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10 things you didn't know about Led Zeppelin

What's in a name?

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They took their name from a comment by The Who's Keith Moon and John Entwistle who said the band would "go down like a lead balloon - or a lead zeppelin!" Manager Peter Grant insisted they spelt the first word "Led" so that "thick Americans" would not pronounce it "lead" as in "lead the way".

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07-07-2011