| Bonzo's Montreux | |
| Type: | instrumental |
| Artist: | Led Zeppelin |
| Album: | Coda |
| Recorded: | 12 September 1976 |
| Studio: | Mountain Studios, Montreux, Switzerland |
| Genre: | Instrumental rock |
| Length: | 4:15 |
| Label: | Swan Song |
| Composer: | John Bonham |
| Producer: | Jimmy Page |
"Bonzo's Montreux" is a drum solo by Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham. It was recorded in September 1976 at Mountain Studios in Montreux, Switzerland, with electronic effects added by Jimmy Page.[1] Page used the then-new Eventide Harmonizer to create a steel drum sound, which Bonham apparently liked; the final "gliss-phrases" were developed during mixing with the Harmonizer's keyboard controller.[2] [3] The track was released on the 1982 compilation album, Coda.
"Bonzo's Montreux" was never performed live at Led Zeppelin concerts, however, Bonham performed parts of the composition during "Moby Dick" in 1977.[1]
In a contemporary review of Coda, Kurt Loder of Rolling Stone gave the track a positive review, praising Bonham's "drum orchestra" and the electronic effects added by Page.[4] Loder further described the track as being "true to the spirit of Sandy Nelson, and thus vestigially nifty at the very least."