Chickenfoot tease

January 21, 2009 66 Comments

“Chickenfoot”, the code-name for the new band featuring Sammy Hagar on vocals, Michael Anthony on bass, Joe Satriani on guitar & Chad Smith on drums, has an official website!

Chickenfoot.us posted a little tease from the studio. The short audio clip is the only thing on the website so far, but it sounds very promising. Check it out!

There’s still no word on whether or not the actual band name will permanently be “Chickenfoot.” Satch was on Eddie Trunk Live last night. He said the album will be out in April & the tour will kick off in the summer!

Filed Under: Chickenfoot, Michael Anthony, Sammy Hagar

Keith

Awesome ! Even that sound clip proves they’ll be as big as O’bama
Kenny

Wow, ok. That does sound awesome. I hope that studio take is not a bait and switch. I hope the album somewhat sounds like that.
Deja Vu

YESSSSSSSSSSS!!! Talk about a summer tour. Satch on Lead Guitar and Chad (rhcps) on drums, Mikey on bass and Sammy belting out the vocals, sweeeeeeet. Sammys always busy, after collaborating with matt sorum, billy duffy, neil schon, vinnie paul and others on CUF, he changes gears once again to make sure rock and roll fans get a rockin summer tour. Theres only 1 way to rock!!!!!!!!!
Alfonso

Sound’s good, Sound’s good ! is that that new thing Sam ?! it better be ?! gotta mic that bass loud, ‘cus “this thing goes to 11″, keep that groove section pounding, bay-bee!! I ain’t never been much of a Satch fan, but hey, there’s a first time for everything; right?. I’ll be waitin’ for the tour, for some Cabi Wabi on ice !
Joe S

HELL YEA, The clip sounds great. I have liked all the guy on there own, but now for them to be collaborating together is something extra special, I can’t wait. If this album is anything like the clip we all heard this will be one rockin’ summer!
Dawn

I can not wait to see them!
Dajoker

I am intrested as anyone else how the music will sound, but from that small clip there is nothing to brag about. I hope soon I will hear something better…….
Brian

I like Joe’s solo stuff, but that riff sounds like he’s trying to copy EVH.
Erick

the music sounds like Dave can start singing any second
Yes!

LOL…that’s typical. Great riff, great sound, great groove, then that horrific voice. Another great piece of music ruined buy that voice. Lets have an “over-under” on how many of the titles will have the word love in it. Somebody get me a doctor cause I’m taking my whiskey home!
Erick

the music sounds good
http://www.jamplayguitar.com Todd

I hope they got something special together and keep it going. I’m still bummed Velvet Revolver derailed.
Michael

People that are comparing this to VH and making Sam vs. Dave comparisons need to move on. How long has it been now? Sam has moved on, as has Mike. Shouldn’t you? VH has given us no reason to believe they’re gonna come out with anything new, ever. Sammy has been active and giving the fans what we want. Music and shows. Get on the bus or stay home and pout. Either way, quit living in the past.
Deja Vu

LMAO. Wow, sammy lets out a 20 second snipet and all the nay sayers critique it. Lol is right. Ready to pan anything sammy does, typical shoot from the hip, i like Dave trash. Thank god you guys arent sammy fans, you would definitely bring down the good vibe surrounding sammy concerts. Stay home and wait for the reunion album. LOL
Viking

I like it – has a nice ballsy, funky bottom end. Now if Sammy would just STFU and quit walking all over it…….
Top Jimmy

Chickenfoot, Shmickenfoot. The new Van Halen album will kick Chickenfoot’s a&$… as soon as wolfie finishes high school… and ed gets married…. and ed finishes designing the first vaccum cleaner that “get’s it”… and al, well al’s actually ready to go… and dave, well where is dave anyway?
Erick

It sounded good until the “UH”. I’m glad this singer is in Chickenwing and not in classic VH.
Big Al

Sammy, Sammy ,Sammy “Hey Joe is that the new thing you’ve been working on”? “Well it better be”!

Didn’t Dave START that stuff back in 78? I’m really starting to feel sorry for Sam. Here’s a guy with no identity of his own in music! People Sam wants to be!

1.Eddie Vedder- the plad years guy
2. Jimmy buffet- The flip flop, flowered shirt guy
3. Jon Bon Jovi- I’ll make a country album guy
4. David Lee Roth- I’ll talk over the guitar guy

Sammy just be Sammy! Oh that’s right you can’t, because you wouldn’t sell any concert tickets or albums!!!

Hey Satch, are your shoulders starting to feel like Ed’s used to?
ER

Nice couple of seconds, but I’ll be unable to make a judgment call on the band until I’ve heard more. (though they certainly have the potential to be fantastic) Chickenfoot, how about a single on itunes to tide us over until April?? I’m also hoping for a more developed site soon. Even if the album’s not out yet, you could at least put some bios up, or studio shots, or something.
PRIDESETTE_2009

That was killer……this will be one hell of an album!!! I cant wait!!!!! KEEP ROCKIN!!!!!!!
http://www.vhnd.com footah

Too little of a snippet to be fair, but it doesn’t do anything for me. Sammy new album is terrible. With that said I like all the Van Hagar albums…the only tracks that I thought weren’t great were the tracks on the 2 cd best of but that wasn’t really Sammy’s fault. I hope we see a new VH album with Dave.
Chris B.

30 seconds of pure rock bliss. Very pleased.
lollypop

So, it IS possible to make new music…

New Hagar album
new Extreme album
Chickenfoot album

…Ed, wake up!
Mark R. Hamlin

Anyone who thinks Sammy can’t sing has obviously never seen him in concert. Besides being a great singer, he’s a truly nice guy who cares about his fans. He continuously keeps his ticket prices low, in the $20-$40 range, not SCREWING his fans like most bands do….I’ve met him twice and he is truly down to Earth. His concerts are great, just like one big party with thousands of your closest friends. He can jam and he does it for FUN, not for the money. I can’t think of a better lineup for a band, than with Sammy, Joe, Michael and Chad, they’re GONNA ROCK! Sammy bashers, go listen to Bruce Springsteen or something, you suck!
shayne

yas yes yes its about time its gona rock
Hugh G. Rection

Sammy rocks! All there is to it! Put all four of these guys together, it can do nothing BUT rock!
Sammy bashers, screw off…go listen to your Carpenters albums and keep wishing for the past!
ClubfootKolby

Sammy did a great job keeping the great Van Halen band going for ten years, he sang great with Van Halen, and he sings great with out them. What was Dave giving you from 1985 to 2007. NOTHING
http://www.myspace.com/ctabert Drummer Boy ’72

I will be there to see that, and to buy the album when its out!!
http://VHND(Delivers) Blue Eyed Booger Muncher

Alright.. God Bless this project.
al koholic

you can say all these people/ groups are awsum in there own right, and even individually,only time will tell if together they can gell and create the high standard of rock each one has achieved in previous endevours. sammy says the music is like early zepplin,lets hope so! back then rock was rock! screamin guitars, heavy bass riffs, major solo’s, and vocals that mean sumthin! as for the name-i like it! one word, catchy, and easy to remember after 6 or 8 beers. its a hell of a lot better than “the joe rocker van-peppers band”.
Kris

Why do people always turn to what Van Halen’s up to when Sammy (and his stooges) release something? I like Joe ‘Satch’ but it would be interesting to see how he plays music with vocals instead of instrumentals? I think Joe will soon realize how much Eddie carried on his shoulders and what an incredible songwriter Ed is!! But in comparing Eddie to Joe? Well there’s no comparing and Joe would be the 1st to admit that. But it seems this is all Sammy’s doing (scheme!) He’s always trying have a dig at Van Halen!! It must be eating away at him that the 2007/08 Van Halen tour went smoothly and was a triumphant success!! One thing I think the Van Halen haters and Sammy haters would agree is; “please Sammy MOVE ON MAN!!” Enough of the bitterness, your too old, cringe worth and a has-been!!
Van Halen is CLASSIC, for the PEOPLE!!!

In regards to this Chickenfoot tease? No disrespect to Chad Smith (he is a wonderful drummer!) but he sounds thin, there’s no weight to it, it doesn’t thump, move, it’s plain boring!! (proof is the bass is cranked up to try to hide this!!) Probably the recording has something to do about it, but there I go again, making excuses!! You see when one starts to make excuses for another, it proves it aint what it is hyped up to be!!?? (back to the drawing board fellas!!) As far as Sammy, he’s the weakest link in Chickenfoot!! I say they should keep the bands name “Chickenfoot” that way no one can take it seriously!!!

To ClubfootKolby, In regards to what Dave was doing 1985 to 2007? Have a look back, you’ll be amazed how much he has done, after all he IS a workaholic!!! Diamond Dave stops for nobody!! He’s work post Van Halen is more experimental, risk taking, and groundbreaking then people give him credit for!! Even Eddie complemented Dave on that!! Dave isn’t afraid to do something out of the norm, unlike Sammy who is always, the same old, middle of the road, “it never goes anywhere!!”

VAN HALEN FOREVER!!
tim stone

Face the facts everybody, there will never be new music from DLR and VH.These guys could not get along before Ed became a control freak.Dave and Ed will self destruct after about 10 days in the studio together. New Sammy, Chickenfoot whatever music is out there is all we are ever gonna get. Let’s face it Balance came out 14 years ago today and since that album Ed has recorded 1 album and 5 songs.Keep resting Ed the music world moves on without you and soon you will be “what ever happened to that guy who smiled all the time playing the guitar”…………..
Deja Vu

Hey Kris, check out I believe on Satch’s Flyin in a Blue Dream album.
Slick Willie

Ok…I completely agree with Mark Hamlin. I have been to plenty of Sammy shows, and EVERY 1 I have been to has been a PARTY!!!! Isn’t that what rock and roll is all about??? All these cracks on Sammy are RIDICULOUS!!!!!! And to those of you comparing Joe to Eddie?????? You CANNOT compare the two. Eddie WAS the man in his day. But Joe, Have you ever seen him play live???? I love Eddie and am a HUGH VH fan. Joe, right now is in a world of his own!!!! ROCK ON CHICKENFOOT!!!!! Looking forward to the CD release and tour. And for those of you who are bitchin’, STAY HOME and listen to your Billy Joel Albums!!!!!!!!!!
Gee Lopz

Chickenfoot: The band, the album is a good idea. Why not?…Just for fun, for good music…

Another great band/project. We, the Van Halen Fans, are lucky. We have Van Halen and Chickenfoot (with Michael Anthony & Sammy!!).

Sure, Chickenfoot isn´t (and never will be) BIG like Van Halen, but can sounds good.

Great musicians together. Let´s give´em a chance. I like Satriani and I love the Eddie Van Halen music!!

Eddie always will be the king!!

But Van Halen need to do something new…MUSIC!!

The Chickenfoot album? Yes, i´m gonna buy it!!
ClubfootKolby

Hey Kris I’M a fan of all three Van Halen singers, good stuff from all, just a little tired of all the Sammy bashing, Sam did do good with Van Halen, so did Dave, and the one cd we got from Gary had some good stuff on it too. Dave was the party with Van Halen, but so was Sammy. Van Halen will be back in 2009.
Kris

Hey Deja Vu,

I Believe? Is that all? Let’s get one thing straight here, one or two songs doesn’t cut it for me buddy!! Like I said, I love both Ed & Joe. Both a right up there in my book. But Eddie reaches a far wider audience, he revolutionized the guitar and did it in a great Rock n Roll band with brilliantly written songs!! Aside from the groundbreaking “Eruption” the “Jump” solo was just as impressive if not important; In the “Jump” solo Eddie displayed his genius/wizardry guitar playing in a simple (dare I say it!) Pop arrangement! Joe for all his great technical skill is unfortunately only really known to guitar enthusiasts & musicians. And there’s nothing wrong with that!!
But what irks me the most is Sammy and his supporters are always having a dig at what Van Halen are doing, when he releases something, whether it be beer, cloths, food, clubs, boat cruises and…oh almost forgot, music!!! You just don’t get it! Sammy is fake, a corporate SLUT!! Van Halen are THE REAL DEAL, for the PEOPLE!!!!

P.S. ClubfootKolby! The only thing I agree with you is Van Halen WILL be back in 2009!! As for the other things you said, your just as fake as those celebrity bubble gum acts that wear an AC/DC T-Shirt so you can show everybody that you’ve got a HEAVY ROCK side to ya!! Cringe Worth…move on!!
Chickenfoot? They better serve large FRIES with that??!!!
ClubfootKolby

Hey Kris, what size is your AC/DC shirt Probably a small and pink. After all there are plenty of Van Halen stuff for sale on the VHND, Like a guitar stap that nobody wants, Some people like bad ass hot sauce, and great Tequila, and new music, and that is not coming from Van Halen anytime soon.Have fun with your pink AC/DC SHIRT
Mark R. Hamlin

Look, think of the live show we’re gonna get…Joe will play a few of his tunes, Sammy will jam a few of his….they’ll do some Van Hagar or Van Halen, maybe a couple of Red Hot Chili Peppers tunes and then their own CHICKENFOOT stuff…..gotta admit, bashers, haters, etc…hard to put a better powerhouse band together…you have one of the greatest front men/lead singers in the history of rock, you have an accomplished guitar virtuoso who can jam and play ANYTHING…you have a great rock and roll bass player and one of the great rock drummers in Chad Smith…put em all together, throw it in the mix of the studio and wait til the come out JAMMING on stage! It’s gonna blow alot of people away, for sure….
Hopefully, they play DTE on a hot summer night!
Erick

I like Joe and Mike
Deja Vu

Kris, you wanted to hear how Satch sounds with vocals so I pointed you in the right direction, no need to be upset that you dont know Satch’s music. As usual, No one was talkin bout VH until you and Brian brought them up. We were just commenting on the news of the chickenfoot album. That being said, Mark R. Hamlin hit the nail on the head. Anytime you get a band like chickenfoot, that combines great musicians and styles your gonna get a great album and rockin tour. Like velvet revolver playin G @ R tunes and STP tunes, hopefully we will get some Satch, VH, RHCPs and Sammy tunes on tour. Talk about a hot summer night, I got a line, you got that pole!!!!
Tool Man

I am not a huge Hagar fan but I got to tell you he carried the 2004 VH tour – he was huge, Eddie was a mess, sometimes I thought Eddie was playing a completely different song than the rest of the band. During the latest tour he was much better, Wolfie was a good influence on the band to just play their songs the right way and not F-around as Eddie did in 2004. Having said that, Eddie has only put out 3 new songs in over 8 years – and they were marginal at best – not including the debacle of VH-III – which were all marginal.

At this point in both their careers I think that Satriani is a much better Guitar player than Eddie – his riffs are incredible, lightning fast and clean. Not to say that Ed can power back with some great new stuff, but when??????? Michael Anthony is the x factor, his powerfull thumping sound along with Satriani’s genious guitar playing, add solid drums this could be good, Reeeealy good. Hagar needs to step up and come up with some decent rock vocals, this worries me a bit, but I definately can’t wait to hear this band play.
lollypop

As far as it is about Edward Van Halen, happy birthaday!!!
I still hope that Your creativity is not gone, and new inspiring music is finally about to come from You.
lollypop

Kris… You say Sammy sells just souvenires and SOME music.

Could you tell me what music have Vah Halen or D. Lee Roth released since 1998???
(2004 cuts are with Sammy).

And all those stuff from Van Halen store online??? I believe Van Halen makes more money on “gift ideas” than on music since more than 10 years…

Chickenfoot is a chance for good and classic hard rock, so hard to find today, with participation of best musicians in the business.
shayne

Get off your butt eddy and give the fans what they want……. music. You still know what that is dont you
unsilent majority

lets get the facts straight once and for all.there is no comparing dave to sammy.dave is the true sound of van halen.he started van halen and he will finish it.so,lets go on what we do know.first of all,van halen did give us an awesome tour last summer.dave and eddy spent a lot of time together to do the tour.in fact,way more time than it would take to record a cd.secondly,in eddies last interview,he specifically said that they would pick it up after the wedding,and wolfs graduation.,and we know dave wants to make music.I also beleive that ed is taking his time putting something together for a couple of reasons.1.he wants to do it right this time,after what happened with van halen 3, but with all that said,if it doesnt happen soon after the wedding, it probably will never happen.but for now there is still hope.,otherwise it may be a long summer staring down the barrel of a pabst blue ribbon and a chickenshit cd.
nixter

As I understand it this is a side project. That being said, how much new music has Van Halen put out since Sammy left? Five singles and a crappy album that tanked (VH III)? How much new music has Sammy put out? Lots. face it, VH is the ultimate rock band, but they are dysfunctional. Last years tour was a long trip down nostalgia avenue. And how can you tour without Michael Anthony? Don’t count on them putting anything new out with Roth or Haggar, or anyone for that matter. I hope this new Haggar thing rocks.
vhrocks

Ok:

Stop bashing Sammy because you all think Dave is better. Each has their merits and flaws and did different things in VH. The real shame here is how EVH can screw everyone over and think he’s in the right. I’m glad Sammy, Mike and Gary et al have moved on and actually created music (unlike EVH). Satch is a better techinical player then EVH by far. EVH is a pure rock guitarist, yes, but Satch is on the level of Vai, Malmsteen and Petrucci as far as technically gifted guitarists. Just listen to Surfing with the Alien. U think Eddie can pull off that? Being a shredder and being a guitarist are two totally different things. Although Satch has never been in a real band setting recording, he did 2 years with Deep Purple touring and other session artist things with Mick Jagger and others. He’ll have to change modes from shredder to rock guitarist which I’m sure he’ll pull off famously. The clip sounds great. I hope they can pull off a monster of a record.

If only EVH can get his head out of his arse, get over himself, and make amends for what he has done. I’m sure the 12 step program you’ve been on Ed stated that, but you’re too stubborn to realize your HUGE mistakes.
Mike

Wouldn’t it be nice to have a great album from Chickenfoot? Wouldn’t it be great if the current VH put out new music we all liked? I do not understand bashing Sammy, Dave, EVH, Joe Satch or Michael Anthony. What else is there to listen to… the New Kids on the Block reunion? Good NEW rock guitar music from either camp would be welcome.I guess I’m lucky because I like all of the parties involved. If any of them come through, it’s a plus.
Scottso

Chickenfoot could be cool! Let’s give ‘em a chance. If Eddie doesn’t want to make a new album this year, Dave should call Steve Vai, Billy Sheehan & Greg Bissonette and reunite the “Eat’em & Smile” band. They could make a KILLER album and AWESOME tour!