XYZ

In 1981, Jimmy Page, Chris Squire and Alan White got together to form a band, and tried to recruit Robert Plant into it. Plant attended one rehearsal, chose not to join the band, and the project fell through. Had it survived, the band would have called itself XYZ. Why?

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XYZ was to stand for eXYes and led Zeppelin. Squire and White were from Yes, Page from Zeppelin.

Question by Amit Varma