New project featuring Led Zeppelin members won't use band name

A spokesperson for Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page told RollingStone.com that the new project featuring Page, Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones, and drummer Jason Bonham will not use the name Led Zeppelin. The spokesperson from Page's management company said, "Whatever this is, it is not Led Zeppelin. Not without the involvement of (Zeppelin vocalist) Robert Plant." Page, Jones, and Bonham recently confirmed that they are considering going on the road without Plant and have rehearsed with several different singers, including Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler and Alter Bridge vocalist Myles Kennedy.

Although Tyler was reportedly never under serious consideration and got together with the trio just for fun, the collaboration with Kennedy seems more likely to stick.

Alter Bridge guitarist Mark Tremonti hinted in a recent interview with Music Radar that Kennedy was the frontrunner for the gig, which could also leave the other members of Alter Bridge, who made up three-quarters of Creed, free for a reunion of that group as well.

Speculation about a full-blown Zeppelin reunion tour has been fierce ever since the band regrouped for a charity performance last December in London. But Robert Plant has indicated that he has no plans to tour for at least two years.

Other names that have surfaced as potential singers for the new project include Sammy Hagar, Chris Cornell, Jack White and Dave Grohl.