I can’t explain why but I don’t enjoy them, believe me I LOVE Sammy in Van Halen, I have some cds of Joe and I always appreciated the Peppers but maybe I love too much a band called VAN HALEN. Sorry but now I find Sammy not sincere and even a little unpleasant.
given sammy’s recent comments about eddie,this band just seems like a getback at vh for sammy.mike said he was canned from the band,called eddie a drunk and then complained that eddie,for no reason,put him on the defense when he said mike quit the band.hey mike you had already put ed on the defense with your comments.anyway let them have their fun new vh will be out soon enough.
Dude (Fair Warning), think about what you are saying. Even Roth would kick you in the balls for saying something that stupid. He would be the first to tell you he makes Hagar seem tame by comparison.
hey stew and fair warning i guess you would rather read about wedding cake and m&m’s. just keep in mind what direction vh music has gone since the dlr years. you guys hated sammy and i’m sure you didn’t care for the gary years, so it seems to me the next version wont’ be any better.
This is not a knock on anyone, but for those of you who say this sounds like VH, I have to disagree. I have listened to this album at least 50 times, I just don’t hear it. Of course there may be some similarities with Sam and Mike, but Joe sounds nothing like Ed, besides that, without Al’s signature snare sound there cannot be a VH sound. That VH sound is a culmination of signature sounds, when one is missing it is very noticeable.
I think that it’s not a matter of battle Chikenfoot vs Van Halen, but it’s the way that the project Chickenfoot has born, it’s not genuine, it was a Sammy desire because he’s envious by the huge success of the VH reunion tour with Dave and he involved his puppy named Mike. I’m sure that if the tour was a flop, Sam continued to play with is local band Waboritas. By the way, curious that Sheehan speaks NOW about Dave, Mike and Ed, he’s hoping for a call? It would be great, I liked a lot Mr. Big!
Looks like the boys are having fun. Good for them. I wish Joe would loosen up. I want to see him shotgun a beer or something! Glad this record came out.
Definitely does not sound like VH, although there is some distinctly similar backup vocal harmony to VH with Hagar. The album is awesome; rock on Chickenfoot….
50yearold - I happen to like the Cherone stuff and some Van Hagar.
The pressure is on the VH clan. I happen to think they will be back with a vengence! Wolf will be revered by everyone for putting a young edge to everything. I suspect that roth has 4cd’s worth of new material in his Ipod just singing new stuff to it. The ball is in his court.
Fair Warning…get over it. Do you think that VH is the only band that tunes to E flat? Do you really think that CF is making an effort to sound like VH? Really? You think Satch is saying to himself..wow, I need to sound like Eddie. LOL. Please. You Chickenfoot haters need to go buy some kleenex and sit in a dark room, sucking your thumbs while listening to 1984. The Foot has arrived and it is kicking all of your asses.
Nice to see the boys havin fun in the studio. Great insight on the production crew. Looks like they are putting a team together for the long haul. I wouldnt be surprised to hear a few extra tunes on the tour in august. Also the clip on chickenfoot.us showing chad destroyin his set brings back memories of keith moon and the crazy days of rock n roll. He hurled that tom tom a few rows into the crowd,YEAH!!!!!!!!
VHND: Please keep up the good work reporting CF news. I like VH, SH, CF, DLR, and even Extreme. It’s great to have one place to get the news. Also, I love reading the CF haters stuff. I don’t agree with it, but it’s freakin’ hilarious! It’s America, so love CF or hate ‘em, I like to read both sides.
One more thing - most rock acts tune to E flat when they hit the road. EVH did not invent that. Singing 4x a week or more will really wear a vocalist out and tuning down helps.
The main reason Chickenfoot doesn’t sound like Van Hagar (and will never sound like Van Halen) is that Joe is too calculating a player. Eddie just cuts loose and they pick or edit together the best takes. Joe clearly has worked out every note.
Its very clear from the video above that he is very orderly. I bet all of his shirts are color coded in his closet, and all the lables face the same way in his pantry.
Stew your a hater in denial!!! But, there is hope for you Gomer, here’s an intervention for you, place the headphones on your head and put on The Foot and crank the volume all the way up…there you go, now your jamming to some quality Rock n Roll!!! The Foot sound good don’t they??? Look, your even smiling, oh shit, now your in air guitar mode dude!!! Mission accomplished - Stew now digs the Foot!!!!!
How can anyone who claims to like rock not like Get It Up, Down The Drain, Sexy Little Thing, Future In The Past? Seriously, how much to you have to hate Sam to deny yourself a good time like that?
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July 3rd, 2009 at 2:22 pm
I can’t explain why but I don’t enjoy them, believe me I LOVE Sammy in Van Halen, I have some cds of Joe and I always appreciated the Peppers but maybe I love too much a band called VAN HALEN. Sorry but now I find Sammy not sincere and even a little unpleasant.
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I mean i know my comment goes in a little different direction, but overall same felling i have
Finally someone with a comment that points this out, i feel the same way…..I me he wanted to go solo in 91! and they broke up in 95, so he was starting the fued way earlier
Karl if you like than what do you care what I think. If you do not think it sounds like VH, than you are the one with the hearing problem. Satch is a student of the VH school of playing. That is obvious. In addition, I think it sounds very dated and the guitar is very cliche. If you like than go to the cf website and start the love fest.
Chickenfoot is Calulated???? Oh… You mean like when Eddie mentioned how Sammy was his brother back in 1985 or do you mean more like when Eddie said that Gary Cherone was his musical soulmate in 1998 or perhaps maybe you are talking about when Eddie said that David Lee Roth was his “New Brother” in 2007.
You guys are so weird . Here is a band putting out NEW rock and roll. It isn’t brain surgery its good times rock music, but you over analyze and over analyze till you find something you don’t like.. It IS ROCK AND ROLL!!!!!!! And they probably do it better than you UN talented haters ever could anyways ( Can anyone say bitter guitar players? ) ….You Fucking couch critics need to get a life and you probably need to get laid as well….The foot Rocks .
What makes you think I care what you think? But while we’re on the subject…
“Satch is a student of the VH school of playing. That is obvious.”
What a musically ignorant thing to say. So that must mean Angus Young sounds just like B.B. King because Ang’s playing is blues based. Or maybe AC/DC sound just like Metalica because they’re both metal. Of course Satch is is a student of the VH school of playing. So are Vai, Petrucci, Lynch, Govan, Bettencourt and John 5. But they all sound distinctly different from each other and from Edward Van Halen.
So can you enlighten us as to which VH tracks the CF tracks sound like?
John 5 plays with Marilyn Manson and does quite a lot of solo stuff. He’s quite inventive and has phenomenal technique but he’s not really my cup of tea. Buckethead and Bumblefoot (both have played with Axle Rose, Bumblefoot’s on the new album) are another two who are sons of VH and are phenomenal players but I have to pick through to find stuff I want to listen to.
Don’t be such a simpleton Karl. You just admited that satch is from the EVH school. That’s the point. In addition, he plays lots of stuff that sounds like EVH. I like satch so don’t get all freaky on me. If you can’t hear EVH all of the place in his playing than you need a hearing aid. I won’t waste my time trying to convince you. Same thing for Vai by the way.
I have no idea what motivates agnus young or the other players you name nor do I care but if you like it…what the hell do you care what I think.
Go to chickenfoot’s site and have you way with it.
I am SO glad there’s Chickenfoot. It gives the fans AND the “VH-ONLY” fans something to focus on. I’m happy for everyone.
I absolutely love the album, and the band sounds loose and fun. I’ll be seeing them 3 times this summer and I can’t wait.
As for tuning to e-flat…this hardly qualifies a band for being a VH knock-off. VH tuned down a half-step with Sammy, and to dropped-d with Dave. Who cares? Both sound cool, and both serves a purpose.
In all seriousness, if you don’t like Sammy, you don’t like Chickenfoot. We all get that. I’ve never spent a lot of time bashing something I don’t like, I usually just tuned out and spent time on stuff I DO like.
In a weird kind of way, I suppose since Chickenfoot elicits such strong responses (both positive and negative) goes to show how serious people take it, and how relevant they are.
I am happy to have more “big rock” to be excited about. And you know what? These guys DO amuse me and they DO seem like they’re involved in something they are passionate about. Whether you share the passion or not doesn’t make them poseurs, it just means you don’t share their vibe.
There’s no law against that, but just because you don’t get it doesn’t mean it’s disinenous baby!
Stew,
John 5 also played guitar on the DLR BAND album. He is also a very accomplished studio musician who is fluent in everything from country to metal to jazz. I believe his real name is John Lowery. Don’t go by his Marylin Manson stuff, dig deep and hear some of his other more obscure stuff, you might be impressed. Also, if you listen to Rob Zombie’s live album……..that is John 5 as well. I am certainly not a fan of Marylin Manson, but have heard his other studio stuff, and it is quite good. Just an FYI…….no bashing or hating intended
Once again group hug everybody, so anyone who played guitar in the 80’s owes something to Eddie? duh?but satch took what eddie did and sent it to the stratosphere along with steve! seriously I love ed as much as the next chickenfoot basher but ed really hasn’t done much to guitar innovation since fair warning( and that is quite a catalog) well besides the drill(paul gilbert and billy sheehan excluded) thats the one thing about joe and steve is that they weren’t bogged down by drugs and alcohol and they grabbed the torch and gave eddie a break and said hey let us keep the flame alive. I’m sure they would be the first to tell you that if it weren’t for eddie they wouldn’t be selling albums. now on a side note how weird is it that when dave quit/got fired he got steve vai and when sammmy wanted a new band he got steves teacher? Its all about showing up eddie! but these guys love eddie its only the singers who want to show him up typical LSD! Now cant we all just say that the only reason we are upset is that eddie hasn’t done anything to rebunk this? why should he what does he have to prove, he’s the best, if you dont believe me listen to track 2 off of VH1!
“You just admited that satch is from the EVH school.”
Why use the word ‘admitted’ as if it were something we were all trying to keep secret but, hey, it’s out in the open now so might as well admit it? Every shredder will tell you exactly where their style of playing originates from and that they might not be doing what they’re doing if it were not for Eddie Van Halen. Shred starts with Ed. There isn’t one of these guys who hasn’t said that Eddie is God at some point. But they’ve all (at least the good ones) taken it and made it their own. By your reckoning, everyone who plays blues based rock/metal must sound like Hendrix? Other than playing a certain style that can loosely be termed shred Joe sounds nothing like Ed, just the same as Metalica sound nothing like AC/DC despite both bands being 100% metal.
So, again, which CF tracks sound like which VH tracks? And which Satch licks or solos sound like which Eddie licks and solos?
By the way, as said before, I don’t ‘care’ what you think, but isn’t this supposed to be a place for discussion? And unlike you I’m not burdened buy the team game thing so I don’t need to go only to the CF site or only to the VH site…
Satriani sounds much more like Hendrix than Eddie to me. I’m not saying he wasn’t influenced by Eddie or doesn’t use similar licks and techniques, but I hear the Hendrix influence much more than I hear Eddie’s influence.
Karl you must liken the sound of your own voice to Mozart! I am not interested in proving anything to you on this doping forum. Get your ears checked.
By the way, Via lives in my town. I have seen him in the supermarket but was too chickfoot (sorry i mean chickenshit) to talk to him. Next time I see him I will accidently call him EVH and see how he reacts!
You can start with the old satovan nonsense about “Mystic Potatoe” (see the posts from a few months ago). Look at the live version that comes up first on the youtube search. In this cheeseball tune satch quotes “I’m the One”, “Atomic Punk”, and “Eruption” quite clearly. Let me know if you need help hearing it.
July 7th, 2009 at 10:17 am
Satriani sounds much more like Hendrix than Eddie to me. I’m not saying he wasn’t influenced by Eddie or doesn’t use similar licks and techniques, but I hear the Hendrix influence much more than I hear Eddie’s influence[/Quote]
I actually heard Striani interviewed where he said the same thing … that Hendrix was the artist that influenced him the most. Even emulated his stage and pedal setups.
“I am not interested in proving anything to you on this doping forum.”
Well, I wasn’t addressing you… but you did anyway.
But yet again you talk as if you know guitar but apparently you don’t. Quoting someone and sounding like them are two different things. Are you seriously telling me that if a Satriani tune came on the radio that you haven’t heard before you’d sit up and go “Hey, it’s a new tune from EVH”? Of course you wouldn’t (mind you, I’m beginning to wonder with half the people who post here). If Eddie came on you’d know it was Eddie. And if Joe came on you’d know it was Joe. That’s because they play the same kind of music in their own particular ways. Dismissing Joe because he plays a type of music pioneered by someone else is as daft as dismissing Clapton as a mere Hendrix knock off.
I think it’s a common thing with Eddie’s peers and some of his idols. Hendrix is the ‘Safe’ option and Eddie is always mentioned in defeating license when guitarists past & present mention who inspired/influenced them. From memory only Steve Vai (I know there are others!) has said how much he admires Eddie Van Halen. As for the rest they didn’t or won’t acknowledge Eddie because it was cooler to say Hendrix was an influence rather than Eddie. It is common practise to say Hendrix was an influence so they could get credibility with their own peers, critics, the media other guitarist. Yet I hear more Eddie than Hendrix in all of them!! But I guess for all that to change Eddie has to die first for him to be acknowledged on par as Hendrix.
So in Joe Satriani’s case (and others!), I think he was stunned and shocked when Eddie erupted on the scene!! Eddie did the impossible, he reinvented and revolutionise the guitar that all before him said it could never be done since Hendrix died. I think Joe was pissed that he didn’t come up with what Eddie did first. He was and will always be behind the 8 ball with Eddie. Eddie is light years ahead of him and the rest. The other day I put on ‘Eruption’ and crank it up so loud!! I got a knock on the door from one of my neighbours. Expecting their complaints I was surprised when they said how much they loved it and that their 5 year old child was in awe of what Eddie was playing!!!! It felt surreal, looking into that’s kids eyes reminded me of when I heard Eruption for the first time!!
That being said, I just want to say since the first Van Halen album; King Edward Van Halen is “THE GUITAR GOD” I’ve said it since the beginning, and I don’t have to say it when he leaves this world, like the band wagon will do thereafter. He is the chosen one, a genius, one of kind, an icon the best damn gunslingin’ guitarist ever and a good man!!!!!
shit if you did tell steve vai dude your evh
he probably would be like shit i wish
cuz in my guitar world magazine he says i grew up
listening to eddie just whale on the axe and i sat there
practicing every day trying to do his solo he says i still cant play the damn thing the man is a virtuoso and a god
Rickie - So if Stach came on the radio with tune you didn’t know, you’d think it was Eddie?
Chris - No-one is saying that Eddie didn’t invent it all. “I just want to say since the first Van Halen album; King Edward Van Halen is “THE GUITAR GOD” I’ve said it since the beginning, and I don’t have to say it when he leaves this world, like the band wagon will do thereafter.” You really think you’re the only one saying that?
His tone is not as wet as EVH. I would know the difference. Plus EVH does not play new music - LOL!!Remember, I have been playing for 30 years Karl. I have the average listener at a disadvantage.
Everybody knows VH when they come on the radio from the very first note. That is the mark of a brilliant and special band/player. Not so true for satch, not true at all for CF.
Keep in mind, I love satch. He just does not compare to EVH on many fronts.
As someone mentioned earlier, there just isn’t any current Van Halen news to report from a musical standpoint! I’m like everybody else in the sense that I want a new Van Halen album.
Wolfie being in the band insures that it will happen eventually because Eddie will want to make an album with his son, just like he wanted to tour with his son. In my opinion if it wouldn’t be for Wolfie there is a strong chance that we wouldn’t see a new album, especially given Ed’s recent history of releasing new music.
In the meantime, enjoy the new Chickenfoot album. It is real rock and roll! Plus, it beats anything else that is playing on the radio today.
— Everybody knows VH when they come on the radio from the very first note. —
They’re usually 20-30 year old songs played on ‘oldies’ radio nowadays, generally after Peter Frampton or ZZ Top, of course they know who it is.
— Not so true for satch, not true at all for CF. —-
True.
But, Satch hasn’t had any hits so only his diehard fans will grasp his ’sound’ & CF is just getting started. Give it time, no one could match up EVH with the sound they heard back in 1980. Trust me, if CF is around 5 years from now and had sold 10 million records/CDs, people would know their work from the first riff or so, too.
Not for one minute suggesting that Satch compares to Eddie, just that he doesn’t sound at all like Eddie other than he plays the kind of music pioneered by Ed. Satch definitely has his own sound, as does say Vai. And it’s that unique voice that lifts the likes of Satch and Vai above otherwise mind bogglingly good (in technical terms, at least) guitarists such as, say, Guthrie Govan.
You neophytes crack me up. You speak as if you have personal knowledge of everyone’s thoughts. And your narrow view of one guitarist being the end all be all of the instrument is laughable. Do you think EVH had no influences … just came out of the womb divinely inspired, and that he invented every guitar trick he featured? Take his volume swell technique (fret hammer-on while rolling the amp knob). This was done by many guitarists before him, many without any effects electronics … most notably Roy Buchanan (who’s is the greatest guitarist you have probably never heard of … check out some of his old footage on Youtube to see another virtuoso). Jeff Beck readily admits that Buchanan was a primary influence, as did Jimi Hendrix (although Hendrix would only reluctantly admit that). He was known as the guitar player that guitar players went to see live. Two handed guitar neck tap-on pull-offs … old news too. Is EVH a vituoso? Absolutely imo, but so are/were so many before him.
Also, check out Adrian Legg. An incredilbe guitarist, He alters tone by adjusting the tuning pegs while playing, among many other beautiful techniques. Some great Yuotube vids of him too.
One more thing on the Eddie vs. Joe debate. Joe can do what Eddie has done, but I don’t think eddie could do what Joe does … not in his decades long drug and alcoholic haze. Joe plays a show with no front man, carrying the entire thing. I’m not saying Eddie couldn’t have done that strong and sober, lord knows I would pay money to see him just play guitar all by himself. But Joe is 52 but looks and plays like he is in his mid 30’s, in his prime. Ed is in his 50’s but seems so much older with the abuse he’s incurred. JS has release a ton of new material since VH last laid down a new track.
I’m not saying JS is better than EVH, both are/were legendary guitar players. But if I had to take a guitarist to play right now, it is no contest imo. And that is just my opinion, because after all music appeal is totally subjective. That being said, I think Roy Buchanan is more creative than either … but I choose to appreciate them all.
I think because of our background as players we tend to hear the nuiances, little as they may be, that define players. I certainly can tell satch from EVH from vai. I am not so sure that even a hard core fan could though given a new tune and asked to name who is playing. My guess is that they would say it’s EVH because of the legatto lines, harmonics, whammy bar, speed, etc. You know, the whole school of thought is credited, rightfully so, to EVH.
I loved vai with Zappa but he broke into the industry, so to speak, with guitar player magazine and the “attitude song”. This tune, IMO, is a blatant but brilliant rip off of the ending section to fools (Women and Children First). By the way, Vai lives in my hometown. I saw him about two years ago in a supermarket but was to blown away to say anything. I regret that!
Never really liked The Attitude song. Couldn’t understand why there was a minor fuss being made about it at the time. Too much of that cheesy double tracking that he does. There’s lots of Vai I really love, The Riddle, Blue Powder, Bad Horsie, Tender Surrender, Warm Regards, but not The Attitude Song.
Maybe you’re right, maybe I can hear it instantly because I play. To me, though, the difference is not subtle. I can tell any of these guys in a few notes. Same with Bettencourt, Lifeson, Young, Gilmour, Slash, Moore, SRV, Lynch, Beck, Santana, Holdsworth, Schenker, Schon, May. It only takes a few notes. That’s what makes a great guitarist for me (completely reinventing how the guitar can be played helps, too!). That’s what gets me about most of the Joe v Ed arguments here, it always seems to come down to technique. I don’t care about technique (although it’s to be much admired), it’s the voice that makes it.
What at array of players you just named! The SRV death still breaks my heart. He was the best blues guy every. His death was a terrible blow to our industry.
I would hope that Pat Metheny had your ear. You should check out “Still Life/Talking” from the mid 80s. I do not know much about Lynch?
I can’t wait to see the posts in here about what Sammy said about Eddie in the new Guitar Player Mag. This site is gonna melt. Anyone see it yet? Sammy claims that for the better part of his career with VH, the music writing was all a head trip for Eddie, the songs were too “riff oriented” and almost impossible to write lyrics to. I almost tore the mag in half as I was reading it . SOMEBODY MAKE IT STOP!! This is almost like professional wrestling anymore. Doesn’t anyone know where the high road is?
Proof that “sammy hagar” isnt mr. perfect.
Also proof that this guy should let the past go.
If he’s so happy with chickenfoot why give a shit about
talkin’ eddie van halen? Bitter maybe?
He should be thanking his lucky stars for the shit he fell into.
If it wasnt for “VH”, sammy hagar would NEVER be where he is today! You think he’s be selling out shows with his solo shit only? Please!
Like roth said many years ago…”Sammy would sell the rights to his butthole if it got him any credit”
Thats my sammy rant for the day….
Wait a cotton pickin minute here, the so called Van Halen fans are a bunch of angry, idiotic complainers I have ever heard, even when Sammy was part of Van Halen and making great rock and roll music and Van Halen worked, Van Halen is nothing with out Sammy Hagar or Michael Anthony, and this Chickenfoot is way better than the last 13 years of Van Halen besides the 3 songs that came out in 2005 which would have been better if Eddie din’t control and reck them without have Mikey on board and restaining Sammy. So, you so called VH fans stuck in the pre-’84 years, stay angry like your idol Eddie and be nothing like the new version of Van Halen.
I am sticking with Van Hagar and Chickenfoot /|\
July 3rd, 2009 at 10:02 am
Really looks like they are having so much fun good for them!
July 3rd, 2009 at 10:27 am
It’s cool to see a band with a sense of humor again!!!
July 3rd, 2009 at 12:08 pm
Why the old time video effect? Do we really need that?
July 3rd, 2009 at 2:19 pm
Refreshing! Rock n Roll
July 3rd, 2009 at 2:22 pm
I can’t explain why but I don’t enjoy them, believe me I LOVE Sammy in Van Halen, I have some cds of Joe and I always appreciated the Peppers but maybe I love too much a band called VAN HALEN. Sorry but now I find Sammy not sincere and even a little unpleasant.
July 3rd, 2009 at 2:54 pm
given sammy’s recent comments about eddie,this band just seems like a getback at vh for sammy.mike said he was canned from the band,called eddie a drunk and then complained that eddie,for no reason,put him on the defense when he said mike quit the band.hey mike you had already put ed on the defense with your comments.anyway let them have their fun new vh will be out soon enough.
July 3rd, 2009 at 5:36 pm
where’d this come from ?
July 3rd, 2009 at 5:38 pm
So who sang that song that Sammy was singing at the end of video #1?
July 3rd, 2009 at 6:11 pm
Chessy attempt at a Van Halen knock off, Hagar makes me sick saying Satriani is the best guitarist hes ever worked with paaaaaalease
July 3rd, 2009 at 6:32 pm
So boring and so not funny ! Always trying to copy what Dave did back with Van Halen!
July 3rd, 2009 at 6:37 pm
Wow that is so sad. Chicken foot is so Bad!!!! I agree Rob 5150
July 3rd, 2009 at 9:41 pm
One word for this videos : BORING!
July 4th, 2009 at 5:06 am
Yes Mike - it does sound like VH
Yes Joe - tuning to E flat so it all sounds like VH
I can see why EVH might hate these guys.
July 4th, 2009 at 5:09 am
Sammy might just be the most annoying little bitch on the planet. He makes roth seem like an alterbooy.
July 4th, 2009 at 7:12 am
^^^^^ Hagar makes Roth look like an alterboy.
Dude (Fair Warning), think about what you are saying. Even Roth would kick you in the balls for saying something that stupid. He would be the first to tell you he makes Hagar seem tame by comparison.
July 4th, 2009 at 7:37 am
these guys all so uncool. Especially “mikey” as usual.
July 4th, 2009 at 8:51 am
Please I beg of you to stop showing Chickenfoot vidieos! Dave & Eddie please come Back!!
July 4th, 2009 at 8:55 am
hey stew and fair warning i guess you would rather read about wedding cake and m&m’s. just keep in mind what direction vh music has gone since the dlr years. you guys hated sammy and i’m sure you didn’t care for the gary years, so it seems to me the next version wont’ be any better.
July 4th, 2009 at 9:04 am
E flat Joe? Uh duh, you just figured this out? Sammy can’t hit the notes right anymore? Trying to copy Eddie’s sound?
Just be yourself Joe. Maybe a hint of suggestion…….throw away all your technical jargon and cosmic music theory and just be original.
July 4th, 2009 at 9:28 am
What a bunch of Bad Ass jokers all rockin’ out and having some fun. Rock on Foot!!!!
July 4th, 2009 at 10:44 am
This is not a knock on anyone, but for those of you who say this sounds like VH, I have to disagree. I have listened to this album at least 50 times, I just don’t hear it. Of course there may be some similarities with Sam and Mike, but Joe sounds nothing like Ed, besides that, without Al’s signature snare sound there cannot be a VH sound. That VH sound is a culmination of signature sounds, when one is missing it is very noticeable.
July 4th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
I think that it’s not a matter of battle Chikenfoot vs Van Halen, but it’s the way that the project Chickenfoot has born, it’s not genuine, it was a Sammy desire because he’s envious by the huge success of the VH reunion tour with Dave and he involved his puppy named Mike. I’m sure that if the tour was a flop, Sam continued to play with is local band Waboritas. By the way, curious that Sheehan speaks NOW about Dave, Mike and Ed, he’s hoping for a call? It would be great, I liked a lot Mr. Big!
July 4th, 2009 at 12:46 pm
Looks like the boys are having fun. Good for them. I wish Joe would loosen up. I want to see him shotgun a beer or something! Glad this record came out.
July 4th, 2009 at 2:47 pm
Honestly pretty lame videos, seem fake.
They are good actors that’s why Will Ferrell keeps doing movies and playing the cowbell!
July 4th, 2009 at 3:26 pm
Rock Helmets
July 5th, 2009 at 2:57 am
embarrasing and uncomfortable.
July 5th, 2009 at 3:42 am
My dad’s bigger than your dad. Ner, ner, ner ner, ner!
Particularly love all the “trying to sound like Van Halen…” comments. Why are so many deaf people logging on here?
July 5th, 2009 at 5:21 am
Definitely does not sound like VH, although there is some distinctly similar backup vocal harmony to VH with Hagar. The album is awesome; rock on Chickenfoot….
July 5th, 2009 at 6:36 am
Sozay - I agree and was being sarcastic.
50yearold - I happen to like the Cherone stuff and some Van Hagar.
The pressure is on the VH clan. I happen to think they will be back with a vengence! Wolf will be revered by everyone for putting a young edge to everything. I suspect that roth has 4cd’s worth of new material in his Ipod just singing new stuff to it. The ball is in his court.
July 5th, 2009 at 7:54 am
It must be that time of the month for all the Haters!!! Continuing on with the 4th of July Weekend………………….
July 5th, 2009 at 1:35 pm
scar, the haters maybe the most bitter people around. it’s the 4th weekend time for fun, music and drinks and all i see and hear is bitching…
July 5th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
Fair Warning…get over it. Do you think that VH is the only band that tunes to E flat? Do you really think that CF is making an effort to sound like VH? Really? You think Satch is saying to himself..wow, I need to sound like Eddie. LOL. Please. You Chickenfoot haters need to go buy some kleenex and sit in a dark room, sucking your thumbs while listening to 1984. The Foot has arrived and it is kicking all of your asses.
July 5th, 2009 at 6:03 pm
Nice to see the boys havin fun in the studio. Great insight on the production crew. Looks like they are putting a team together for the long haul. I wouldnt be surprised to hear a few extra tunes on the tour in august. Also the clip on chickenfoot.us showing chad destroyin his set brings back memories of keith moon and the crazy days of rock n roll. He hurled that tom tom a few rows into the crowd,YEAH!!!!!!!!
July 5th, 2009 at 6:39 pm
I’m not a hater they just S _ _ K !!!!!
July 5th, 2009 at 9:45 pm
VHND: Please keep up the good work reporting CF news. I like VH, SH, CF, DLR, and even Extreme. It’s great to have one place to get the news. Also, I love reading the CF haters stuff. I don’t agree with it, but it’s freakin’ hilarious! It’s America, so love CF or hate ‘em, I like to read both sides.
One more thing - most rock acts tune to E flat when they hit the road. EVH did not invent that. Singing 4x a week or more will really wear a vocalist out and tuning down helps.
July 6th, 2009 at 3:29 am
The main reason Chickenfoot doesn’t sound like Van Hagar (and will never sound like Van Halen) is that Joe is too calculating a player. Eddie just cuts loose and they pick or edit together the best takes. Joe clearly has worked out every note.
Its very clear from the video above that he is very orderly. I bet all of his shirts are color coded in his closet, and all the lables face the same way in his pantry.
July 6th, 2009 at 9:31 am
Stew your a hater in denial!!! But, there is hope for you Gomer, here’s an intervention for you, place the headphones on your head and put on The Foot and crank the volume all the way up…there you go, now your jamming to some quality Rock n Roll!!! The Foot sound good don’t they??? Look, your even smiling, oh shit, now your in air guitar mode dude!!! Mission accomplished - Stew now digs the Foot!!!!!
July 6th, 2009 at 9:59 am
How can anyone who claims to like rock not like Get It Up, Down The Drain, Sexy Little Thing, Future In The Past? Seriously, how much to you have to hate Sam to deny yourself a good time like that?
July 6th, 2009 at 10:12 am
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July 3rd, 2009 at 2:22 pm
I can’t explain why but I don’t enjoy them, believe me I LOVE Sammy in Van Halen, I have some cds of Joe and I always appreciated the Peppers but maybe I love too much a band called VAN HALEN. Sorry but now I find Sammy not sincere and even a little unpleasant.
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I mean i know my comment goes in a little different direction, but overall same felling i have
Finally someone with a comment that points this out, i feel the same way…..I me he wanted to go solo in 91! and they broke up in 95, so he was starting the fued way earlier
July 6th, 2009 at 10:51 am
Scar that was funny ! I loved 5150 liked OU812 But dosn’t compare with DIamond Dave !!
July 6th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Karl if you like than what do you care what I think. If you do not think it sounds like VH, than you are the one with the hearing problem. Satch is a student of the VH school of playing. That is obvious. In addition, I think it sounds very dated and the guitar is very cliche. If you like than go to the cf website and start the love fest.
July 6th, 2009 at 11:37 am
right FAMAC! that is exactly how it sounds: cold and calculated. But if you people like it… ok!
July 6th, 2009 at 12:02 pm
I think some of you need a group hug!!
July 6th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
Chickenfoot is Calulated???? Oh… You mean like when Eddie mentioned how Sammy was his brother back in 1985 or do you mean more like when Eddie said that Gary Cherone was his musical soulmate in 1998 or perhaps maybe you are talking about when Eddie said that David Lee Roth was his “New Brother” in 2007.
Eddie sure as hell seems to be into Brotherfests.
Oh Brother!
July 6th, 2009 at 1:09 pm
You guys are so weird . Here is a band putting out NEW rock and roll. It isn’t brain surgery its good times rock music, but you over analyze and over analyze till you find something you don’t like.. It IS ROCK AND ROLL!!!!!!! And they probably do it better than you UN talented haters ever could anyways ( Can anyone say bitter guitar players? ) ….You Fucking couch critics need to get a life and you probably need to get laid as well….The foot Rocks .
July 6th, 2009 at 2:25 pm
What makes you think I care what you think? But while we’re on the subject…
“Satch is a student of the VH school of playing. That is obvious.”
What a musically ignorant thing to say. So that must mean Angus Young sounds just like B.B. King because Ang’s playing is blues based. Or maybe AC/DC sound just like Metalica because they’re both metal. Of course Satch is is a student of the VH school of playing. So are Vai, Petrucci, Lynch, Govan, Bettencourt and John 5. But they all sound distinctly different from each other and from Edward Van Halen.
So can you enlighten us as to which VH tracks the CF tracks sound like?
July 6th, 2009 at 2:48 pm
Who needs TV when you can log into VHND or VHLINKS on any given day and get plenty of drama…sheesh.
I would tend to agree that I’m getting tired of all of the CF stuff and less VH stuff, but let’s face it: There’s no VH stuff to report!
Get back to work, boys!
July 6th, 2009 at 4:11 pm
Who is John 5 ???? Skipknot ????
July 6th, 2009 at 4:21 pm
John 5 plays with Marilyn Manson and does quite a lot of solo stuff. He’s quite inventive and has phenomenal technique but he’s not really my cup of tea. Buckethead and Bumblefoot (both have played with Axle Rose, Bumblefoot’s on the new album) are another two who are sons of VH and are phenomenal players but I have to pick through to find stuff I want to listen to.
July 6th, 2009 at 4:48 pm
Don’t be such a simpleton Karl. You just admited that satch is from the EVH school. That’s the point. In addition, he plays lots of stuff that sounds like EVH. I like satch so don’t get all freaky on me. If you can’t hear EVH all of the place in his playing than you need a hearing aid. I won’t waste my time trying to convince you. Same thing for Vai by the way.
I have no idea what motivates agnus young or the other players you name nor do I care but if you like it…what the hell do you care what I think.
Go to chickenfoot’s site and have you way with it.
July 6th, 2009 at 5:42 pm
I am SO glad there’s Chickenfoot. It gives the fans AND the “VH-ONLY” fans something to focus on. I’m happy for everyone.
I absolutely love the album, and the band sounds loose and fun. I’ll be seeing them 3 times this summer and I can’t wait.
As for tuning to e-flat…this hardly qualifies a band for being a VH knock-off. VH tuned down a half-step with Sammy, and to dropped-d with Dave. Who cares? Both sound cool, and both serves a purpose.
In all seriousness, if you don’t like Sammy, you don’t like Chickenfoot. We all get that. I’ve never spent a lot of time bashing something I don’t like, I usually just tuned out and spent time on stuff I DO like.
In a weird kind of way, I suppose since Chickenfoot elicits such strong responses (both positive and negative) goes to show how serious people take it, and how relevant they are.
I am happy to have more “big rock” to be excited about. And you know what? These guys DO amuse me and they DO seem like they’re involved in something they are passionate about. Whether you share the passion or not doesn’t make them poseurs, it just means you don’t share their vibe.
There’s no law against that, but just because you don’t get it doesn’t mean it’s disinenous baby!
You all rock…
July 6th, 2009 at 5:44 pm
Chickenfoot sounds nothing like Van Halen. Reason: you can hear the bass guitar.
July 6th, 2009 at 7:01 pm
Hey Fair Warning!!
You the man!!!!
You ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
July 6th, 2009 at 7:11 pm
Stew,
John 5 also played guitar on the DLR BAND album. He is also a very accomplished studio musician who is fluent in everything from country to metal to jazz. I believe his real name is John Lowery. Don’t go by his Marylin Manson stuff, dig deep and hear some of his other more obscure stuff, you might be impressed. Also, if you listen to Rob Zombie’s live album……..that is John 5 as well. I am certainly not a fan of Marylin Manson, but have heard his other studio stuff, and it is quite good. Just an FYI…….no bashing or hating intended
July 6th, 2009 at 8:32 pm
Once again group hug everybody, so anyone who played guitar in the 80’s owes something to Eddie? duh?but satch took what eddie did and sent it to the stratosphere along with steve! seriously I love ed as much as the next chickenfoot basher but ed really hasn’t done much to guitar innovation since fair warning( and that is quite a catalog) well besides the drill(paul gilbert and billy sheehan excluded) thats the one thing about joe and steve is that they weren’t bogged down by drugs and alcohol and they grabbed the torch and gave eddie a break and said hey let us keep the flame alive. I’m sure they would be the first to tell you that if it weren’t for eddie they wouldn’t be selling albums. now on a side note how weird is it that when dave quit/got fired he got steve vai and when sammmy wanted a new band he got steves teacher? Its all about showing up eddie! but these guys love eddie its only the singers who want to show him up typical LSD! Now cant we all just say that the only reason we are upset is that eddie hasn’t done anything to rebunk this? why should he what does he have to prove, he’s the best, if you dont believe me listen to track 2 off of VH1!
July 7th, 2009 at 12:21 am
“You just admited that satch is from the EVH school.”
Why use the word ‘admitted’ as if it were something we were all trying to keep secret but, hey, it’s out in the open now so might as well admit it? Every shredder will tell you exactly where their style of playing originates from and that they might not be doing what they’re doing if it were not for Eddie Van Halen. Shred starts with Ed. There isn’t one of these guys who hasn’t said that Eddie is God at some point. But they’ve all (at least the good ones) taken it and made it their own. By your reckoning, everyone who plays blues based rock/metal must sound like Hendrix? Other than playing a certain style that can loosely be termed shred Joe sounds nothing like Ed, just the same as Metalica sound nothing like AC/DC despite both bands being 100% metal.
So, again, which CF tracks sound like which VH tracks? And which Satch licks or solos sound like which Eddie licks and solos?
By the way, as said before, I don’t ‘care’ what you think, but isn’t this supposed to be a place for discussion? And unlike you I’m not burdened buy the team game thing so I don’t need to go only to the CF site or only to the VH site…
July 7th, 2009 at 10:17 am
Satriani sounds much more like Hendrix than Eddie to me. I’m not saying he wasn’t influenced by Eddie or doesn’t use similar licks and techniques, but I hear the Hendrix influence much more than I hear Eddie’s influence.
July 7th, 2009 at 10:19 am
Get him Karl - Go get him boy!!!!!
July 7th, 2009 at 10:21 am
Good call Top Jimmy, I’d say he falls somewhere half way between the two.
SCAR -Grrrrr..
July 7th, 2009 at 2:13 pm
Right on Satovan!
July 7th, 2009 at 2:32 pm
Karl you must liken the sound of your own voice to Mozart! I am not interested in proving anything to you on this doping forum. Get your ears checked.
By the way, Via lives in my town. I have seen him in the supermarket but was too chickfoot (sorry i mean chickenshit) to talk to him. Next time I see him I will accidently call him EVH and see how he reacts!
July 7th, 2009 at 5:07 pm
He would probably be complimented or say ” I wish ” .
July 7th, 2009 at 8:07 pm
You can start with the old satovan nonsense about “Mystic Potatoe” (see the posts from a few months ago). Look at the live version that comes up first on the youtube search. In this cheeseball tune satch quotes “I’m the One”, “Atomic Punk”, and “Eruption” quite clearly. Let me know if you need help hearing it.
July 7th, 2009 at 8:08 pm
still want the group hug sato?
July 7th, 2009 at 8:41 pm
See once again we have our usual people on here being buzz killers!
Go to another site please!
This site is about sharing music news!
Congrats to Eddie and his new marriage and all of it!
Now make some new music or get off the pot!
Chickenfoot is what Van Halen used to be and that’s a band people.
Sammy and Mike aren’t doing this to “spite” Eddie like some think because of a “reunion” tour.
These guys love music, they like to play music, and they love the fans!
A certain band named Van Halen used to do the same and it’s a shame they aren’t like that anymore.
Enjoy this band and the members who are in it. Sammy, Mike, Chad, and Joe.
Nothing Van Halen about this band except that 2 members used to be in that thing called Van Halen some years ago.
July 8th, 2009 at 9:35 am
[Quote]Top Jimmy says:
July 7th, 2009 at 10:17 am
Satriani sounds much more like Hendrix than Eddie to me. I’m not saying he wasn’t influenced by Eddie or doesn’t use similar licks and techniques, but I hear the Hendrix influence much more than I hear Eddie’s influence[/Quote]
I actually heard Striani interviewed where he said the same thing … that Hendrix was the artist that influenced him the most. Even emulated his stage and pedal setups.
July 8th, 2009 at 12:51 pm
“I am not interested in proving anything to you on this doping forum.”
Well, I wasn’t addressing you… but you did anyway.
But yet again you talk as if you know guitar but apparently you don’t. Quoting someone and sounding like them are two different things. Are you seriously telling me that if a Satriani tune came on the radio that you haven’t heard before you’d sit up and go “Hey, it’s a new tune from EVH”? Of course you wouldn’t (mind you, I’m beginning to wonder with half the people who post here). If Eddie came on you’d know it was Eddie. And if Joe came on you’d know it was Joe. That’s because they play the same kind of music in their own particular ways. Dismissing Joe because he plays a type of music pioneered by someone else is as daft as dismissing Clapton as a mere Hendrix knock off.
July 8th, 2009 at 6:25 pm
Karl - are you saying that Satch does not quote EVH in his tunes? I just want to be sure before I give you tune, verse and EVH lick quoted.
July 8th, 2009 at 7:58 pm
I think it’s a common thing with Eddie’s peers and some of his idols. Hendrix is the ‘Safe’ option and Eddie is always mentioned in defeating license when guitarists past & present mention who inspired/influenced them. From memory only Steve Vai (I know there are others!) has said how much he admires Eddie Van Halen. As for the rest they didn’t or won’t acknowledge Eddie because it was cooler to say Hendrix was an influence rather than Eddie. It is common practise to say Hendrix was an influence so they could get credibility with their own peers, critics, the media other guitarist. Yet I hear more Eddie than Hendrix in all of them!! But I guess for all that to change Eddie has to die first for him to be acknowledged on par as Hendrix.
So in Joe Satriani’s case (and others!), I think he was stunned and shocked when Eddie erupted on the scene!! Eddie did the impossible, he reinvented and revolutionise the guitar that all before him said it could never be done since Hendrix died. I think Joe was pissed that he didn’t come up with what Eddie did first. He was and will always be behind the 8 ball with Eddie. Eddie is light years ahead of him and the rest. The other day I put on ‘Eruption’ and crank it up so loud!! I got a knock on the door from one of my neighbours. Expecting their complaints I was surprised when they said how much they loved it and that their 5 year old child was in awe of what Eddie was playing!!!! It felt surreal, looking into that’s kids eyes reminded me of when I heard Eruption for the first time!!
That being said, I just want to say since the first Van Halen album; King Edward Van Halen is “THE GUITAR GOD” I’ve said it since the beginning, and I don’t have to say it when he leaves this world, like the band wagon will do thereafter. He is the chosen one, a genius, one of kind, an icon the best damn gunslingin’ guitarist ever and a good man!!!!!
All hail King Edward Van Halen!!!
July 8th, 2009 at 11:05 pm
shit if you did tell steve vai dude your evh
he probably would be like shit i wish
cuz in my guitar world magazine he says i grew up
listening to eddie just whale on the axe and i sat there
practicing every day trying to do his solo he says i still cant play the damn thing the man is a virtuoso and a god
July 8th, 2009 at 11:52 pm
Rickie - So if Stach came on the radio with tune you didn’t know, you’d think it was Eddie?
Chris - No-one is saying that Eddie didn’t invent it all. “I just want to say since the first Van Halen album; King Edward Van Halen is “THE GUITAR GOD” I’ve said it since the beginning, and I don’t have to say it when he leaves this world, like the band wagon will do thereafter.” You really think you’re the only one saying that?
July 9th, 2009 at 5:24 am
His tone is not as wet as EVH. I would know the difference. Plus EVH does not play new music - LOL!!Remember, I have been playing for 30 years Karl. I have the average listener at a disadvantage.
Everybody knows VH when they come on the radio from the very first note. That is the mark of a brilliant and special band/player. Not so true for satch, not true at all for CF.
Keep in mind, I love satch. He just does not compare to EVH on many fronts.
July 9th, 2009 at 8:27 am
As someone mentioned earlier, there just isn’t any current Van Halen news to report from a musical standpoint! I’m like everybody else in the sense that I want a new Van Halen album.
Wolfie being in the band insures that it will happen eventually because Eddie will want to make an album with his son, just like he wanted to tour with his son. In my opinion if it wouldn’t be for Wolfie there is a strong chance that we wouldn’t see a new album, especially given Ed’s recent history of releasing new music.
In the meantime, enjoy the new Chickenfoot album. It is real rock and roll! Plus, it beats anything else that is playing on the radio today.
July 9th, 2009 at 12:02 pm
— Everybody knows VH when they come on the radio from the very first note. —
They’re usually 20-30 year old songs played on ‘oldies’ radio nowadays, generally after Peter Frampton or ZZ Top, of course they know who it is.
— Not so true for satch, not true at all for CF. —-
True.
But, Satch hasn’t had any hits so only his diehard fans will grasp his ’sound’ & CF is just getting started. Give it time, no one could match up EVH with the sound they heard back in 1980. Trust me, if CF is around 5 years from now and had sold 10 million records/CDs, people would know their work from the first riff or so, too.
July 9th, 2009 at 1:57 pm
Rickie, I’ve been playing for 35 years!
Not for one minute suggesting that Satch compares to Eddie, just that he doesn’t sound at all like Eddie other than he plays the kind of music pioneered by Ed. Satch definitely has his own sound, as does say Vai. And it’s that unique voice that lifts the likes of Satch and Vai above otherwise mind bogglingly good (in technical terms, at least) guitarists such as, say, Guthrie Govan.
July 10th, 2009 at 10:04 am
Chris et al,
You neophytes crack me up. You speak as if you have personal knowledge of everyone’s thoughts. And your narrow view of one guitarist being the end all be all of the instrument is laughable. Do you think EVH had no influences … just came out of the womb divinely inspired, and that he invented every guitar trick he featured? Take his volume swell technique (fret hammer-on while rolling the amp knob). This was done by many guitarists before him, many without any effects electronics … most notably Roy Buchanan (who’s is the greatest guitarist you have probably never heard of … check out some of his old footage on Youtube to see another virtuoso). Jeff Beck readily admits that Buchanan was a primary influence, as did Jimi Hendrix (although Hendrix would only reluctantly admit that). He was known as the guitar player that guitar players went to see live. Two handed guitar neck tap-on pull-offs … old news too. Is EVH a vituoso? Absolutely imo, but so are/were so many before him.
Also, check out Adrian Legg. An incredilbe guitarist, He alters tone by adjusting the tuning pegs while playing, among many other beautiful techniques. Some great Yuotube vids of him too.
One more thing on the Eddie vs. Joe debate. Joe can do what Eddie has done, but I don’t think eddie could do what Joe does … not in his decades long drug and alcoholic haze. Joe plays a show with no front man, carrying the entire thing. I’m not saying Eddie couldn’t have done that strong and sober, lord knows I would pay money to see him just play guitar all by himself. But Joe is 52 but looks and plays like he is in his mid 30’s, in his prime. Ed is in his 50’s but seems so much older with the abuse he’s incurred. JS has release a ton of new material since VH last laid down a new track.
I’m not saying JS is better than EVH, both are/were legendary guitar players. But if I had to take a guitarist to play right now, it is no contest imo. And that is just my opinion, because after all music appeal is totally subjective. That being said, I think Roy Buchanan is more creative than either … but I choose to appreciate them all.
July 10th, 2009 at 12:19 pm
Karl
I think because of our background as players we tend to hear the nuiances, little as they may be, that define players. I certainly can tell satch from EVH from vai. I am not so sure that even a hard core fan could though given a new tune and asked to name who is playing. My guess is that they would say it’s EVH because of the legatto lines, harmonics, whammy bar, speed, etc. You know, the whole school of thought is credited, rightfully so, to EVH.
I loved vai with Zappa but he broke into the industry, so to speak, with guitar player magazine and the “attitude song”. This tune, IMO, is a blatant but brilliant rip off of the ending section to fools (Women and Children First). By the way, Vai lives in my hometown. I saw him about two years ago in a supermarket but was to blown away to say anything. I regret that!
July 11th, 2009 at 3:25 am
Never really liked The Attitude song. Couldn’t understand why there was a minor fuss being made about it at the time. Too much of that cheesy double tracking that he does. There’s lots of Vai I really love, The Riddle, Blue Powder, Bad Horsie, Tender Surrender, Warm Regards, but not The Attitude Song.
Maybe you’re right, maybe I can hear it instantly because I play. To me, though, the difference is not subtle. I can tell any of these guys in a few notes. Same with Bettencourt, Lifeson, Young, Gilmour, Slash, Moore, SRV, Lynch, Beck, Santana, Holdsworth, Schenker, Schon, May. It only takes a few notes. That’s what makes a great guitarist for me (completely reinventing how the guitar can be played helps, too!). That’s what gets me about most of the Joe v Ed arguments here, it always seems to come down to technique. I don’t care about technique (although it’s to be much admired), it’s the voice that makes it.
July 11th, 2009 at 7:19 am
What at array of players you just named! The SRV death still breaks my heart. He was the best blues guy every. His death was a terrible blow to our industry.
I would hope that Pat Metheny had your ear. You should check out “Still Life/Talking” from the mid 80s. I do not know much about Lynch?
July 11th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
I can’t wait to see the posts in here about what Sammy said about Eddie in the new Guitar Player Mag. This site is gonna melt. Anyone see it yet? Sammy claims that for the better part of his career with VH, the music writing was all a head trip for Eddie, the songs were too “riff oriented” and almost impossible to write lyrics to. I almost tore the mag in half as I was reading it . SOMEBODY MAKE IT STOP!! This is almost like professional wrestling anymore. Doesn’t anyone know where the high road is?
July 13th, 2009 at 9:58 am
Bridge….
Proof that “sammy hagar” isnt mr. perfect.
Also proof that this guy should let the past go.
If he’s so happy with chickenfoot why give a shit about
talkin’ eddie van halen? Bitter maybe?
He should be thanking his lucky stars for the shit he fell into.
If it wasnt for “VH”, sammy hagar would NEVER be where he is today! You think he’s be selling out shows with his solo shit only? Please!
Like roth said many years ago…”Sammy would sell the rights to his butthole if it got him any credit”
Thats my sammy rant for the day….
July 13th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
The album is really average… Just can’t stand Sammy.
July 16th, 2009 at 5:00 pm
Ducky, Well put.
July 25th, 2009 at 10:58 am
Wait a cotton pickin minute here, the so called Van Halen fans are a bunch of angry, idiotic complainers I have ever heard, even when Sammy was part of Van Halen and making great rock and roll music and Van Halen worked, Van Halen is nothing with out Sammy Hagar or Michael Anthony, and this Chickenfoot is way better than the last 13 years of Van Halen besides the 3 songs that came out in 2005 which would have been better if Eddie din’t control and reck them without have Mikey on board and restaining Sammy. So, you so called VH fans stuck in the pre-’84 years, stay angry like your idol Eddie and be nothing like the new version of Van Halen.
I am sticking with Van Hagar and Chickenfoot /|\