Some bands in the mid-1960s (e.g.
The Byrds and
The Monkees) adopted sensational spelling.
The Turtles successfully resisted an effort by their label,
White Whale Records, to name them "The Tyrtles." Although similar,
The Beatles is a
word play that fuses 'beat' and 'beetles'. Other examples include
Def Leppard ("deaf
leopard") and
Led Zeppelin, in which "lead" was deliberately misspelled to make clear it is pronounced (as in the metal lead) rather than the other pronunciation of "lead", (as in "lead singer", "lead guitarist", etc.) ==See also==