Chickenfoot

Kess73

Picked up their album today and gave it a few spins whilst driving.



If you like Van Halen, and well played rock, then this could be for you.


It has some cheesy moments, but generally it brings the best qualities of it's members to the surface.





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wolEMOmsqGA

Teutorix

Simply the most awesome band ever.

Sammy Hagar
Joe Satriani
Michael Anthony
Chad Smith

LOOK ^^^^ tell me thats not awesome

waltersobchak

anything with st joe in it.. is worth a listen;)

Tommy the Cat

It's bloody awful, it has that 80's sound.

rednik

The album is good but I am a fan of Hagar pre and post Van Halen. One good thing to come out of this is it seems to have been the kick in the arse EVH needed to do something. He is now saying that VH with Lee Roth are working on new material and hopefully bringing out a new album. He's still a pr*ck for the way he treats people but one hell of a guitarist.

120_Minutes

aye, posted a thread on this a while back....got feic all response. thought joe and sammy et al werent loved around here....ah well

rednik

Sorry I missed that thread. Been a fan of Sammy since the late seventies,not a huge fan of Montrose. Red and Live loud and clear were among the first albums I bought,they are still in the attic (vinyl) but replaced them on cd. Don't know an awful lot about Satriani but would like to see them live but can't go to Cork.
I like both versions of Van Halen. Didn't care for Cherone. But I think Chickenfoot will create more interest in Van Halen if Eddie is true to his word and does bring out a new album with Dave. Still think he treated Mike very badly.

Teutorix

Tommy the Cat wrote: »

It's bloody awful, it has that 80's sound.

I suppose you are one of those green day fans :rolleyes:

Tommy the Cat

Nope. I think the musicians amazing are amazing in fact. Just doesnt mean they'll make great music.

Karl Hungus

Tommy the Cat wrote: »

it has that 80's sound.

I think that's the point.

ShawnRaven

Karl Hungus wrote: »

I think that's the point.

Sounds to me like it's picking up where Sammy would have liked things with VH to continue after Balance, problem was Eddie was too messed up in the head and was too busy being f*cked in the arse by record company execs to produce a greatest hits album.

Fan of both guitarists myself, but prefer Satch over Eddie any day of the week.

mcronnymc

ShawnRaven wrote: »

Sounds to me like it's picking up where Sammy would have liked things with VH to continue after Balance, problem was Eddie was too messed up in the head and was too busy being f*cked in the arse by record company execs to produce a greatest hits album.

Fan of both guitarists myself, but prefer Satch over Eddie any day of the week.

satch has really brought a new element to his playing fast and now hits more about feel and groove. Been able to master both of these arts really marks him out as one of the best guitar players of our generation

ShawnRaven

Oh and for those of you who aren't aware... they're playing over here in less than 3 weeks.
Marquee in Cork - June 23rd.

hyn-zie

Teutorix wrote: »

Simply the most awesome band ever.

Sammy Hagar
Joe Satriani
Michael Anthony
Chad Smith

LOOK ^^^^ tell me thats not awesome

Thats not awesome, Sammy Hagar is a bigger d!ck than Lee Roth, Chad smith has to be the most plain, boring, simple, oh and the worse drummer around, Joe Satriani is a good guitar player but a d!ck also, Michael Anthony not so bad! too me this is just a band full of cockey twats which will end in tears!!!

waltersobchak

hyn-zie wrote: »

Thats not awesome, Sammy Hagar is a bigger d!ck than Lee Roth, Chad smith has to be the most plain, boring, simple, oh and the worse drummer around, Joe Satriani is a good guitar player but a d!ck also, Michael Anthony not so bad! too me this is just a band full of cockey twats which will end in tears!!!

clearly you dont know what you talking about, joe satriani is one of the most down to earth musicians on the planet, humbliest f$cker you could ever meet, your clearly talking outta your hole if you think ANYBODY is a bigger dick then david lee roth..... go back to listen to lady gaga or whatever it is that satisfies your primitive intillect

hyn-zie

waltersobchak wrote: »

clearly you dont know what you talking about, joe satriani is one of the most down to earth musicians on the planet, humbliest f$cker you could ever meet, your clearly talking outta your hole if you think ANYBODY has a bigger dick then david lee roth..... go back to listen to lady gaga or whatever it is that satisfies your primitive intillect

Bigger d!ck than who????

LD 50

hyn-zie wrote: »

Bigger d!ck than who????

Real mature.

Have you actually even listened to a song yet?

ShawnRaven

hyn-zie wrote: »

Thats not awesome, Sammy Hagar is a bigger d!ck than Lee Roth,

Just wondering what your grounds for that statement are exactly?

Chad smith has to be the most plain, boring, simple, oh and the worse drummer around

Try finding some of his work OUTSIDE of the Chili's, then come back to me.

Joe Satriani is a good guitar player but a d!ck also, Michael Anthony not so bad! too me this is just a band full of cockey twats which will end in tears!!!

I dunno about the band ending in tears, but your post certainly had me in tears... for all the wrong reasons.

rednik

I'd still like to see them live but can't go to Cork and there are a lot of other gigs this year. Sammy is a great frontman and all round entertainer.

Roar

got the album today, going to see them in the marquee. the album is good, nothing spectacular, but fun and enjoyable, and i get the impression the songs will sound a hell of a lot better live than on the album. looking forward to the gig!

ShawnRaven

I really wanna go as well, but i've got my psychology exam the day beforehand and i'm gonna be studying like a bastard in the days leading up to it, that there's no way i'm gonna be able to handle the journey down from Dublin the day after.

Roar

just back from the gig. they were pretty darn good. Can't hear anything except a high pitched ringing in my ears!

kona

Tommy the Cat wrote: »

It's bloody awful, it has that 80's sound.

must be amazing so, cant beat a 80s metal sound

stateofflux

im not mad into the chilis...but as for chad smith.....that cat can really play the drums.....check out their version of search and destroy on youtube...and wile your at it listen to "not of this earth" by satriani.....i don't even like satriani that much but that album kicks ass....credit where credit is due

rednik

Roar when yo get a chance what was the setlist like and was there a good crowd at the show. Thanks.

Roar

Rednik they played the album from start to finish, no chilis or van halen stuff, which was a good move I think, with non album track "bitten by the wolf" thrown in as well

as for the crowd, i'd reckon maybe 1,500 which was pretty poor, marquee capacity is 5,000.

good atmosphere at it though, chad smith must have thrown about 100 drum sticks into the card, satriani did the same with his picks, as did michael anthony, and hagar had never played in ireland before apparently, and started chugging down guinness from a can on stage. hero.

got a cool tshirt as well, logo on the front and the tour venues on the back, 30 euro dollars was a bit saucy though!

rednik

Cheers for that Roar. I would love to have seen them, hopefully in the future. On the album, I have been listening to it in the car a lot and I think it is a really good album. There is no stand out track but all are very strong. I suppose it would have taken away from them if they had played VH or the peppers stuff.

yknaa

Got it on vinyl yesterday and having only listened to half it yet I like it so far
Btw, vinyl has a link to the booklet which has web content, videos etc.
www.chickenfoot.us/booklet

Forcefield

Great gig last night. Not sure there was 1500 there though. You must have had the beer goggles on Roar !!
Great buzz from em.
Chad Smith is nuts, Being in the Chillis that long obviously masks his drumming prowess cos he rocked.:cool:

LD 50

He was going crazy up there. They did an encore of the first song that Hagar wrote, and some other one I didnt know. I'd say there was only about 600-800 there, but it was still a great gig.

The support act was good, anyone catch their name?

Aligator Farmer

Album is good, I reckon they'll sound even better live.
I'm going to the London show tonight.
I've heard the encore on the tour so far is Hagars bad motor scooter and Deep purples Speed King.
(I'm pretty sure you can see Satriani playing this with Deep purple on youtube)

Roar

Forcefield wrote: »

Great gig last night. Not sure there was 1500 there though. You must have had the beer goggles on Roar !!

ha ha, I don't drink but I see your point, 1500 was a tad generous!

as for the album itself, it gets a bit "samey" i think, there's 4 or five great songs on it (Oh Yeah, Soap on a Rope being the highlights for me, and I quite like My Kinda Girl too)

in a live setting the songs sounded much better, and a special mention must go to Michael Anthony's fist pumping and pointing at the crowd, not to mention his angry "rock" faces. Brilliant.

Aligator Farmer

Did they do much jamming / solo spots etc.., or pretty much play it as per the record?

Roar

pretty much as per the record. sammy and chad do some chatting in between songs. watching Satriani solo is biblical.

Aligator Farmer

Cheers.
Satriani rocks, have seen him on solo tours a couple of times, lookin forward to seeing him in more of a standard roack band setting.

bohsmug

Was at the gig myself. Great show, really enjoyable. Finished with highway star.

Soap on a rope's a really cool song. I thought the band sounded better with the two guitars though.


EDIT:
http://www.brianmay.com/whatsnew.html

Brian May on Chickenfoot
June 22nd 2009



No - it's not a Ban-the-Bomb sign. It's explosive. It's .... a Chicken Foot!

For those who like to ROCK (enunciated with a deep gravelly voice, a la Tommy Vance ...), in a classic grass roots, frig-off, out-and-out real way ...

This is the new album you have to get.

Chicken Foot are a new California 'Super Group' of wondrous musicians having a ball together and playing REAL rock music.

Just reading the group line-up is enough to get your taste-buds going ... it's a Classic Rock Nerd's dream ... (I proudly count myself in that category) - the awesome Chad Smith (from Red Hot Chili Peppers) on drums ... undoubtedly one of the world's finest ... Michael Anthony (Van Halen) - undoubtedly one of the worlds greatest bass players ... on vocals Sammy Hagar (Montrose and Van Halen) ... undoubtedly one of the world's great rock and roll vocalists, writers, guitarist front men. And ... Jesus Christ ... who would you like on Guitar? Joe Satriani!!! Well, our cup overflows, a finer guitarist you can find nowhere on this planet ...

So ... these guys play FOR REAL in the studio (and soon in a theatre near you) - with no clicks, only big bangs. I have had this album in my car since I came back from LA doing American Idol ... I raced down to Sunset Strip where they were playing ... after the TV show was over ... to catch the end of the Chicken Foot show. And missed it! Very uncool. But I did come away clutching the new album in my hand. So - in the car? Well, it's been a problem really ... cos for a long time I could not get past track 3. Reason being ... it's so great. You just have to play it over and over again. It's called "Sexy Little Thing" ... a great great simple riff from Satriani ... one of those riffs everybody wishes they had thought of ... and then the colossal rhythm section kicks in ... Big fat rolling growly bass. .. and enormous drums. Somebody's gonna hate me for saying this, but I never quite felt Chili Peppers' records quite captured the truly monumental power of this guy Chad, who has become a great friend ... he played with us at the launch of WWRY in Vegas. On this record, you truly get the full effect of this frightening virtuoso hard hitter ... there is a naked snare drum hit on this track which KILLS me every time it comes around ... I have to turn it up and deafen myself every time ... it makes me yell ! So probably many people have seen me driving around town recently and screaming like a madman. Well, this is why. You get the same kind of feeling from Sammy Hagar as you did on the Van Halen tracks "Why can't this be Love" and "Best of Both Worlds" - pure excitement. He's pretty underrated as a singer, in my opinion ... never runs out of grit and top notes, or energy. Satriani? I LOVE hearing him play big fat rhythm - he still shreds and burns and performs impossible somersaults on the guitar ... but that driving rhythm playing is ... well, a total joy.

Enough. Go get it, please. It will cleanse and refresh and energise you.

Cheers
Bri

Aligator Farmer

Endorsed by Brian May, must look out for him at the gig tonight, he should be easy to spot ;-)
Some good videos from the Cork show on youtube, VHND have a handy list of links to em.

Aligator Farmer

Well,
I didn't see Brian May, but I did witness one hell of a show.
The place was jammed and the band played their ar**s off.
Played the entire album, pretty much in the same order with one extra bluesy track thrown in.
Joe played a twin neck on this one and did a nice extended intro, and a cool slide solo.
There was a few short impromptu jams between songs and they looked to be having a lot of fun.
Sammy sat on the drum riser and played a lap steel intro to Bad motor scooter that was cool.
They finished off with a storming version of Deep Purples Higway star,
which finished up with Chad throwing and kicking his drums around the stage!

Seems pretty clear that if they come back to Lonodn they'll be in a bigger venue,
so I feel lucky to have seen them up close.

V9

hmm, just had a listen to Oh Yeah and quite liked it, youtubed their go at Highway Star and yelped when I saw satriani hit the solos, wonderful.

I think I'll be looking into these fellas a bit more.

wandatowell

I loved the gig the other night, had a blast.

Thought the band were on fire and seemed to be having a great laugh with eachother and the fans. Loved every second of it. Even managed to catch one of about 50 drum sticks chad smith threw into the audience during the gig :-) happy days. The songs come across alot heavier live than they do on cd, which is bloody great if you ask me.

p.s. sammy is one hard b@stard, he drinks guinness straight from the can, thats just *NASTY*