AboutAmy Maloney Expertise I have studied the band for going on 30 years now. I have met the remaining members of Zep, along with some of their neighborhood friends and some of their family members. My knowledge about them is probably strongest in the area of biography, personalities, song meanings, influences, etc. I may not be well versed in various technical aspects of various recording equipment, instrument details, or any info on how to play the music, as I am not a musician. I am mostly a fan who has been reading about them, collecting, and has met them numerous times in the last 25 years. If I don't know an answer I have lots of resources and references to look up!
Experience Been studying the band since 1977.
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Education/Credentials Bachelors of Arts, University of MD.
Writing, Teaching, Travel Agent, Yoga.
Flash writes on 2008-06-02 13:44:29
This story has been mistold so often. There was a studio session with Page and JPJ that had Keith Moon playing drums on it as well as John Entwistle. This was for some singer who I do not recall the name of. It was not a very great session and Keith Moon proclaimed, "Well that was 'great', we should call it Led Zeppelin because it went over like a lead balloon." The guys there loved the name and later when the Yardbirds morphed into a new band, that was the name they used because they liked it so much. This story is verified on one of the interviews with JPJ from the Remasters CD. Keith Moon wasn't using the term "Lead Balloon/Led Zeppelin" in reference to what we know as Led Zeppelin, but rather an awful studio session he had. That is the part that people keep getting wrong. Keith Moon never said that he thought Led Zeppelin would not succeed. The other interesting tid bit from that JPJ interview is that Keith Moon and John Entwistle were looking to get out of The Who. I guess Pete Towshend was a bit too much for them.
