Page and Plant realised they had good musical chemistry together , and Plant asked friend and former band-mate John Bonham to drum for the new group . The line-up of Page , Plant , Jones and Bonham first rehearsed in September 1968 , shortly before a tour of Scandinavia as " The New Yardbirds " , performing some old Yardbirds material as well as new songs such as " Communication Breakdown " , " I Ca n't Quit You Baby " , " You Shook Me " , " Babe I 'm Gon na Leave You " and " How Many More Times " . After they returned to London following the tour , Page changed the band 's name to Led Zeppelin , and the group entered Olympic Studios at 11 p.m. on 25 September 1968 to record their debut album
tour of Scandinavia
Led Zeppelin Scandinavian Tour 1968
Led Zeppelin (album)