In 2007, Dave Grohl was ready to abandon Foo Fighters for another band. The call never came

Dave Grohl said he would have put Foo Fighters on a short break if Led Zeppelin had asked him to play drums at their 2007 reunion concert. The story highlights how strongly the band, especially drummer John Bonham, shaped Grohl’s musical style.

Led Zeppelin chose Bonham’s son Jason to play at the one-off London show, more than three decades after the band’s last performance. Grohl said Jason should be the first choice, and later performed with Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones at Wembley in 2008.