Chickenfoot – New Supergroup with Chad Smith and Joe Satriani
Posted on March 27th, 2009 in Drumming News, Favorite Drummers | 1 Comment »
Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith, guitarist Joe Satriani and former Van Halen members Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony have joined forces to form the supergroup Chickenfoot. They will have a self titled album coming out on June 7th that will only be available at Best Buy.
RollingStone.com interviewed Sammy Hagar about the new collaboration:
…each member’s rock roots play a role in the band’s music. “Kind of like who we are. Like kind of Zeppelin, Van Halen you know hard rock-y, Rush-y, kind of progressive a little bit. Hard rock. Hard sophisticated rock,” Hagar said, adding that “Joe Satriani, he’s the doctor man. He is the professor, this guy he’s awesome.”
When Hagar realized he didn’t like singing and playing guitar at the same time, he thought, “‘We need a great guitar player. Who’s the best guitar player out there?’ Joe Satriani. And Joe’s a buddy right here in San Francisco, so I called him and boom.”
As an attempt to make the album more tempting to purchase, the CD is reported to come with heat sensitive artwork with hidden pictures that can only be seen after warming the graphics with your hand. As a big fan of Chad Smith and Joe Satriani, I know that I am excited to hear how hard Chickenfoot can rock.
For more information, check out the full article at RollingStone.com
One Response
Here’s a case where the whole ends up being greater than the sum of the parts and that’s saying something considering the parts. If you wore out your 5150 casette and prided yourself on rocking to one of Joe’s instrumentals you won’t be disapointed. The guys are having fun and the lyrics and music reflect that. As you listen to the album, each member clearly has his own moments but none seem extraneous, they are always within the context of the song. A great rock album.