10 Chickenfoot updates

1) TV appearance this Friday, June 5th:
Chickenfoot will perform on The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien this Friday night.

2) INTERVIEW: Michael Anthony: “I never quit Van Halen” (MusicRadar.com)
Bassist responds to guitarist’s claims – read it here (from June 2nd).

3) INTERVIEW: Michael Anthony (BraveWords.com) Read it here.

4) VIDEO: Michael Anthony’s longtime tech, Dugie (he’s worked with the bassist for 29 years, much of that time in Van Halen – imagine the stories!), shows off the four main instruments Anthony uses onstage, including the crowd-favorite Jack Daniel’s bass, made by Yamaha. Watch it here.

5) VIDEO: Satriani’s Chickenfoot stage setup revealed
MusicRadar paid a visit to Satriani, who was chilling backstage before soundcheck. It was the next-to-last date of Chickenfoot’s hugely successful “road test” of shows before they hit Europe and return to the States to play bigger venues in the late summer and fall. Watch it here.

6) AUDIO INTERVIEW: Michael Anthony interview from 102.9FM (WHQG “The Hog”) in Milwaukee from May 28th. Download it for free here (8 minute MP3)

7) Eye On The Bay – Sammy Hagar
Liam Mayclem from Eye on The Bay takes you into the home of musician Sammy Hagar.

Click HERE to watch it. (The video will be in the top right corner. Jump to 8:00 in the video. The Sammy segment is 8 minutes long.)

8 ) Message From Sammy:

HEY YOU!! Redheads….

It has been a BLAST playing at the clubs and seeing the sea of familiar faces amongst the crowds of fans!!! It’s the ultimate playing on a small stage with these guys and the FOOT has definitely come down!!! Hot, Loud, Fun, and Pure Personal Enjoyment!!! Gotta LOVE it! We have a great tour coming in August so watch for those dates soon.

Peace,
Sammy

9) Day 9 of the new serial “12 Days of the Foot” featuring Joe, Chad, Mike, Sammy sharing some insight on each track on the new album. In this episode: “Learning To Fall”.

10) Day 10 of the new serial “12 Days of the Foot” featuring Joe, Chad, Mike, Sammy sharing some insight on each track on the new album. In this episode: “Turnin’ Left”.

http://None Ducky / Dirty Duck

Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

…but the truth is their are two sides to every story.
People just some times dont get along. Be it rock stars or everyday joe’s like us! People clash….people fight…people talk shit. Welcome to being human folks.
Personally i could give two shits about CHICKENFOOT but I give them credit for getting out and putting something together. I do believe that mike knew exactly what he was doing when he went the sammy way….but again…thats rock and roll. Who would have ever thought back in 2002 (when the dave and sam tour was goin’ on) that 4 years later dave would be back in VH? Not me…and I love Dave. So if mikes happy…good for him. Ed happy? Good for him. A lot of us here ARENT happy and it’s getting to the point where it’s like: get a life already. Classic VH has made more of an impact in the past 30 years then any other group out there. From the early look…to the sound…to the attitude. Maybe 30 years from now some other generation will study CHICKENFOOT and follow its direction. Although let’s be honest guys…its never gonna happen. It’s about being a BAND not a supergroup. But hey! Whatever floats your boat….
VH2008

I’m a die hard VH fan who prefers the Roth era, but I love The Sammy era too. And I think Chickenfoot’s entire CD is absolutely fantastic! I’m VERY impressed and wish them nothing but the best. Thanks Mike, Sammy, Chad & Joe.
Dave

Scar, don’t bogart, pass it down…
SCAR

I passed it brother and it’s GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
theREALchris

Here you go Dave..*cough, cough* I’ll give YOU a break!
VHJAMES68

Of course Mike is the liar here and the evidence at Myspace/Chickenfoot blog proves it in his own words: “When Sammy and I LEFT Van Halen”.this is all true go their and see for yourself! It can’t get anymore clear than that. I just don’t understand why he keeps lying about it and all of you sheep go right along with it. I guess he is not proud of what he did and you are not either.

Whatever, Just don’t say one thing on your blog and then say something else in the media. He is starting to make people like Obama and Clinton look like saints…..
Vanicionado

>coughcough< thanks Scar!

Can’t wait for tomorrow!!
Top Jimmy

I think the truth is this: Mike really is your average dude who just happens to be a great bass player and singer. Eddie on the other hand is your textbook “tortured artist”. He’s paranoid, he’s weird, he makes bad decisions and makes life miserable for himself and those around him.

Mike probably sincerely thought, “Sam’s cool, I’ll bury the hatchet and go jam with him” and he probably thought it was no big deal and it would be a nice treat for the fans.

But in Eddie’s f%@ked up deepfried brain it was probably seen as the ultimate betrayal… “how could you?!? now everyone will know that Sam isn’t satan after all!! We were suposed to all hate Sam until I said it was ok not too!!” and some other weird whiney thoughts fueled by too many late nights at 5150 and too much smoking loon.
http://www.vhnd.com Michael

I HAVE THE CHICKEFOOT ALBUM FROM BEST BUY FROM THE PRE-ORDER!!!

OH MY GOD!!! THIS ALBUM IS THE GREATEST THING IN A DECADE!!! I AM SHOCKED AT HOW TRULY GREAT IT IS!!!

I WASN’T SURE AT FIRST, BUT, THE MUSIC GAVE ME GOOSEBUMPS!!!

MUSIC ISN’T A COMPETITION, IT’S AN ART, AND THIS THING IS A FUNKING MASTERPIECE!!!
FAMAC

“Turnin Left” turns into another flat tire at the chorus. These guys need a producer big-time.
pete

even if mike got fired it still means he “left” the band so if thats the big proof against mike then thats a reach at best.
Kenny In Florida

I can’t keep my mouth shut anymore. I’m Back! Ed wanted mike out of the band in 04 if not sooner. I don’t think Ed has had respect for Mike for a long time (even though back in the day it was his idea to hire Mike). Isn’t part of rehab admitting mistakes and making apologies? I guess it doesn’t matter cause he’ll be off the wagon in another year anyway. Mike should never have signed away his rights to go on the 04 tour. I know he loved the fans, but when someone says “You can’t come on the tour unless you sign away your rights to the music etc.” That is when you QUIT QUIT QUIT. But he didn’t. So why would anyone believe he quit afterward? Ed pushes away anyone that is close to him and has a somewhat independent mind. Wolfie will probably hate him too when he grows up. Edward Van Halen is my favorite musician of all time but he is a horrible person and a liar. Mike should have took the money and run in 04 but he didn’t. Ed went behind his back and created the Dave reunion without telling him he was no longer in the band. Mike’s problem is that he loves the fans too much and IS a real class act. I have nothing against Chickenfoot but I wish Mike was in a band that wasn’t destined to fail. Other things destined to fail?: Ed’s sobriety, Ed’s marriage, Ed’s relations with Wolfie, Ed’s Relations with Dave and eventually Ed’s liver. Maybe then we can get all the concert footage box sets and whatever they can cobble together out of Ed’s 5150 tapes.
Top Jimmy

It’s sad really. Noone is doing Ed any favors by letting him get away with the way he acts. Someone needs to smack him back into reality. Alex is an enabler and now Roth is one too.
Jeff

Dave is bang on 100% on this one!!!!
pushtoshove

Cough!Cough!Cough!Cough!…Ere’ u go…
Kurt

Everybody wants some, I want some too.
Skutch

Dave said “I am not a fan of Van Halen because of the personalities, for me, it’s all about the music.”

AMEN BRO!!! I don’t care who gets along with whom. Dave and Ed were always fighting in the old days, they just recorded great records and I hope they do again.
http://vhnd 50yrold fan

I’ve been reading all these posts about the ed/sam crap for months now and I’ve asked the ? many times, who should have ed replaced dave with?
ace5150

Way to go Mikey!!

You are your own man and are in your own kick-ass band and no longer have to put up with the brother’s shit.

Ed just couldn’t keep his bitter mouth shut and just had to take a shot at Mikey.

Don’t any of you find it more than just a coincidence that Eddie the recluse is so talkative the week of Chickenfoot’s album release?
redarrow5150

You people crack me up. Do you understand that Mike took the high road in saying I left. What do you want him to say When Eddie kicked me out of the band….OR When Eddie Fired me? You clowns would then give him grief of ripping on King Edward. I believe Eddie has some emotional issues that are typical of alcoholics. I’ve been told my some recovering alcoholics that when you started drinking heavily to when you stopped are years in which you lost maturity. So if Eddie started heavily drinking say at 25 years of age and stopped at 53 there’s a maturity level that hasn’t been developed.
Kimberly

Long live ALL Van Halen. If you can’t respect a songwriter/performer because of some dumb ass thing like Eddie vs Mike then you are fucking challenged.
THE MUSIC kicks ass…so stop arguing!! You can’t change a thing!!!! Such bullshit.
Rick

So why did Mike then sign away his rights in 2004 if he wanted to remain fully in VH? Clearly he wrote off VH, his future and Eddie then and just went for the last cash grab. From that on he in my view never showed a great support for VH, which is totally understandable, but I also understand Ed saying nah lets make a clear cut here now.
Jeremy

All I got to say is CHICKENFOOT’S NEW CD KICKS ASS!

Let’s see if “Van Halen” can top it, because I doubt they ever willor even can!