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The Nobs was a temporary name used by the rock band
Led Zeppelin for a single concert in
Copenhagen, Denmark, during the band's
1970 European concert tour.
Controversy over using the 'Zeppelin' name originated from Frau Eva von Zeppelin, a descendent of
Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, creator of the
Zeppelin aircraft. Led Zeppelin guitarist
Jimmy Page commented to the music newspaper
Melody Maker that Frau Eva von Zeppelin initially took issue during an early Led Zeppelin concert performance in Copenhagen in October of 1969, when she tried (unsuccessfully) to stop a television appearance.
As a gesture of good will, the band invited her to meet with them. The meeting was apparently a cordial one. However, upon leaving the studio, her anger reignited when she saw the cover of the group's
first album - the exploding
Hindenburg aircraft. Frau von Zeppelin felt the band's use of
Zeppelin was insulting and dishonoured her family name. As a result, hostility toward the rock group continued on their next tour of the country in early 1970 by threat of a lawsuit, unless they agreed to change their name while working there. While
Peter Grant (the band's manager) wasn't normally passive when faced with a confrontation, it was decided to appease the
aristocrat by temporarily changing the group's name.
One name speculated in the national press was "Ned Zeppelin", which Jimmy Page found humorous. After some discussion, Grant and Page settled on the tongue-in-cheek name
The Nobs, the
British slang for male genitalia. It was also a playful pun on the name of their European promoter,
Claude Nobs. Another meaning applies the term to "a person of wealth and high social standing", which is also fitting in this circumstance.
The band were billed as such for their concert at
K.B. Hallen in Copenhagen on
28 February, 1970.
The controversy in Copenhagen was considered advantageous to Led Zeppelin early in their career, as the incident gained them worldwide publicity. The band's choice of names was widely seen as an expression of the band's likability and wit.
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