Proving once again that he's the master of merging musical universes, Bad Boy

Records impresario and rapper Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs takes to the stage

this weekend with legendary Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page for a special

performance on "Saturday Night Live."

The unlikely duo will be joined by a member of Fuzzbubble, the first rock band

signed to Puff Daddy's label, to perform the song "Come With Me," a track from

the upcoming soundtrack to the anticipated summer-blockbuster movie

"Godzilla."

Mimicking the sound of the recorded version, the performance will feature a 40-

piece orchestra, according to Fuzzbubble bass player Brett Rothfeld. "It

sounded amazing," said Rothfeld, who called just hours after the first run-

through of the song at the "SNL" studio on Thursday afternoon (May 7). Page,

who will join the band for a Saturday dry-run, did not attend the Thursday run-

through. Describing himself as a "huge Zeppelin fan growing up," Rothfeld said

he was excited to actually play with his hero Page on Saturday. The bassist

said the last time that he met the guitar god -- during the mixing of the song -- all

he really managed to do was slip in a handshake and photo op with Page.

Fuzzbubble do not appear on the album version of "Come With Me."

The song, based on the classic Zeppelin tune "Kashmir," had an unusual

genesis, according to Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello, who

also plays on the track. "We had, like, a day and a half in a studio in L.A. to do

it," Morello said of the sessions, which did not include Page.

Morello explained that he was surprised at how musically adept Puff Daddy was

in the studio, where the reigning king of hip-hop oversaw all aspects of the

recording session. Puff Daddy even brought in a large string section from the

L.A. Philharmonic for the session. "We all played the same part on the recorded

version," Morello said of the classic Zeppelin "Kashmir" riff that pervades the

tune. "And the song basically has five parts, so Puffy and I arranged it and

Jimmy [Page] had to learn our arrangement and then he recorded his part in

England."

Although he was overjoyed to work with his hero Page, Morello said he had a

hard time learning the lifted riff from the song. "I love the album version, but I'm

going to also do a rock remix of it that will be real guitar-heavy," he said. "Both

Jimmy and I played a lot more 'guitar hero' parts than are on the album version,

which is maybe more hip-hop and hit-song oriented than crushing rock."

Morello said he doesn't know where or how his remix will be released just yet.

The guitarist, best known for his band's bombastic, hard-rock political anthems,

also said that despite the unlikelihood of the triple-threat combo on the song, he

had no qualms about working with Puff Daddy. "Whenever you go into a club

and his stuff comes on," Morello said, "it just goes off."

This isn't the first time that Puff Daddy has hit the stage with a rocker. He

performed his tribute to slain rapper Notorious B.I.G., "I'll Be Missing You" --

which samples the Police hit "Every Breath You Take" -- with former Police

singer Sting at MTV's Video Music Awards and he brought in Foo Fighter Dave

Grohl and former Replacements bassist Tommy Stinson to do a rock remix of

the song "It's All About the

Benjamins."

The all-star soundtrack to "Godzilla," Godzilla: The Album, features a

cover of the David Bowie song "Heroes" by the Wallflowers (the first single), as

well as new tracks by: Jamiroquai ("Deeper Underground"), Rage Against the

Machine ("No Shelter"), Ben Folds Five ("Air"), Foo Fighters ("A 320"), a remix of

Green Day's "Brainstew" and the recorded debut of Fuzzbubble with "Out

There." The soundtrack also features songs by Days of the New, Silverchair and

Michael Penn.