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2006-07-17 07:42:00 · 10 answers · asked by headbanger756 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Keith Moon, drummer for The Who, after hearing about the band said that it would go over like a lead balloon.
2006-07-17 07:45:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The band was originally formed in 1968 by guitarist Jimmy Page under the name The New Yardbirds in order to fulfill some performance commitments booked before the break up of the original Yardbirds. Robert Plant was the singer. After some concerts, the band's name was changed to Led Zeppelin, after Keith Moon, drummer with The Who, suggested "you'll go over like a lead Zeppelin". The word "lead" is misspelled deliberately to avoid confusion, fearing it might be conceived of as the "lead Zeppelin" (as in "lead singer"), as opposed to a Zeppelin constructed of the metal lead
2006-07-17 14:46:20 · answer #2 · answered by CG234 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When Jimmy Page was assembling the group, Keith Moon (drummer from The Who) got word of his plans and predicted the group would go down "like a lead balloon" (this is a common English expression). Bassist and keyboardist John Entwistle thought it would be "more like a lead zeppelin." Page took the phrase and manager Peter Grant changed the spelling to "led" in order to avoid mispronunciation.
2006-07-17 14:47:54 · answer #3 · answered by crazyhorse3477 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Keith Moon himself got the phrase from John Entwistle's term for a bad gig, describing it as "going over" (some sources say "going down") "like a lead zeppelin".[7] The group adopted the name, deliberately dropping the 'a' in Lead to prevent people from pronouncing it as "leed". [1]
2006-07-17 14:48:15 · answer #4 · answered by sam_keane_uk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a producer or some one heard them and said they'd go over like a Led Zeppelin
2006-07-17 14:46:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No one thought the band would make it, it would end up like a lead zeppelin (blimp).
2006-07-17 14:45:33 · answer #6 · answered by Gorgeous 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure but someone told the band to use this name as a joke or a dare , not sure but I already knew it long ago
2006-07-17 15:28:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they were discussing their band, and one (I honestly don't know who) said that they were going to 'sink like a lead zeppelin' and not be successful... hence the name.
2006-07-17 14:47:00 · answer #8 · answered by kt 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a play on the old blimps (dirigibles).
2006-07-17 14:46:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
some random name generator. that's how bowling for soup got theirs
2006-07-17 14:45:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋