danelectro59 Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 I've read some bio's on the boys, but notice there is little info on their youth. One thing that i've wondered is how good were they academically? I've always considered Jimmy to be the smartest of the lot, and unfortunately, Bonzo to be the least. I could be dead ass wrong, though. So does anyone know how these guys stacked up as students? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lzfan715 Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Robert has said that he was more concerned with girls than school work. I imagine that he was an average student. I think they were all very bright well read people, still are. That generation is very lucky, I think they have gotten one of the least educations of our times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dzldoc Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Robert has said that he was more concerned with girls than school work. I imagine that he was an average student. I think they were all very bright well read people, still are. That generation is very lucky, I think they has gotten one of the least educations of our times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longdistancewinner Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 One of John Bonham's early school reports supposedly said: 'He will either end up as a dustman or a millionaire'. Take what you will from that. Jimmy was noted to be quite good at sports (hurdling), not too sure how academic he was. I imagine he was an intelligent pupil, though it's safe to say, the guitar consumed much of his attention. I'm sure he left school around 14/5, which was normal in those days for those who didn't want to further their education or weren't academic enough to carry on 'til 16. He was apparently interested in science, and did attend an interview for a job as a laboratory assistant. At 13/4 he mentioned on Huw Wheldon's show that he wanted to go into 'biological research'. I imagine both Robert and John Paul are intelligent, as well. Robert was training for a while to be an accountant, or something like that, and John Paul apparently learnt the piano at 6, went to boarding school, and was choirmaster at 14. He studied music formally at boarding school. It's safe to assume he wasn't intellectually 'challenged'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lzfan715 Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 That was a typo, and I did fix it. I do have better grammar than that. It does futher prove me point though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LedZep1969 Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 I was reading a Jimmy Page unauthorized biography and I read that Page dropped out of school to focus for music is that true? Is there any evidence to back that up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquamarine Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 I assumed Jimmy got as far as O Levels, because he was enrolled in art school for a while wasn't he? (For admission to which he'd have needed the O Levels.) So he wouldn't have left school before the age of 16, in that case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveAJones Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 I was reading a Jimmy Page unauthorized biography and I read that Page dropped out of school to focus for music is that true? Is there any evidence to back that up? When Jimmy and his parents returned to Feltham in 1953 he attended Hanworth Road School. On October 12, 1953 he was admitted as a transfer student to Pound Lane School in Epsom (his family had moved from Feltham to escape the aircraft noise from nearby Heathrow Airport). Jimmy was a student at Dane Tree School (also in Epsom) until the age of 15 or 16 ('58-'59). In 1960, having left Neil Christian and The Crusaders, Jimmy enrolled in Sutton Art College and studied there off and on for about 18 months before dropping out to become a session guitarist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquamarine Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Aha! So he must have stayed in school to get his O Levels or he wouldn't have qualified for art school--which means he left school the year he turned 16. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ms_zeppelin94 Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Robert has said that he was more concerned with girls than school work... "It was decided by my teachers that I was intelligent but unwilling to concentrate," said Robert. "I do remember being a kid in short pants at Christmas time looking into the mirror and singing "Hound Dog". "At thirteen, I liked girls all of a sudden and it all came down to attracting them the best way I could. So I grew my hair. It flopped down over my ears and was immediately chopped off by demand. I forgot about lessons for the next few years and kept joining pop groups." "It was really hard to combine school and the clubs and keep a compatible relationship with schoolmasters and parents, at the same time as getting into what I really wanted to do..." "You can go to a grammar school and never see the light of day again for the rest of your life. The moment you pass you 11-plus exams, it could be all finished for you..." From http://ledzeppelin.alexreisner.com/plant.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janvier Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 One of Jimmy Page's art professors has died, Mr. Christopher Clairmonte, aged 80. The Daily Telegraph publishes an obituary: "One of his early jobs was at Sutton College of Arts, where a young Jimmy Page (later lead guitarist with Led Zeppelin) was among his students. When Page failed to turn up to one too many lectures, an exasperated Clairmonte issued an ultimatum: choose between the paintbrush and the guitar." http://www.telegraph...Clairmonte.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayceeporter Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 One of Jimmy Page's art professors has died, Mr. Christopher Clairmonte, aged 80. The Daily Telegraph publishes an obituary: "One of his early jobs was at Sutton College of Arts, where a young Jimmy Page (later lead guitarist with Led Zeppelin) was among his students. When Page failed to turn up to one too many lectures, an exasperated Clairmonte issued an ultimatum: choose between the paintbrush and the guitar." http://www.telegraph...Clairmonte.html And so he chose both! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docron Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 And so he chose both! Nice work on this post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monitesn Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Heh, I wish I could listen to some stories from someone who was in the same class at school with Robert or Jimmy... That could be interesting, don't you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aen27 Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 And so he chose both! That's true, but this guitar now only exists in pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayceeporter Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 That's true, but this guitar now only exists in pictures. It was a roadie who accidentally painted it over it, right? It's sad, because it was a fine image of Jimmy's talent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aen27 Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 It was a roadie who accidentally painted it over it, right? It's sad, because it was a fine image of Jimmy's talent Jimmy said it was a friend. I don't know about it being a roadie. He said he saved the neck and I think he said it's on a guitar he used in the Firm. I would love to see more of Jimmy's artwork -- if he'll ever let anyone see it. I read he did more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlanetPage Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 One of Jimmy Page's art professors has died, Mr. Christopher Clairmonte, aged 80. The Daily Telegraph publishes an obituary: "One of his early jobs was at Sutton College of Arts, where a young Jimmy Page (later lead guitarist with Led Zeppelin) was among his students. When Page failed to turn up to one too many lectures, an exasperated Clairmonte issued an ultimatum: choose between the paintbrush and the guitar."http://www.telegraph...Clairmonte.html ...Sutton Art College interior view, the atmosphere...Guitar ever present, waiting for Jimmy!! here are some bands playing inside the Sutton Art College, circe 1963... The Deadbeats playing Sutton Art College... Interview Link...with photos.. http://psychedelicbaby.blogspot.ca/2012/05/bedlam-interview-with-dave-ball.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlanetPage Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Sutton Art College... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BestBandStill Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 When Jimmy and his parents returned to Feltham in 1953 he attended Hanworth Road School. On October 12, 1953 he was admitted as a transfer student to Pound Lane School in Epsom (his family had moved from Feltham to escape the aircraft noise from nearby Heathrow Airport). Jimmy was a student at Dane Tree School (also in Epsom) until the age of 15 or 16 ('58-'59). In 1960, having left Neil Christian and The Crusaders, Jimmy enrolled in Sutton Art College and studied there off and on for about 18 months before dropping out to become a session guitarist. Thank You Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pagefan55 Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 I think all the band members were highly intelligent. I would guess the most intelligent was probably Page or Jones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Duck Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 "It was decided by my teachers that I was intelligent but unwilling to concentrate," said Robert. "I do remember being a kid in short pants at Christmas time looking into the mirror and singing "Hound Dog". "At thirteen, I liked girls all of a sudden and it all came down to attracting them the best way I could. So I grew my hair. It flopped down over my ears and was immediately chopped off by demand. I forgot about lessons for the next few years and kept joining pop groups." "It was really hard to combine school and the clubs and keep a compatible relationship with schoolmasters and parents, at the same time as getting into what I really wanted to do..." "You can go to a grammar school and never see the light of day again for the rest of your life. The moment you pass you 11-plus exams, it could be all finished for you..." From http://ledzeppelin.alexreisner.com/plant.html Plant attended a grammar school; these were college preparatory secondary schools with a rigorous curriculum. Entrance was usually by exam. I think his teachers got it right. He's an intelligent man but the grammar school curriculum probably bored him so he didn't apply himself. His comment about "never seeing the light of day again" may refer to the study hours grammar school pupils had to put in if they wanted to academically excel. As he got more into music that would have cut into his study time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hans Rosenschwein Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 I assumed Jimmy got as far as O Levels, because he was enrolled in art school for a while wasn't he? (For admission to which he'd have needed the O Levels.) So he wouldn't have left school before the age of 16, in that case. Jimmy got 5 O levels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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