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Chickenfoot Shirt (White Logo)

Van Halen Store is proud to offer officially licensed CHICKENFOOT T-shirts! SIZES: Small through 4XL in some designs. PRICE: Just $19.95 each. (The Longsleeve is $24.95) Like all shirts for sale at Van Halen Store, these shirts are high quality, 100% pre-shrunk cotton & regular, standard fit. Order the Black Chickenfoot shirt with white logo: [...]

Eddie Van Halen Thanks God for Sobriety and Guitar Riffs

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eddie-van-halen-vegasFrom Spinner.com:

(VHND.com notes: This interview was conducted sometime before the interview that Eddie did with Rolling Stone two weeks ago)

Between Jimi Hendrix and Slash, there was Eddie Van Halen. For rockers who came of age in the late ’70s and early ’80s, EVH was the ultimate guitar hero. From his showcase piece on the first album’s ‘Eruption,’ as well as FM staples like ‘You Really Got Me’ and ‘Running With the Devil,’ he consistently tops the list of most influential guitarists of his generation.

In recent years, though, the guitar god has battled throat cancer, gone through rehab and divorced his wife, actress Valerie Bertinelli, positioning him more as tabloid fodder than rock idol. However, sober, healthy and happily engaged to publicist Janie Liszewski, he’s back, as evidenced by the chants of “Eddie! Eddie!” that awaited him every night on the recent sold-out Van Halen tour that reunited him with frontman David Lee Roth.

With the band that bears his surname currently between projects, Eddie has turned his attention back to his passion of guitars, specifically designing them. With the recent release of the Fender Wolfgang guitar, named for his 18-year-old son, now Van Halen’s bass player, Eddie spoke with Spinner. Though his interviews are rare these days, he proved to be very forthcoming, sharing stories about several of Van Halen’s signature songs, including ‘Jump’ and ‘Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love,’ touring with AC/DC, learning to play sober and how his guitar riffs are literally God-given.

Read the interview here

Chickenfoot’s tour dates for August

CHICKENFOOT’s SUMMER NORTH AMERICA 2009 DATES (These are the August dates only. The September dates will be announced next week). Aug 02 Citadel Hill (Canadian Forces Halifax Festival) Halifax, NS, Canada Aug 04 The Sound Academy, Toronto, ON, Canada Aug 05 Riverplex Amphitheatre, Pittsburgh, PA Aug 07 Chicago Theatre, Chicago, IL Aug 08 The Fillmore [...]

Michael Anthony interview with Best of WNY

From Best of WNY.com:

The Rock Rapport had the chance to chat with CHICKENFOOT’S Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame bassist MICHAEL ANTHONY enroute to their gig in Toronto.

Ross CAT – Good morning MIKE great to speak with you again. We really appreciate you taking time out for the Rock Rapport in the middle of the CHICKENFOOT “Road Test” tour.

MICHAEL –Hey Ross before we get started I have a quick question for you.

Ross CAT – Sure shoot.

MICHAEL- You didn’t just get finished talking to CHAD did you?

Ross CAT – No why?

MICHAEL –Good, I’ve I had to follow CHAD on a few interviews today & had to clean up that boys mess every time.

Ross CAT – That’s a perfect segue to one of my first questions, whose going to wind up in the insane asylum after this tour?

MICHAEL –Sounds like you’ve had some interaction with the rest of my bandmates;, it’s a little too early in the tour to tell but I’m putting my money on CHAD.

Ross CAT – As you said it’s early in the tour so I think we should wait and see who’s in the straight jacket by the end of the summer.

MICHAEL – Now that you mention it SATRIANI may end up losing his marbles having to be on the road with the three of us before it’s all said and done.

Ross CAT – Excellent point, lets dive into the new record. Congratulations on the success of this unparalled project thus far; considering it’s only in its embryonic stages do you feel the band is just scratching the surface with this first album? read the rest

Chickenfoot’s CD scores 4.5-Star average rating from over 1,000 iTunes users, album reaches #4 in U.S.

As of today, Chickenfoot’s debut album has only been out for one week, yet already, over 1,000 rock fans have rated the album on iTunes. Amazingly, the album has no less than a solid 4.5-Star rating! Besides the high ratings, there are nearly 300 album reviews that have been written by iTunes users so far. [...]

Chickenfoot: New Video for “Oh Yeah”

You may remember hearing them talk about this video in the “Oh Yeah” episode of the 12 Days of The Foot, and it is finally here! Check out Joe, Chad, Mike and Sammy in the first Chickenfoot Music Video which combines live performance, rehearsal footage, and a very special bbq solo section. visit chickenfoot.us for [...]