Chickenfoot is releasing a special Deluxe Limited Edition Chickenfoot DVD/CD for just the price of a normal CD…an INCREDIBLE value for a CD with a bonus track and a DVD with a ton of behind the scenes, studio & concert footage! The release date is November 1st.

CD: Includes all 12 tracks (including “Bitten By The Wolf”, which is not on the regular CD)

Bonus DVD: Contains one hour of new video footage featuring videos for every song including live performances from Montreux Jazz Festival (”Soap on a Rope”, “Sexy Little Thing” & “Down The Drain”), and exclusive footage from the road, in rehearsal, and in the recording studio. Both official music videos for “Oh Yeah” and “Soap On A Rope” are also included. The DVD is truly great and is a MUST HAVE for all Chickenfoot fans!

Packaging: The Deluxe Limited Edition features a reverse design from that which was featured on their self-titled debut, which was a black CD printed with heat sensitive ink. The Deluxe Limited Edition features a white background printed with an invisible ultraviolet ink, which fluoresses under blacklight exposure.

Order Chickenfoot’s Deluxe Limited Edition at Van Halen Store for $2 off the list price. (Just $11.95) Just released… IN STOCK & SHIPPING NOW.

Here’s a teaser clip from the bonus DVD that’s part of the Deluxe Limited Edition:

2009 saw Chickenfoot’s debut album reach phenomenal world wide acclaim, debuting at #4 on the American Billboard 200 and charting highly all over the World, including a Top 20 place in the UK album chart, and reaching #10 in Germany and Japan. The album was recently certified GOLD by the RIAA.

Here’s a shot of the guys being presented their gold record awards:

Chickenfoot will be performing two songs on the Jimmy Kimmel Show! The live taping will be on Thursday, Nov 5th in LA, and the airdate is Friday Nov 6th, so put it in your calendar and program your DVRs! For more info on the show, visit Jimmy Kimmel Live.

If you’ll be in Los Angeles that day, you can sign up for tickets right now, as this is sure to be a sold out show!

Tickets for Jimmy Kimmel Live

The third full-length music video from the self-titled Chickenfoot debut album.

From GameDaily.com:
By: Robert Workman

Although the soundtrack will make you “Jump” for joy, Guitar Hero Van Halen doesn’t have enough extra features.

There’s no shortage of quality music games from Activision this holiday season. The wonderful Guitar Hero 5 is currently on store shelves, and in early November, you can snag Band Hero, complete with several contemporary tracks and an improved drum set to rock out with. Following both of these acts is Guitar Hero Van Halen, a game set for retail release on December 22nd.

Bow to one of the greatest rock bands of all time. Bow, we say! Click to see more images from the game…

The game features the four most current members of Van Halen: singer David Lee Roth, guitarist Eddie Van Halen, drummer Alex Van Halen and Eddie’s son, Wolfgang, on bass They rock on stage to a number of classic favorites from the late 70s/early 80s. The soundtrack includes such favorites as “Jump”, “Everybody Wants Some”, “Oh Pretty Woman” and more. The traditional Guitar Hero players (Judy Nails, Casey Lynch) also return, jamming to songs from Foreigner (”Double Vision”), Weezer (”Dope Nose”) and Foo Fighters (”The Best of You”), among others. They’re not all winners, though. We could’ve done without “Stacy’s Mom” and “Semi-Charmed Life”, but overall, this 40 plus track list has rock to spare.

In addition, several of the traditional modes from Guitar Hero return. You can team up with four players in band play, take your game online through Xbox Live and PlayStation Network (both in co-op and versus multiplayer matches), create songs in GH Tunes and stylize your own rocker using customized duds and other tools.

When players step onto the virtual stage, they can sing vocals, bang away on their Rock Band/Guitar Hero drum set (both of which are compatible) and strum a guitar peripheral to Eddie Van Halen’s songs. The difficulty level is right where it needs to be, with Eddie’s “Eruption” solo insanely tough on Expert. We didn’t even make it through half of it without some practice.

As for presentation, it’s a step backwards from Guitar Hero 5. Neversoft reverts back to an earlier GH engine, with plastic-looking characters mixed in with some above-average stage designs; the big “S” stage, where Roth prances around, stands out. That said, the crowd still gets into each song, and the note interface is easy to see, complete with tap-tap segments and a bounty of opportunities to fill your rock meter and double your score.

Most of the songs sound remarkable. All of Van Halen’s tunes are terrific in Dolby Digital, and some of the sidetracks are equally good. Still, some of the third-party songs are covers, which is something Activision should’ve gotten past by now. The cheering crowds and other rock concert noises are acceptable, but nothing you haven’t heard before.

On a side note, Neversoft fails to acknowledge bassist and co-founder Michael Anthony and lead singer Sammy Hagar. Sure, they’re part of a new band now (Chickenfoot), but how awesome would it have been to introduce a versus band story arc, pitting the Roth era against the Hagar one? Plus, that would’ve given the song list a push, with “Poundcake”, “Best of Both Worlds” and “Love Walks In” available for play. Sadly, that’s not the case, and Van Halen suffers as a result.

Guitar Hero Van Halen is fun, just not the best in the series. The song selection will keep you and your friends happy (just skip Third Eye Blind) and the options are acceptable. Still, with a little more effort, this could’ve been on the same level as GH Metallica. The band deserved better.

Sevendust posted a video of themselves on their official Youtube channel warming up in the studio with some classic Van Halen:

Sammy Hagar and the Waboritas and Chickenfoot are gearing up for a real rock ‘n’ roll weekend in a few weeks! The new Cabo Wabo Cantina opens soon - right on The Strip in Las Vegas! And Sammy & Chickenfoot will be there to rock out the Grand Opening!

Friday, December 4th: Sammy Hagar & The Waboritas will be there for the Grand Opening Tickets will be first come first serve, just like in Cabo.

Saturday, Dec. 5th: Chickenfoot will play their final show of the year at the Hard Rock stage at the Joint in Vegas.

Also, Happy Birthday, Sammy Hagar! Sammy, The Wabos, and Chickenfoot, along with thousands of fans, celebrated Sammy’s 14th annual Birthday Bash in Cabo San Lucas last week. As always, a great time was had by all. The Van Halen News Desk will have a full report in the coming days.

 From JamBase.com:

Sat Eye Candy: David Lee Roth

DIAMOND DAVE IS 54!

One of rock’s great cartoon characters, David Lee Roth is also one of the liveliest frontmen the genre has ever known. Possessed of a powerful voice and more form fitting spandex than a ballerina, Roth high-kicked his way into rock’s pantheon in the ’80s, his garish, flagrantly in-your-face persona perfect for the first crest of video age popularity. He also happened to be fronting one of the finest hard rock bands to emerge from the late 1970s at the time, which did not hurt. Sure, he’s silly, contradictory and prone to saying things he’d probably rather weren’t caught on tape, but dude has also done more than his fair share to generate real good times in this miserable old world. Today is Dave’s birthday and we encourage you to honor the occasion with some form of debauchery. You pick your poison, they’re all good to Roth…

Van Halen, especially during their rise to international stardom in the mid-80s, were a glorious mess, punk rock without the politics or social thrust. Often concerts felt like a rowdy, oversized puppy just lickin’ you all over. And thus we begin with “Hot For Teacher” at Castle Donington in 1984, just months before Roth’s initial departure from VH.

Roth’s reunion with Eddie & Alex Van Halen (along with Ed’s kid, Wolfgang on bass) has been far more fruitful than many might have expected. Here’s a rehearsal performance before their 2007 tour. And we have Wolfgang to thank for the band’s deeper exploration of their back catalog – he’s the one putting the setlists together and making the old men hop!

Dave is a genuinely weird guy. To wit, the video for his first post-VH single, “Yankee Rose.”

Brute force, trouser snake rock has few better than anthems than “Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love.” And this performance from 1999 with his solo band in Finland shows him to be pretty dang spry. One would have thought the cocaine or clap would’ve taken him down by this point but here he is today, hail and hearty as ever.

Remember those good times we were talking about? 1979 was a very good time for Van Halen, Dave and almost anybody listening to this one.

And sometimes when those good times roll you gotta cry, “Get Me A Doctor!”

A few years ago, Roth made the curious decision to record bluegrass/country versions of many of his hits. We offer this performance of “Jump” from The Tonight Show with Jay Leno with scratch of our head. Make of it what you will.

One suspects Satan really digs this song, especially as delivered in 1982.

From the same gig at Largo, we present the kickass righteousness of Diver Down’s “Hang ‘Em High.” And yeah, Dave was so hot at that time he could still pull down chicks in that stupid beret.

Van Halen were truly one of the first kings of the video domain. There was virtually no one who watched the channel who didn’t instantly know what band you meant if you said, “I reach down between my legs and ease my seat back.” In fact, there’s few today who won’t instantly recognize this tune.

We conclude our small salute to Diamond Dave with the original video for his perversely iconic cover of “Just A Gigolo.” As celebrations of being a man-whore go, well, this one rules. We hope you’re up to your neck in all sorts of things this birthday, Dave. Keep shining you crazy diamond!