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Why did Led Zeppelin, described as the "heaviest band of all time," the "biggest band of the seventies," and "unquestionably one of the most enduring bands in rock history" disband so early? Originally known as the New Yardbirds, the name Led Zeppelin came from a comment made by Keith Moon drummer of the incredible band, The Who, who once said the band would go down like a lead balloon - meaning, they would be a failure. The band members instead liked those words and thought it represented their heavy, powerful sounds. They spelled it as "Led" instead of "Lead" to avoid any confusion, followed by 'Zeppelin' a type of rigid airship named after the German inventor Ferdinand von Zeppelin who pioneered rigid airship development at the beginning of the 20th century. Led Zeppelin was born. An English rock band, formed in London in 1968. The group comprised the legends: vocalist Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page, bassist and keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham. Just 12 years later, in 1980 Led Zeppelin disbanded. Just like that. They vanished from the main scene with each members taking up personal projects and performing with other artists. Led Zeppelin disbanded in 1980 following the death of their drummer, John Bonham. He was only 32. After his passing, the remaining band members, Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, and John Paul Jones, decided that they could not continue as Led Zeppelin without him. On 24 September 1980, Bonham was ready for their new band tour. During the journey, Bonham asked to stop for breakfast, where he drank four quadruple vodka screwdrivers (16 shots, totalling between 400 and 560 ml) and continued to drink heavily after arriving at rehearsals. Late in the evening they went to Page's house, the Old Mill House in Clewer, Windsor. After midnight on 25 September, Bonham fell asleep; someone took him to bed and placed him on his side. Led Zeppelin tour manager found him unresponsive the next afternoon and Bonham was later pronounced dead at 32 years old. The inquest showed that in 24 hours, Bonham had consumed around 40 shots (1–1.4 litres) of 40% vodka, after which he vomited in his sleep, choked on his vomit, aspirated and died of lung failure - the final autospy finding was accidental death. A post-mortem found no other recreational drugs in Bonham's body. After his death, the remaining band members wrote: "We wish it to be known that the loss of our dear friend and the deep respect we have for his family, together with the sense of undivided harmony felt by ourselves and our manager, have led us to decide that we could not continue as we were." Alcohol disbanded Led Zeppelin. Alcohol broke the greatest rock band ever. The remaining Led Zeppelin members and well. They are all in their late seventees, except Page, who is now 80 years old. They were the greatest band of the seventees. Imagine if John Bonham were still here. Imagine all the new songs we would have had. But here we are, stuck, listening to the insanely beautiful rendition of Stairway to Heaven perfomed by lead singer of the fantabulous band Heart (check our their song Alone), Ann Wilson, with Nancy Wilson on the strings, during the 2012 Kennedy Center Honorees as a tribute to Led Zeppelin. Jason Bohnam, John Bohnam's son is on the drums for this cover. Incredible, bittersweet, heartbreaking. John Bohnam is missing. An aged Robert Plant is in tears. Remember what alcohol can do. It takes away everything that is beautiful. Enjoy this song. And remember what Led Zeppelin could not do, the next time you think about drowning a glass.

'I don't have the money to contest Lok Sabha elections': says Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman, Finance Minister of India, whose party got more than ₹8000 plus crores from Electoral Bonds alone! Two questions then: 1. How much money does a candidate actually need to spend for contesting an election? As per ECI, the spending limit per Lok Sabha candidate is restricted to ₹95 lakhs. 2. And if a candidate has to spend his/her own money for election campaigning, why does a political party amass ₹8000 plus crores as Electoral donations???

Gary Medel did Diego Costa dirty 😭

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