AboutChris M. Zangara Expertise I`m not only a Zeppelin collector but I have been collecting Zeppelin - and Page/Plant music & information for over 20 years. I am truly a lover of Page/Plant music in & out of Zeppelin simply because of the honesty & integrity of it all. - I have been studying them for as long as I have been listening to Rock/Blues Music. I look forward to any question and will answer the very best I can - as above all - I am just a fan like you!
Question Which drummer is said to have given Led Zeppelin their name?
Answer Hey Andy!
It's Keith Moon. You see, Page was doing a session on a song called Beck's Bolero which you can hear on Jeff Beck's album from 1968..Truth. The musicians who played on this song were incredible. Here's who was in the room. Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, John Paul Jones, Keith Moon, John Entwistle ('Who' bassist) and Nicky Hopkins (piano player).
Remember that The Yardbirds had just devolved and Page was looking for members to start a new band.
Keith Moon told Jimmy, at those sessions, that his new band would probably go down like a lead zeppelin. A few months later, after Page had hired Plant, Jones and Bonham, he remembered what Moonie had said and thought it was a perfect name. Peter Grant, Zeppelins manager, had taken the "a" out of the word "lead" so us Americans wouldn't mispronounce it "Leed Zeppelin". And that's the OFFICIAL story of how Led Zeppelin came to be. All 4 bandmembers have stood by this story since the first time asked. It's Keith Moon and don't let anybody tell you different. :o)
