Members of Led Zeppelin, Foo Fighters and Queens of the Stone Age are working together on a new project, it has been revealed. And not minor, touring-only side men – three of the biggest names in rock music, banding together and making a racket.

The as-yet-unnamed supergroup unites Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones, Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme, and lead Foo Fighter (né Nirvana drummer) Dave Grohl. The trio are presently in Los Angeles, recording their debut album.

Although the project has been simmering for years, this week's confirmation comes thanks to a marital indiscretion. Brody Dalle, of the band Spinnerette, leaked the news during an interview with the website Antiquiet; Dalle is Homme's wife.

"I'm not at liberty to talk about it," she said, "but I think it's pretty fucking amazing ... Just beats and sounds like you've never heard before."

Grohl has been talking about such an album since 2005, when he described the prospective lineup to Mojo magazine. "The next project that I'm trying to initiate involves me, [Josh Homme and John Paul Jones]. That's the next album. That wouldn't suck."

Jones dropped his own hints to the French journalist Cyril Deluermoz earlier this summer, discussing a "secret" band. "I'm working on some other music, which is more rock based, with a couple of other people," he said. "We hope to be everywhere this summer."

Homme and Jones previously contributed to the Foo Fighters' 2005 album In Your Honor.