CHICKENFOOT: Audio Samples Of Entire Album Available!

Wow better than anything VH has put out in While, glad to hear sammie is still keeping the rock and roll alive!

Hey Sam + Mike I love ya but this stuff doesn’t hold a candle to your VH stuff.. Don’t worry Ed will take u both back after Dave does something stupid….

Sounds like OK songs to me, nothing spectacular.
Sounds like they are trying to hard to sound like Van Halen, I thought Satriani would bring something different to the mix, but I guess he wants to sound like Eddie.

If Dave with Vai didn’t do anything besides one good album, Sam with Satriani and an awful name won’t either.

30 Secs of any song will never give it justice.
Most of the songs sound great. Def…can’t wait for this cd.

can’t wait for the live shows…it’s going to be fun.

It’s only 30 seconds, and you can tell there was heart poured into them, but I’ll take Ed’s edge any day and twice on Sunday.

Watered down lyrics with some umphhh from Satch, Mikey and Chad…but I’m looking for the VH lads to counter.

why so much hatred of sammy on here?all he did was step into van halen after dave left for a solo career.sammys solo stuff never really did anything for me but im not gonna hate on the guy because dave made a bad career decision.

Thanks, Line6guy, for the review. These clips for the most part have very little singing in them but apparently that was enough for you to slam Sammy for his third grade lyrics. Guess we won’t need to wait to hear the whole tunes.

skutch, how was the chili dog festival. sounds like fun but i’m in orange county, ca……GO METS! GO VH! GO CF!

The guitar sounds nasty, interesting, different, new, wild, exciting and melodic! The drums oddly enough are not what I was expecting from the Chili Pepper drummer, pretty basic, but then again maybe he is..not bad granted, just thought there would be more dynamics going on. Michael Anthony’s patented vocals aren’t really noticeable either, which is odd, considering his voice made those Van Halen choruses scream, why in the hell wouldn’t you use them on any song you recorded with him (granted you cant really tell with these clips). Sammy, man oh man, lyrically he needs help for sure-love his voice and he can do anything he wants but jesus man, read a book or something, write something different and relevant! One last point, why the hell do such incredible artists fuck such good things up? Original Van Halen, all of them, don’t fix what wasn’t broken! Now it is a pitiful punchline of revolving lead singers, now bassist. So stupid, and sad! It is never EVER going to be the same without that original line up no matter what ANYONE says including the band. Maybe one day they will open their eyes and get it all back!

I like Sammy. I like Mikey and Joe and Chad. Unfortunately, like much of Sammy’s solo work, and his last collaboration with VH, there is likely a serious lack of quality control. He is 61 and he admits he doesn’t listen to current music. He is out of touch. Sure, there is an awesome groove here. Sammy DOES have a great voice. If his last Wabo album is any indication (come on, he thought he could make “Fight for your Right to Party” better????) the lyrics on this will be no better than “Big Fat Money”, or “Up for Breakfast.” I will buy the CD, and I will respect were all of these awesome musicians have come from, but I won’t expect anything much better than the music mentioned above. The name of “Chickenfoot” in itself begs the question of how inventive this collaboration can really be.

What’s wrong with these four cats putting out an album? Would you rather not have this album AND the deafening silence from Van Halen? Frankly, I want new music from CF AND VH, but I guess we’ll have to settle for CF music/tour and a video game from VH. This whole Dave vs. Sammy argument is tired. Now we get Ed vs. Joe? I didn’t know that making music was a contest.

By the way, it was Sammy AND Joe who wrote the lyrics. So just to let people know that who keep bashing Sammy for it.

Also, I just want to see those who can do better and write over 4 decades worth of songs and see if you can find new stuff to write!

I love the guys that pan smoke and the band. Listen to the tracks once or twice and then trash it. Trash 30 second clips, what a joke. The three full songs released are pure rock n roll. On the three released songs smoke is tearin up the solos and layin down some fresh licks and new sounds. Listen to the solo in the middle of soap on the rope, with that wicked black sabbath like sound followed by a ripping solo and thumpin bass line, hell yeah!… The drums are crisp and on beat driving the tunes with Mikeys solid bass. Sammy vocals are pure rock n roll as always. While the time goes by for VH fans waiting for the VH brothers to get their shi* together and record an album, chickenfoot fans are gearin up for the album release and tour. Remember how it felt when VH was gonna release a new album. Couldnt wait to get a copy the day it came out and listen to each track in awe. I think by now, most VH fans have forgotten that feeling and have become bitter towards any new material Sammy and Mikey come out with, even when they have a premiere drummer and guitarist on board. Stop talking about the new VH album. 2007 was 2 years ago. The tour has been over for a year and another long wait has started again. Get on board the Chickenfoot ride before you miss it.

After having come to this site for some time now I’m amazed at how musically ignorant some VH fans are. I assumed, as Ed is one of the greatest musicians of his generation (on any instrument, not just guitar), that VH fans would understand just a little more about music than the average rock fan. But nope, time and time again we get the musically retarded saying “They’re trying too hard to sound like Van Halen…” and “Joe is trying to sound like Eddie…”. Jesus, how little are you hearing of what’s coming out of your speakers if you think this sounds like VH? The only distinctive element that links this to VH is the tone of Sammy’s voice. The other hallmark of this sound is Joe’s guitar, and Joe sounds like Joe, not Eddie. Sure, joe owes a debt to Shreddie Eddie, but there’s just as much Hendrix in there and it’s all mixed to a pure Satriani recipe and if you think that Joe just sounds like Ed then you probably also think that Metallica sound just like AC/DC. It’s kind of depressing that great musicians put so much into their art (both VH and CF) yet half their fans are deaf…

Like what I’m hearing on these tracks. We’re certainly not in the presence of greatness and it ain’t going to change rock, but I think I’ll enjoy the album. Quality rock is thin on the ground these days, thank God someone’s still at it.

Boy, all of the Sammy lovers are sure up and ready to argue eh? Well, I for one am still listening to this band and trying to see whether or not I waste my $9.99 at Best Buy on them and these clips have not helped.

As I’ve said before in other post’s I am a big Satch fan and loved the Chili Pepper’s, and I also once was a huge fan of VH with Sammy so I want to like this music. From these clips I can honestly make my opinion and say the following:

1. Satch is killer but his tone is unmistakable Eddie Van Halen on this disc. It is much more dirty than the Satch I am used to from disc’s like Surfin’ w/ the Alien and The Extremist. When I buy a disc with Satch on it I want to hear Satch, not an EVH rip off. Sure he is not doing instrumental music here but that shouldn’t effect the way he dials in “his” sound.

2. Clip quality aside, I agree that I don’t hear enough of Mike’s voice on these tunes, it should be more prominant after all Sammy did pluck him from VH to sell more records and try and convert VH fans like me, so use him for Christ sake.

3. Sammy’s voice to me sounds good still but on the three full released tunes his lyrics just suck. I have said it repeatedly but seriously, as one poster mentioned, read a book or turn on the T.V for a minute and sing about something relevant. “I’m your hootchie cootchie man”, that seriously sucks bad, real bad.

4. The music overall sounds a little dated and tired. There are real momoents where if Andy Johns would have pushed these boys the tunes would have been really something but I’m sure egos got in the way of that and we have what we are listening to, just stale rock from a 61 year old Buffett wanna be.

So until I hear better clips at full length I for one ain’t going to buy this crap that I am hearing. Yup, you guys are right, there hasn’t been any new VH to speak of for quite some time but that doesn’t give them the right to release this crap once a year. I’ll Wait for some good tunes and hope my favorite band delivers, and if not I still have the first 6 disc’s and select tunes from the Sammy era to go back to. . . . .

BOOOOORING!! Same ole Van Hagar Crap!!!! I cant belive anyone likes this!!!

I like the way people say as a matter of fact that Sammy is a good singer. Why is Sammy a good singer? Because he can sing high and scream? Personally, I can’t stand his voice, I think its horrible – and his lyrics are lazy and laughable. The minute he starts making noise, I’m cringing.

I think Sammy ruins everything he touches. He always brings the same set of crappy lyrics and the same approach to any material he works on which is why it all sounds the same.

Here he is with one of the worlds most famous guitarists, and this might as well ne another Sammy solo project. A fresh crew and sound, same old Sammy. Where is his creativity? It doesn’t exist.

Sammy is BBQ sauce in human form. It doesn’t matter how good the meat and the bun is, it just ends up tasting like BBQ sauce.

FAMAC, I agree with you but I do have to add one thing that differs between Sammy and BBQ sauce. BBQ sauce is actually GOOD!!

El C wrote: “I think it will be an awesome album, with great songs. Its funny how people want to sum it all up after hearing what, 30 seconds of each song???????????????????”

I agree. It is funny — and ironic — that you would point that out.

Pete wrote: “Why so much hatred of sammy on here? all he did was step into van halen after dave left for a solo career. sammys solo stuff never really did anything for me but im not gonna hate on the guy because dave made a bad career decision.”

That’s because you’re intelligent, normal, and rational. But when your douchebaggery includes hating a guy for no other reason than being the one hired to replace another guy that left your favorite band, what do you expect? These are the same people that stiff the waitress because their food tasted bad.

^ It’s just a team game for some people, the music is secondary…

^ Deluded.

Chickenfoot SERIOUSLY Rocks.
It’s simple!! people if you don’t like this go out for a walk or a drink and don’t break the balls!! WTF

erick, i think when van halen returns it will be great and exciting. as for chickenfoot we are just excited to have something new from michael and sammy. in no way do i think van halen is done. i support current and former members of VH (including gary). yes, i am guilty of sh#! talking but it’s just for fun. i wish nothing but the best for ed,al,dave,wolfie,mike,sammy and gary. i’m excited for CF and equally excited to see what comes out of the VH camp when they are ready…