Chickenfoot to Perform Live, Online!

I listened to the whole album on Spotify yesterday. I like about half the songs, which is pretty good for any CD, at least in my opinion.

Because the sacred 6 pack IS Van Halen.

Carnal Knowledge says:
“Plus, he was in the band officially longer than David Lee Roth.”

You are so Sammy Hagar with your ‘exaggerations’.

Sammy Hagar: 1986-96 and 2004 = 12 years.

David Lee Roth: 1974-1985 and 2007-2011 = 17 years (and counting).

And your claim that the last Van Halen tour ended almost 6 years ago is also wrong. It ended in June 2008 – just over 3 years and 3 months ago.

SPANKED says:
“When did Sammy compare Chickenfoot to Van Halen??? I havent heard one single comparison about the music.”

Didn’t he compare CF with Led Zep? Give it a few more weeks and we will be getting, “Man, this is better than anything I did with Van Halen.”

SPANKED says:
“I also find it hilarious how many of you think that you cant like anything VH related other than the sacred 6 pack.”

I like a few Van Hagar songs – 5 or 6 – including Finish What Ya Started, Cabo Wabo, Poundcake.

@Bigbass-your words don’t sting at all.Ed is an innovator and Joe copies a lot of Ed’s licks.Let’s face it,all this versatile crap that is said about Snatch and at the end of the day he is NO George Benson,Al Di meola or Jeff Beck.We’d all be playing banjo’s if it weren’t for Ed.People pit Snatch vs. Ed to try to piss Ed fans off.Don’t work.

Chickenfoot – Put this up so those of us that work strange hours can see it anytime we want.

Peace

@ Carnal Knowledge – as John McEnroe would say, ‘YOU CAN’T BE SERIOUS!”

How can you not count the years 1974-1977! They were a band, playing countless gigs, writing music together, recording demos! And if you are only going to count the actual time they were touring in 2007/08 – and not count any of the time they have spent writing, recording or just taking time off – then you have to do the same with the Van Hagar years!!!!!!!

Someone else please help!

OBVIOUSLY -David has been in Van Halen longer than Sammy.

John (or maybe Sammy?)- Leave the personal attacks out of it,thanks. I didn’t do that to you or to anyone else, merely made a very valid point…so..instead of tossing shit because you have nothing else…simply prove me wrong on my points, that’s all…..what’s that? Oh… you can’t?..hmmm….didn’t think so…

Frankenfoot says:
“Ed will be there, Alex will be there, and I’m curious to see how Wolfie finds his way…..but the vocals will be a challenge without Mike. I’ve never heard anyone like Mike in other RNR bands. His vocal is so unique and so identifiable with the Van Halen sound.”

Well the lyrics and songwriting certainly remain a challenge for Chickenfoot. Why do you think that is? We saw the same with VH from ’86 onwards. Eddie tried to make it work for years, but the music always had something missing. I can’t figure it out – I mean Mike was always there.

I say Ed, Al, Dave, Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley form their own supergroup.

Call it…

“Chic-Fil-A”

…and call the CD “Chic-Fil-A: Alive III”

Have I gotten your attention with that LAME joke!!!?????

Everyone has a choice who they like and don’t like. We all have some common bond or we wouldn’t be on here…either a solo Hagar fan, a CVH fan, a VHagar fan, a VHCherone fan, or a combination or all of the above. With Bieberism and the other crap we have to tolerate these days, it’s best to unite and bring back rock!!!!
I just wish Sam would shut his mouth about Ed (he sounds like a girlfriend who has been dumped and can’t quit bad mouthing her boyfriend).

All the best to CF. All the best to VH in the near future. And all the best to Chik-Fil-A….

Halen High..How many other bands do you start the chronological clock BEFORE their first album reached the shelves?

Go

@GROWAPAIR: “Ed is an innovator and Joe copies a lot of Ed’s licks.”

You really should get out more.

Without a question, EVH leaves a vastly greater legacy, in terms of rewriting preconceptions of what a rock guitarist can be. And CVH is truly amazing, iconic, once-in-a-lifetime rock music.

But you simply don’t know Joe’s work at all, if to you he’s essentially an EVH copycat who’s no George Benson, Al Di Meola, or Jeff Beck.

So come clean, are you just pitting Satch against EVH to try to piss Satch fans off? Or is ignorance as blissful as they say?

Carnal Knowledge says:
“The Marquee for the cancelled festival read: “Van Halen with David Lee Roth”. Does that sound like he’s actually in the band? Or does that sound like Queen with Paul Rodgers?”

Sounds like wishful thinking.

“Now carry on your efforts to diminish and distinguish any and all positive opinions about Sammy or Chickenfoot or Van Hagar. Best of luck.”

That’s exactly what you are doing regarding Dave and CVH, by posting ridiculous claims that CVH did not form until 1978, that Sammy spent more time in the band than Dave, and their last tour ended almost 6 years ago.

@Roth Leaps:
“I think Sammy is more like Courtney Love with that woman analogy though — a crude, despicable broad with no redeeming qualities.”

That one cracked me up bigtime — and I actually DO like a fair amount of Sammy’s work (and frequently disagree with your assessments). Good one! Gotta give you props.

Wondering if you gave “Something Gone Wrong” and “Come Closer” a listen, and, if so, what you thought about those particular offerings, in terms of lyrics and vocals.

Halen High…

I have no idea what you’re talking about. Big surprise.

This is to all of the Foot Haters!!!! FUCK YOU!!!!! Lighten the fuck up!!!!!!!!

Halen High: You’re not telling me why it’s stupid to start with their first album. Just because you and I know they toured backyards for a few years, with and without Roth, doesn’t mean that’s when the band started. To YOU, that’s when they started. To me, I ALWAYS start with a band’s first album. Sorry, again, to have offended you. Carry on

This thread has brought all the idiots out;
- “great music is measured by record sales”…Huh?
- “Chicknfoot III was too forward rock n roll”…another WTF? Every song is completely unique to the other, a lot of textures,loud and soft…it’s called diverse.
-The continous bash of Sammie’s lyrics. Who cares what he says as long as the song flows…I mean come on.
-Joe Satriani is a EVH wannnabe. Now that’s funny!

Please folks put the joint, bottle and/or lotion down. Put some thought into your post(s) before you type. Many of you show your ignorance or lack of knowledge by your rambling posts that leave most of us shaking our heads.

Long live rock n roll!

Carnal Knowledge says:
“Halen High..How many other bands do you start the chronological clock BEFORE their first album reached the shelves?”

Every band – obviously. So according to your bizarre logic, a band does not exist until they release their first album? They don’t even exist while they are recording the music together in the studio? They don’t exist while they are up on stage playing together? No, they just magically appear on the shelves one day! BUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Carnal Knowledge says:
“Would you like a class “Halen High” timeline? Fine.

1986 – 1996. No breaks. 10 years.
2004. Tour that spawned 2 years.
Equals 12 years. Where did I “ADD” something??? Lighten up bro”

Would you like a class in logic? If you are going to count every day, week and month of 1986-96, then you must do the same for them now; 2007-2011. Get it?

@ Dan Slaughter- I know I am not Halen High but I’ve seen VH 7 times starting with their opening up for Sabbath. What a joke Sabbath that is. We walked out half-way through their show along with 6,000 other people. 2 weeks later good-by Ozzy. Apologies to Halen High.

Halen High says:

Well the lyrics and songwriting certainly remain a challenge for Chickenfoot. Why do you think that is? We saw the same with VH from ’86 onwards. Eddie tried to make it work for years, but the music always had something missing. I can’t figure it out – I mean Mike was always there.

Frankenfoot says:

Halen High…you’re so right. Eddie tried to make it work for years, but the music always had something missing. I mean, let’s take Eddie’s great work on How Many Say I. The lyrics, the vocal, and music were superb. Thank goodness they got rid of Sammy…

@ jaaphalen – I don’t know what Dan’s point is? I live in Australia so I’ve only seen them once on the VH3 tour. But I’ve been a fan since 1981 and watched 100s of hours of footage of them – across all eras.

And sorry, but what are you apologising for?

I feel like the numbers for Sammy and Dave come out about equal, if you are conservative on Dave’s end?

It’s fair to say Dave was with the band starting 1974 and was the primary singer. (Respectfully disagree with Carnal Knowledge on this point.)

By the same logic it’s fair to say Sammy was with the band starting 1985 (rounding up to the whole year) but only through the first half of 1996. I’m only giving him one year for the reunion tour because to my knowledge that went from June – November 2004?

On Dave’s side 1) let’s ignore the 1996 collaboration and 2) let’s say Dave was with the band 2007 and half of 2008 and but has not been an official member since.

Dave: 1974-1984 (11 years); 2007-6/08 (1.5 years)
Sammy: 1985-6/96 (11.5 years); 2004 (1 year)

@ PN. Again, you misinterpreted what I was saying. Its very simple with Van Halen, they don’t say anything when there’s nothing to say. BUT!!! When they do have something to say they always do. Don’t you think Van Halen have learnt from the past of not jumping the gun, sending false hopes or answer to rumours or innuendo’s?! No wonder it took 20 odd years for Dave & Van Halen to get back together, it was the media that blew it right out of proposition, storm in a tea cup we say in Oz land!! Did the media back in the late 80′s report on Dave Lee Roth attendance in paying his respects to Eddie & Alex’s father’s passing? No!! Or did they mention Dave doing likewise when Eddie & Alex’s mother passing not a few years ago? No again!! Why? Because they the media have always hated Van Halen, from the very beginning!! So why should VH answer any rumour to a bunch of idiots that don’t give a 4x about the band. Besides most of them a pissed at VH cos they never got the backstage pass back in the day!!!

@ Mike – I agree that we should not count 1996. But to correct you on something: Dave quit in 1985 during recording sessions for the next album. In April I believe. Sammy joined after that. I think it was August of ’85.

And Dave has been an official member of the band since 2007. He is still listed on their official facebook site as a member of the band and until they announce he has left – he is Van Halen’s official frontman. And just as they did with Sammy during the Van Hagar era, the band has taken time off, got together to write music, record some demos then gone into the studio to record an album

Again, if we don’t count time off for holidays, time spent writing together, recording demos etc – then lets apply the same test to the Van Hagar era. Unless they were touring and/or releasing albums for every month of every year from mid-85 to 1996, then that does not equal 11 years either.

If anyone can logically argue against this – please do so.