The Pagemeister Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 The first audio sample from CHICKENFOOT, the new "supergroup" featuring former VAN HALEN frontman Sammy Hagar, ex-VAN HALEN bassist Michael Anthony, guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani and RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS drummer Chad Smith, is available for streaming on the splash page of the project's soon-to-be-launched official web site . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mos6507 Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Not much of a teaser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bong-Man Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 I can see the 1st cd cover now..... Seriously....Chickenfoot ? Were these guys watching Foghorn Leghorn cartoons while drunk ? What a lousy name for a band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pagemeister Posted February 28, 2009 Author Share Posted February 28, 2009 CHICKENFOOT Promo Video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Swede Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 I'm happy for them, but got no interest in listening to them. Aweful drum sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reids Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Maybe they can get an endorsement by Chick-Fil-A or KFC... (just kidding)... R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ledzep45 Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Their logo looks like the album cover of Cardinology (Ryan Adams) The music is ok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pagemeister Posted March 21, 2009 Author Share Posted March 21, 2009 Two full songs — "Soap On A Rope" and "Down The Drain" — are available for streaming on the CHICKENFOOT MySpace page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyPageZoSo56 Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 I don't like Sammy Hagar but these guys are pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pagemeister Posted March 23, 2009 Author Share Posted March 23, 2009 Hagar is only good when the material is good (i.e. when he was with Van Halen) He sounds good on this, his vocals are good on "Down The Drain" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pagemeister Posted March 25, 2009 Author Share Posted March 25, 2009 CHICKENFOOT, the new rock supergroup comprised of drummer Chad Smith (RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS), bassist Michael Anthony (ex-VAN HALEN), guitarist Joe Satriani and vocalist Sammy Hagar (ex-VAN HALEN), has announced the global release of its self-titled debut album. The CD will be made available by earMUSIC in Germany on Friday, June 5 and in the U.K. on Monday. June 8. The album will be released by Best Buy in the U.S. on Sunday, June 7. "Chickenfoot" will be packaged in heat-sensitive artwork, which means when you put your hand on the CD inlay, photos of the band members will be revealed behind the CHICKENFOOT band logo. "Chickenfoot" track listing: 01. Avenida Revolution 02. Soap on a Rope 03. Sexy Little Thing 04. Oh Yeah 05. Runnin' Out 06. Get It Up 07. Down the Drain 08. My Kinda Girl 09. Learning to Fall 10. Turnin' Left 11. Future in the Past Hagar wasn't looking to form a new group in his post-VAN HALEN career. "I really wasn't looking to have a real band, but when I got involved with these guys, only a fool would say, 'No, I'm not going to do this.' The minute we started jamming it was obvious, like, 'This is something that needs to be heard.'" A great band is nothing without a great rhythm section, and CHICKENFOOT has one of the best in the two-man team of bassist Michael Anthony and drummer Chad Smith. As a founding member (and fellow Rock and Roll Hall of Famer) of VAN HALEN, Anthony laid the bedrock for which guitar genius Eddie Van Halen could fly. More than that, he provided a signature style of background vocal that became an intrinsic part of that band. "A total fluke," the good-natured bassist humbly asserts. "I was just doing what came naturally." Hagar sees Anthony's abilities differently. "Michael keeps the band going," he says. "Listen, he's never going to get the kind of credit he deserves — he played next to Eddie Van Halen. Hell, Jack Bruce didn't get much credit compared to Eric Clapton — that's just the nature of things. Mikey held down the fort, and he still does." Aiding Anthony in holding down the fort is Chad Smith, drummer for the RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, who have, since Smith joined the group in the late Eighties, gone from cult faves to a worldwide force. Heretofore thought of as a "funk/alternative" drummer, Smith gets to rock hard with CHICKENFOOT, and the percussion explosion he creates might come as a surprise to those who only know of his work from tracks like "Under The Bridge". "The guy's from Detroit, for God's sake!" says Hagar. "He can play the hell out of funk, but he's a rocker. He plays hard, man. You could put one mic in a room with Chad, and you can hear all the parts of his kit — he's hard, but he's balanced. The band wouldn't exist without his groove." The members of CHICKENFOOT admit that the band came together almost by accident, a result of jams held at Hagar's club, Cabo Wabo Cantina, in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. "We were just having fun," recalls Michael Anthony. "After Sammy and I left VAN HALEN, we'd get together with musicians, and certain people seemed to really gel. Chad came down and we got on well with him. Gradually, we started talking about doing something more serious, but we needed a guitarist. Somebody smokin' — somebody who could take us to the Promised Land." Enter Satch, who hooked up with Hagar, Anthony and Smith and felt "an immediate connection unlike anything I'd ever experienced before." To Satriani, who had almost abandoned his lifelong dream of being a part of a "big-time rock band," here was his chance, and here were his bandmates. "After just a few songs, it became stunningly obvious that we shared an overall musical agenda," he says. "The only question was could we make a great album?" The band answered that question last fall when they hunkered down with the illustrious producer Andy Johns at George Lucas' Skywalker Studios and knocked out a batch of songs that sets a new standard for rock music in the new millennium. From the thunderous, ominous opening strains of "Avenida Revolution" (detailing the bloody drug wars in Tijuana, in which Hagar makes his feelings come through his skin) to the album closer, the shimmering rock ballad "Future's in the Past", "Chickenfoot" is a firebomb of a record, the likes of which we haven't heard in ages. The band kicks and snorts their way through a passel of take-no-prisoners rockers like "Soap on a Rope", "Sexy Little Thing", "Oh Yeah" and "My Kind of Girl". "These are the kinds of songs I could never do on my own," says Satriani. "I needed a band like this to make those songs come alive." The band explores mature themes on songs such as "Runnin' Out", about a world stretched to the breaking point to "Learning to Fall", perhaps the most poignant love song Hagar has ever written lyrics for. As both a vocalist and songwriter, Hagar's intensity and forcefulness are on vivid display on "Chickenfoot". "I write what comes to mind," the singer says. "I'm not bound by anything subject-wise. I'm inspired by the music. When I heard the music Joe was going for, it made me reach, it made me stretch. I think it made me sing in a way that I normally wouldn't have done. We seem to have that kind of effect on each other." Satriani agrees. "People have this idea of what this band is about, or what Sammy Hagar is about as a lyricist and a vocalist," he says. "The thing is that we manage to get each guy to up his game in a non-confrontational way. When I play with CHICKENFOOT, I find myself wanting to give them more all the time. I don't hold anything back. I think the rest of the guys feel the same way." That Satriani unleashes sheets of shred magna is, of course, a given, but what's interesting is, as individualistic and recognizable as his talents are — and this is true of all the players — they transform in a strange and beautiful way on "Chickenfoot". Likewise, Anthony and Smith, channel past heroes. For Anthony it's ELECTRIC FLAG bassist Harvey Brooks. For Smith it's ZEPPELIN's John Bonham. Together, they perform something of an astonishing balancing act, dispending performances that meet at the intersection of Heavy and Nimble. This is what a rhythm section does, drives the band in forceful, creative ways. Listen to CHICKENFOOT and you'll hear what a true rhythm section sounds like. "Chickenfoot", which is already being hailed as the most intense rock 'n' roll album since LED ZEPPELIN's classic efforts, coincides with a European tour that will consist of outdoor festivals, including Montreaux, Switzerland, and Bospop, Holland, plus various intimate indoor rock shows, including the London O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire on June 25. Tickets for the London 02 Shepherd's Bush Empire concert go on sale at 9:00 a.m. on Friday, March 27. This will be CHICKENFOOT's only UK date on the European tour. CHICKENFOOT tour dates: Jun. 20 - Austria Nova Rock Festival Jun. 23 - Cork, Ireland: Live At The Marquee Jun. 25 - London Shepherd's Bush Empire Jun. 26 - Holland: Heerhugowaard Jun. 28 - Belgium Graspop Metal Meeting Festival Jun. 29 - Paris: Olympia Jul. 01 - Madrid (venue to be confirmed) Jul. 03 - Pistoia, Italy: Blues Festival Jul. 04 - Montreux, Switzerland: Stravinski Hall Jul. 05 - Udine, Italy: Lignano Sbbiadoro Jul. 07 - Hamburg: Grosse Freiheit Jul. 08 - Copenhagen: Vega Jul. 10 - Kilafors, Sweden: Rockweekend Festival Jul. 12 - Weert, Holland: Bospop Festival Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyPageZoSo56 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 The only thing is, they soudns too much like Van Halen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pagemeister Posted March 30, 2009 Author Share Posted March 30, 2009 The only thing is, they soudns too much like Van Halen. There are a lot of fans that want that Van Halen sound. The last Van Halen CD came out in 1998 . . . 11 years ago. Chickenfoot is half of Van Halen plus a guitar player that is similar to Eddie VH, and a drummer who is pretty good. Until the actual Van Halen put something out, This is the "new" Van Halen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyPageZoSo56 Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 ^ or they could also be known as The Other Half. I do not like Sammy Hagar but they are decent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pagemeister Posted May 11, 2009 Author Share Posted May 11, 2009 Audio Samples Of Entire Album Available Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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