This Day in Rock History - August 12th

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1968: In a record store in the Westminster district of London, the New Yardbirds with Jimmy Page and Robert Plant begin their first rehearsal.

The Who’s drummer Keith Moon attends another rehearsal and suggests the band will “go over like a lead zeppelin.”

The band likes the idea and immediately changes its name.

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