Chickenfoot News
Michael and Sammy's band Chickenfoot is currently on break after releasing their second album "Chickenfoot III" and touring in support of it. The band is currently on hiatus. It's still unknown if or when Chickenfoot will record or tour again.
Sammy Hagar’s Autobiography, RED: My Uncensored Life In Rock , Reviewed By Fans
Sammy Hagar's hardcover autobiography RED: My Uncensored Life In Rock is released today! The first thing readers will notice is that there's 32 pages of full color photos straight out of Sammy's personal photo albums. The Foreward is written by Michael Anthony. It's certainly a rags-to-riches story. Beginning with his musical coming of age, Sammy traces his rough and … [Read more...]
Chickenfoot IV Due in the Fall
The Toronto Sun and Noisecreep.com have updates on the Chickenfoot record. From TorontoSun.com: Sammy Hagar on Chickenfoot IV Sammy Hagar has revealed the silly title of the second Chickenfoot album which he is currently recording with Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony, solo guitarist Joe Satriani, and Red Hot Chili Peppers’ drummer Chad Smith. “I’m going to get in … [Read more...]
Van Halen, Sammy Hagar featured in Eddie Trunk’s new book
Van Halen and Sammy Hagar are tow of the many bands featured in Eddie Trunk's upcoming book, Eddie Trunk's Essential Hard Rock and Heavy Metal. We emailed Eddie and asked exactly how much VH & Hagar are featured. His response; "There are entire sections and lots of exclusive photos for both Van Halen and Sammy Hagar which includes Montrose, Chickenfoot, solo career, and … [Read more...]
Chickenfoot checks in with some video & photos
Mike, Sammy, Joe, and Chad take a moment while recording the new album to check in and talk about recording, burgers, Ric Flair and sing some Little Richard. Chickenfoot have been in the studio working on the follow-up to their hugely successful debut CD and after only two weeks have already recorded a dozen tracks! The band are working with Mike Fraser at Sammy … [Read more...]
Sammy Hagar discusses Chickenfoot’s recording process
Matt Warnock from Guitar International conducted an interview with Sammy Hagar this past weekend. Here's a couple of excerpts below. Guitar International: You've been recording the new album with CHICKENFOOT for about a week now. How's it going so far? Sammy Hagar: We started last Saturday — it's a week today. Seven days and you ain't gonna believe it, but we've got … [Read more...]
Chickenfoot begins recording new album
That supergroup known as Chickenfoot (from left, Joe Satriani, Michael Anthony, Chad Smith and Sammy Hagar) are ready to cut album number two this weekend. We have a huge, six-part Chickenfoot update today: 1) MusicRadar.com has the following Chickefoot exclusive: Sammy Hagar on recording Chickenfoot's new album "It's time to 'Zeppelin-ize' our music!" Joe Bosso, … [Read more...]
Sammy Hagar’s Autobiography RED: My Uncensored Life in Rock now available for pre-order
In his autobiography RED: My Uncensored Life In Rock, set for release on March 15th through HarperCollins, Sammy Hagar tells the outrageous and unbelievable stories of his rise through rock music, detailing how his voice became instantly recognizable all over the world. Lavishing readers with behind the scenes stories from Van Halen, one of the biggest rock groups in history, … [Read more...]
“United States Of Cabo” Trailer
An independent documentary about Sammy Hagar fans ("Redheads") titled "United States Of Cabo" will be released in Spring 2012. The unofficial documentary is being produced by Canada's Murmer Films and is directed by Murray Wasylnuk. The first official trailer for the film can be viewed below. Spotlighting fan stories from the many Redheads that celebrate all things Sammy … [Read more...]
Chickenfoot – “Foxy Lady” Live in Cabo
This just in, from Chickenfoot: "This was a great year and we were just feeling thankful for all of you fans and thought we'd share this as a holiday gift. It's an outtake from the Live In Cabo webcast and is a really smoking version of this tune! Have a great holiday season and we'll see you from the studio in the 2011!" … [Read more...]
David Lee Roth, Sammy Hagar, and Michael Anthony ink deals with Warner/Chappell
Some interesting behind the scenes business going on... Warner/Chappell recently inked deals with legendary rockers David Lee Roth, Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony, all of Van Halen fame. As part of the new agreement, Warner/Chappell acquired the entire catalog of songs written by Sammy Hagar — songwriter guitarist, and former lead singer of Van Halen (1986 through 1996) … [Read more...]
Chickenfoot Have Fourteen New Songs In The Works
From BryanReesman.com: by Bryan Reesman on Nov.17, 2010 Last week A.D.D. interviewed guitar guru Joe Satriani, who is currently on the road in Europe, to discuss his latest solo album, Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards. We also discussed the forthcoming Chickenfoot album, which is in the works. Back in the spring, Satriani mentioned that one song that the group was working … [Read more...]