Chickenfoot!

According to The Pulse of Radio, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS drummer Chad Smith has joined the new "supergroup" started by former VAN HALEN frontman Sammy Hagar. The band, tentatively called CHICKENFOOT, also features ex-VAN HALEN bassist Michael Anthony and guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani and will enter the studio to begin recording its debut album this summer. Smith told The Pulse of Radio he got involved in the project by owning a home near Hagar's place in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. "If you're in Cabo, of course you know Sammy 'cause he's, you know, he rules the joint," he said. "And he's a really nice man, he's a great guy actually. Somehow he's taken a liking to me, and we played in Vegas, and we played some cover songs — we're a good cover band now. He got pretty excited about it and it actually sounded really good. Him and Joe got together up at his place and they wrote like five things together, and we'll see."

Hagar himself spoke about the project in a recent interview, explaining, "We've written eight, nine songs...When people hear the music, it's LED ZEPPELIN. It's as good as that. I know that's a mighty bold statement...We could rival ZEP."

Hagar sang with VAN HALEN from 1986 to 1996, and again on a 2004 reunion tour, but left both times after feuding with guitarist Eddie Van Halen. Hagar said recently about his relationship with the troubled guitar hero, "I love Eddie, but we don't love each other. I heard that he got cleaned up again. Hopefully he stays that way and doesn't die, because before we both die we have to be friends again."

Chad Smith has been playing with former DEEP PURPLE bassist/singer Glenn Hughes as well as his own jazz combo since the CHILI PEPPERS came off the road last year after touring in support of 2006's "Stadium Arcadium" CD.

Here's the link

http://www.chickenfoot.us/

Cool..but "we could RIVAL ZEP"?....I dunno Sammy...

What an utterly shit name for a band though!!!

Pete wrote:

What an utterly shit name for a band though!!!

Thinking up band name in Cabo Wabo =

Rev wrote:

Pete wrote:

What an utterly shit name for a band though!!!

Thinking up band name in Cabo Wabo =

Too much tequila!

The band's name is weak & the Zep's line is a bit ...but i fancy good things from this lot!

We will see!!

Sounds interesting but that name...

But 'as good as Zepp'...yeah well...

Anyone got this yet?


Is it any good?

It is good stuff. I have watched a bunch of live stuff on youtube.

I'm gonna buy it...I like what I've been hearing.

laxcdn wrote:

It is good stuff. I have watched a bunch of live stuff on youtube.

Just checked out Youtube myself. What a fucking marvelllous band!

CHICKENFOOT!!! CHICKENFOOT!!! CHICKENFOOT!!! pfffft

And they're playin London...and I didn't know a thing about it...and now it's sold out...and now I'm pissed off!!!!!

This band grooves...

How could this band fail, considering the talent of each member. A proper supergroup!!

I tried to watch a live concert of Satch and just couldn't do it. To me he is boring and I don't like his lead stuff. As for Chkn Foot, I like the tunes and some of his leads.

laxcdn wrote:

I tried to watch a live concert of Satch and just couldn't do it. To me he is boring and I don't like his lead stuff. As for Chkn Foot, I like the tunes and some of his leads.

As in a live DVD or an actual live show because I've seen him live twice (he was my first ever concert) and he's phenomenal..(IMO)

Matty35 wrote:

How could this band fail, considering the talent of each member. A proper supergroup!!

No kidding. You could almost call Chickenfoot the latest (The) Band, or Supertramp. There again, if you examine all of the different connotations and possibilities of "failure" . . . that's another story with no ending.