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All I'm saying is that the requirement for being influential is to have people copy you. People copy crap all the time (cf. Limp Bizkit, most of prime time US TV). Not that Bonham is crap -- far from it. He was a just fine rock drummer, albeit not a god (to me). It's just that influence doesn't necessarily equate to quality.

I suppose that it's feasible that he originated good things that I don't see; you've said so yourself, and I understand what you're saying. I'm just saying that those things don't seem to qualify the man for legend status.

Then again, others don't understand why Orson Welles and Jack Kirby were gods of their fields; the stuff they pioneered is now too ubiquitous and obvious to call notice to itself.