# 70s Led Zeppelin Cash theft: Ever solved? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 8, 2010, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-led-zeppelin-cash-theft-ever-solved/528116 "2010-02-08T05:46:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-led-zeppelin-cash-theft-ever-solved/528116/1 "2010-02-08T05:46:56Z")
I recall in the 1970s, that Led Zep had either 60K or 160K, in cash stolen from them. IIRC, the manager stuck cash receipts from , what, Madison Square Garden? concert in some locker, and then left. Surprise! It walked off. Two questions: 1. Did they ever find out who did it? 2. Was the manager the fat jerk on “The Song Remains the Same” who was lecturing the guy on how efficient the English were? Thanks, hh ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-led-zeppelin-cash-theft-ever-solved/528116/2 "2010-02-08T08:00:17Z")
This guy researched it for a book. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aluFGK0bwc) bands publicist recalls robbery. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S4_rX2s8R0) ---
**Author:** ![Rrose\_Selavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bcef8e/32.png) [@Rrose\_Selavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rrose_Selavy)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-led-zeppelin-cash-theft-ever-solved/528116/3 "2010-02-08T12:55:06Z")
That “fat jerk” was Peter Grant > **[Peter Grant (music manager)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Grant_(music_manager))** > > Peter Grant (5 April 1935 – 21 November 1995) was an English music manager, best known as the manager of Led Zeppelin from their creation in 1968 to their breakup in 1980. With his intimidating size and weight, confrontational manner, knowledge and experience, Grant was able to procure strong and unprecedented deals for Led Zeppelin, and is widely credited with improving pay and conditions for all musicians in dealings with concert promoters. Grant has been described as "one of the shrewdes Bor... ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-led-zeppelin-cash-theft-ever-solved/528116/4 "2010-02-08T15:04:15Z")
I can’t get to YouTube at work. Can someone give a quick summary? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-led-zeppelin-cash-theft-ever-solved/528116/5 "2010-02-08T17:27:35Z")
> [@Southern\_Yankee](#): > > I can’t get to YouTube at work. Can someone give a quick summary? One day, your boss (or his boss) received a bandwidth usage report (or somesuch). He was like “WTF!?!?” So he called the head of IT in and crawled his ass. Head of IT, not liking his ass-chewing, decided to take the easy way out and blocked YouTube, internet radio, and other high-bandwidth sites from the corporate network. In summary, that’s why you can’t see YouTube at work. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-led-zeppelin-cash-theft-ever-solved/528116/6 "2010-02-08T17:30:58Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > One day, your boss (or his boss) received a bandwidth usage report (or somesuch). > > He was like “WTF!?!?” So he called the head of IT in and crawled his ass. > > Head of IT, not liking his ass-chewing, decided to take the easy way out and blocked YouTube, internet radio, and other high-bandwidth sites from the corporate network. > > In summary, that’s why you can’t see YouTube at work. > > 😉 ``` That same IT guy is furious at me for ruining another keyboard! ``` Damn you **John T** …now I need to go get another coffee!😃