LAS VEGAS — He liked them both, liked their band. There was just one nagging concern: He wasn’t 100% sure they were sufficiently out of their minds.
For sure, Ronnie Vannucci Jr. qualified as such back then.
He still does, playing as if his drumsticks were dusted in gunpowder. The 46-year-old remains a rock ’n’ roll ghost hunter of sorts, chasing after the spirit of John Bonham, one of his earliest, most profound influences, dating back to when Vannucci was 9 years old and his mom played him “Led Zeppelin IV” for the first time.