Page "Keith Moon" Paragraph 49

Moon inspired the name for the band " Led Zeppelin ".

According to Oxford lexicographer Susie Dent, Moon, Entwistle, and Page were talking about forming a supergroup.

Moon remarked that a particular suggestion had gone down like a " lead zeppelin " ( i. e. " lead balloon ").

Although the supergroup was never formed, Page remembered Moon's odd expression and later adopted it as the name of a new band.

However, band manager Peter Grant spelled " lead " as " led " so that it would not be mispronounced ( as / li: d /-lead ).