Stereophonics drummer found dead

Former drummer for Welsh rockers, Stereophonics, has been found dead at his home.

Stuart Cable left the successful act to pursue a career in media, presenting a weekend rock show on BBC Radio Wales, as well as forming a new band, Killing for Company.

"Rest peacefully. Stuart Cable 19 May 1970 - 7 June 2010. You will be missed," said a simple message on Killing for Company's website.

South Wales Police confirmed the sudden death of a 40-year-old man at a house in the town of Aberdare at 5:30 a.m. on Monday morning.

"Cause of death has not yet been established, however there are no suspicious circumstances at this stage. Next of kin have been informed," police said in a statement.

Cable rose to fame with the Stereophonics who he helped form in 1992 along with friends Kelly and Richard Jones.

He grew up in the same Welsh village as the band's frontman Kelly Jones. The group released their first album "Word Gets Around" in 1997, and won a Brit award for best British newcomer a year later.

"Stuart has travelled all over the world with the band and I have worried myself silly," his mother Mabel, 79, told the Western Mail newspaper in Cardiff. "He is now settled down and then this happens. It has not sunk in yet."

Cable's brother Paul said the family had no further comment to make at this stage as the death was a matter for the police.