Artist Recovery Podcast S2 Ep. 1 | Clementine Moss: From Bonham to Buddha—Drumming, Spirit & Truth

What happens when hard rock meets stillness?When power, rhythm, and spiritual inquiry collide?In this deeply intimate episode of the Artist Recovery Podcast, host Rich Wright sits down with Clementine Moss—founding drummer of the all-female Led Zeppelin tribute band Zeparella, author of From Bonham to Buddha and Back, and a multidisciplinary artist whose life bridges rock performance and spiritual practice.Clementine’s story is not about overnight success or tidy transformation. It’s about late beginnings, internal listening, and the courage to follow truth—even when it contradicts expectation.Born in Southern California and raised in a household filled with music but not musicianship, Clementine didn’t discover the drums until her late twenties. What followed wasn’t just a musical awakening, but a complete reorientation of identity. Drumming became her language—one rooted in time, structure, mathematics, and intuition—while writing and meditation remained her compass.In this conversation, Clementine reflects on:• Growing up as an achiever and seeker in parallel• How silence, reading, and writing shaped her inner world• The tension between spirituality and rock culture—and why they’re not opposites• Discovering meditation alongside music, including a life-altering 10-day silent retreat• Why creativity isn’t about being seen—but about being trueClementine’s voice is grounded, reflective, and honest—offering insight not just for musicians, but for anyone navigating reinvention, recovery, or the quiet knowing that there’s more waiting on the other side of fear.This is not a performance.It’s a remembering.Timeline:00:00 – Meeting Clementine Moss04:10 – Childhood, reading, and early sensitivity11:30 – Achievement, identity, and internal pressure19:40 – Spiritual curiosity before religion28:15 – Junior high, depression, and self-attack36:00 – Writing as survival and self-expression44:20 – New York City & creative freedom52:10 – Discovering drums later in life1:01:30 – Seeing rhythm as blocks of time1:12:00 – From silence to stage1:23:40 – Spiritual practice meets rock performance1:34:10 – Why drumming feels like home1:46:00 – Unity, presence, and what music is really forConnect with Clementine:https://www.clementinemoss.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/clementinemossmusicFB: https://www.facebook.com/ClementineMossMusicYT: https://www.youtube.com/@UCZdYUfNZ7MifaGf0mPa22aw #Clementine Moss #Zeparelladrummer #femaledrummer #podcast  #artistrecoverypodcast #artistrecovery  #richwrightartist #richwrightunltd #richwrightunlimited #podmatchguest  #musicandspirituality #latebloomer  #artist, #womeninrock  #drummingandmeditation #creativeidentity , #spiritualawakening #artist, #recoveryandcreativity #rockmusic #healing  @PodMatch_com   mindfulness and music, artistic reinventionSupport the showAlways remember, Listen to your Heart and Be Kind to Your Mind! -Rich WrightFollow us here: https://www.theartistrecovery.comJoin the Community: https://www,artrecroom.comListen Weekly at: https://www.artistrecoverypodcast.comConnect:InstagramFacebookXTikTokLinkedin