's tragic passing. After the legendary drummer was found dead of alcohol poisoning in the early '80s, there was no way the surviving members of Zeppelin could have found any other skinsman to replace him. Though Bonzo left us way too soon, we did end up getting a few scraps on the album Coda.

Being the last official release of Zeppelin's glory period, Coda is a bit of a hodgepodge of different outtakes from the group's vault. While there aren't too many fantastic songs, Bonzo's Montreux is a fitting tribute to one of the greatest percussionists in rock and roll. Built around the different solos that he would play live, this song was meant to be assembled together as Bonham's drum showcase before he died, only to have mortality take a different course.

Even though Jimmy Page tries to add different modulations with a harmonizer, the moment belongs to Bonham, who practically teaches a master class on how to eloquently assault your kit. The legendary drummer may have only been there in spirit then, but a drum performance as good as this showed just how much life Bonham had at the best of times.