Chickenfoot Ready, Shares Recipe For Success, Debuts No 5

Chickenfoot have released their highly anticipated debut album and as soon as the news about the forming of the supergroup hit the streets fans of Van Halen, Joe Satriani and The Red Hot Chili Peppers were counting the days until the release of the new album. With former Van Halen alums, lead vocalist Sammy Hagar and bassist Michael Anthony being joined by Red Hot Chili Pepper drummer Chad Smith and guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani, fans of hard driving Rock N Roll will be pleased to know the band is ready to tour the world in support of their self titled debut album. The bands first single "Oh Yeah" is already being embraced by radio as it's the #1 single on the Classic Rock charts and the #1 most added single in the mainstream rock charts and the bands first tour together sold out in a matter of minutes. The album also landed in the Top 5 of the Billboard 200 upon its debut.

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We caught up with Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony to find out what the secret to the bands early success has been.

 Chemistry In The Secret To Chickenfoot Success

"It was completely crazy. About a year and a half ago, Sammy invited us three to come out to Las Vegas, he was doing a show there and do a little thing for The Encore. As soon as we got on stage it just clicked so well and the magic was there. You could just feel the audience and the intensity from the audience, it was just a special energy. Chemistry is everything. You could get the best players in the world and put them together and you don't necessarily have a good band. You could get some average players and put them together and have a great band. It's happened again and again and again. How many times have musicians said 'Oh man I can play better than those guys.' Yeah but you don't have the songs or the chemistry. We have not only great musicianship, we got great chemistry and I think that's the secret to Chickenfoot right there."

Chickenfoot have released the album exclusively through Best Buy and they celebrated the release with their fans during an autograph signing at a Los Angeles Best Buy, which brought out a huge number of fans wrapping around the store and even a few hardcore fans who camped out overnight to be first in line for the bands autograph signing. Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony also talked about the amazing reaction of their fans and why it's so important for the band to have their fans support them in their new project.

 Chickenfoot On Amazing Reaction Of Fans

"That's what it's all about, the fans. We just finished doing nine club shows across the U.S. here and the whole idea was just to get close to the fans and really get them into the band and everything. We needed to get to know our selves musically on stage and when you play a small place and it's an instant four minute sell out. Then the fans that get in are the ones that we really want their opinion and their response and their input during our show. It's just kind of an unspoken thing. When we play for those kind of fans, like those people that are out there camping, you get around them and learn a lot about yourself and about what we're doing and what they like and what you like and what you like about them and what they like about you and you just take that to a grander scale. The hardcores are the ones that really drive the whole thing. It's awesome."

Chickenfoot fans should keep an eye out for FMQB Productions’ radio special, inside Chickenfoot, which will air on radio stations nationwide on June 5th to 14. The band has tour dates booked in Europe beginning June 2th in Austria and extending until July 12th in The Netherlands. Chickenfoot will then head back to North America with dates beginning August 2nd in Canada and finishing up September 5th in Lake Tahoe, NV.

Comments

[Plumb]

sweet, its true about the chemistry.

[Ironpriest]

Is the album out in Australia? I better have a look

[waysay]

I'm really looking forward to hearing these guys. Its goning to be wild. When David Lee Roth joined up with Steve Vai and Billy Sheehan back in the day, I was quite impressed then too.Van Halen Drop-outs are awesome!

[edibledevilboy]

its on spotify, it's good not great...

[allislost]

btw they were on The Tonight Show a little while ago. Look for the episode on hulu if you wanna see them.

[eliterun]

Seriously, I dunno why people have such a big stick up their arse about chickenfoot. Is it because of the claiming to be bigger than Led Zeppelin thing? Do you feel like you're asserting your coolness when you try to come up with some clever way to insult it for being old school? It's a pretty nice blues boogie, with some sweet solos. It may not be the perfect blend of Satch and the others, but the parts are pretty good in themselves.

But the releasing only through Best Buy thing is a fail. Glad I could pick it up in Europe at Virgin.

[Benjami]

This band ROCKS.
I'm so glad it worked out for them and its nice to see rock have some publicity these days because these guys are almost everywhere right now.
Going to see them live june 26th can't frikking wait \m/

[Dreamtheater,SG]

It may not be the best album of the year, but it's way better than most albums from similar supergroups, considering the time this band was conceived and the album, I'd say it's a great achievement for these 4 icons, I personally love the album because of the tonal changes and musical variety but hey that's my personal view on Chickenfoot... Oh Yeah!

[Jet_Black88]

I looked online, Billboard says the album debuted at number 6, moving 49,000 units.

[Ibzman]

Heard the album sucks from a lot of people.

[stevezy]

I would sooooo support this band if they had anyone singing but Sammy Hagar...he's so f-ing lame!

[JDZYX]

I gotta say, some amazing players...
But I think they're incredibly mediocre. It's true what he said about chemistry, but I'm not sure if they actually have it.

[the_white_bunny]

Sammy Hagar...he's so f-ing lame

yeah montrose was so lame.
5150 going 6 times dimond is so lame.

hate to say it but at 60 sammy hagar has more soul and talent then you could dream of.

its rockin bluse and its about time 4 people with real talent put out a cd.

[the_white_bunny]

oh and f dlr with his sing talking.

[WheredMyRockGo?]

eliterun wrote:

But the releasing only through Best Buy thing is a fail. Glad I could pick it up in Europe at Virgin.

iTunes has it...

Anyway if you dont like straight up rock then dont listen to this music. It's not "oh poor me my girlfriend dumped me and now i'm whining about it" music.

[98Timberwolf]

No Best Buy anywhere near me... It sucks when bands do the Best Buy exclusive release.

[allislost]

the_white_bunny wrote:

hate to say it but at 60 sammy hagar has more soul and talent then you could dream of.

just because you can't play or sing anything good it doesn't mean the rest of us suck as much as you do.

the_white_bunny

its rockin bluse and its about time 4 people with real talent put out a cd.

wow crawl out of your dungeon dude...

[SirShredfast]

I can always watch only one video even if there are 2 links to 2 videos. Anyone else has that problem?

[Lion_Slicer]

I'm not into straightforward hard rock, but Van Halen were something of a higher breed for sure, RHCP have always been one of those bands fans of any genre can love, and Satch is just ungodly with a guitar. I also don't buy into "supergroups" usually, who can cash in on their fame without having the originality or chemistry to back it up. I was impressed by their Late Show performance (off-topic, Conan is one of the best things to ever happen to television). I felt that they did have chemistry, the song was not amazingly creative but it was rocking and enjoyable, and Sammy Hagar sure is an engaging frontman. I'll have to check out the album.

[UnaLaguna]

I don't understand the hate for this album. Overall it's very energetic, entertaining music. Plenty of soul, emotion, killer riffs. Everything you'd look for in a great hard rock album.

Odd that none of the negative comments have come with much justification; I guess this is the old "Ultimate-Guitar users hate anything which might be mainstream" problem.

[Galvatron]

So eighties.

I am going to grow a mullet,wear my cocks pulled up over the bottom of my pants and carry a ghetto blaster on my shoulder.

Then I should be able to feel this album.

[Jet_Black88]

Lion_Slicer wrote:

I'm not into straightforward hard rock, but Van Halen were something of a higher breed for sure, RHCP have always been one of those bands fans of any genre can love, and Satch is just ungodly with a guitar. I also don't buy into "supergroups" usually, who can cash in on their fame without having the originality or chemistry to back it up. I was impressed by their Late Show performance (off-topic, Conan is one of the best things to ever happen to television). I felt that they did have chemistry, the song was not amazingly creative but it was rocking and enjoyable, and Sammy Hagar sure is an engaging frontman. I'll have to check out the album.

Woah, you liked their late night performance?

Having seen them live and purchased their album, I can let you know that the late night performance was VERY tame in comparison. Not bad, but it didn't have the energy of them live in concert. I think you really will like the album.

[Galvatron]

I meant socks ,not cocks.

[Rocker_geek]

Another bad headline. =/
A 13 year old can do better than this, wtf?

checked

[albinorino24]

eliterun wrote:

Seriously, I dunno why people have such a big stick up their arse about chickenfoot. Is it because of the claiming to be bigger than Led Zeppelin thing? Do you feel like you're asserting your coolness when you try to come up with some clever way to insult it for being old school? It's a pretty nice blues boogie, with some sweet solos. It may not be the perfect blend of Satch and the others, but the parts are pretty good in themselves.

But the releasing only through Best Buy thing is a fail. Glad I could pick it up in Europe at Virgin.

It's not exclusively through Best Buy. I bought it at Target yesterday

[PitLurker]

heard em..they're pretty horrible... in terms of songs and any musical relevance past what the rock chart success may suggest

[chickenfoot]

They are just AWESOME =)
love the album and let's all hope this won't be the last thing we hear of them

[the_white_bunny]

allislost

sick name dude, go listen to fall out boy and cry because your mom and dad don't hug you enough.

[Riffrocker83]

I dig a number of the tracks on the record. At face value, I'd say I like it.

[PIMO]

The album is great i was surprised at what i heard but quickly got really into it great stuff im so glad that this happened

[whotheledbeatle]

saw them play on conan and it wasn't really anything special...pretty bad

[80'smetaladdict]

Ibzman wrote:

Heard the album sucks from a lot of people.

so who cares what they think its only what you think if its goods or not.

[lt22]

Does it disturb anyone else that their single is on the CLASSIC ROCK chart??? note the CLASSIC. How is something classic rock if it was released this year?

To be honest the album was a bit disappointing to me... too much jam-focused feel, so I couldn't really get into it. It'll be great for background music but it just can't keep my attention that well... but I'm glad they've had some success with it.

Also, the way Satriani performs on the album is not the same adaptation of his style as the way Slash performs with Velvet Revolver... it doesn't have his distinctive style (imo) as much, at least it doesn't shine through like Slash's does in VR.

[Whiskey Tango]

lt22 wrote:

Does it disturb anyone else that their single is on the CLASSIC ROCK chart??? note the CLASSIC. How is something classic rock if it was released this year?

To be honest the album was a bit disappointing to me... too much jam-focused feel, so I couldn't really get into it. It'll be great for background music but it just can't keep my attention that well... but I'm glad they've had some success with it.

Also, the way Satriani performs on the album is not the same adaptation of his style as the way Slash performs with Velvet Revolver... it doesn't have his distinctive style (imo) as much, at least it doesn't shine through like Slash's does in VR.

Figures that they would have to be labeled immediately, just because the members have longevity in the industry. Makes no sense.

In regards to not having Joe's distinctive style. I kind of like that it's a bit different than his solo stuff. Don't get me wrong, I like Joe for almost all of his solo stuff, but I like that it's more of a whole band thing.

[napalm890]

rhoadrunner wrote:

you suck, then swallow,then ask for more

man that was awful...

[JacobLampman]

I like the album. I don't see why people hate on it so much. *shrugs*

[b-rock34]

Ibzman wrote:

Heard the album sucks from a lot of people.

A real independent thinker, here.

[Freunleven]

Ignoring what these individuals have done before - largely because I haven't listen to much of Satriani's solo work, and I'm not much of a Van Halen fan - I have to admit that this is just a good album. The songs aren't overly heavy, but have a solid rock vibe to them while maintaining a certain joie de vivre - something that is seriously missing from a lot of modern rock.

There aren't any heavy-handed political statement, there aren't any "poor me" songs - its just a throwback to "I Can't Drive 55" and 5150, with a bit of a Chad Smith/Joe Satriani twist. I like it.

[Cookie_Dog]

the_white_bunny wrote:

allislost

sick name dude, go listen to fall out boy and cry because your mom and dad don't hug you enough.

+1 for making me laugh

[JesterShred]

yeah, a "best buy exclusive release" is a cheap way of saying you made a cd, its like buying publix oreos, it's like an album, but not really... and i'm not talking about the music portion, what happened to the days when you could release a cd and it would be in actual cd store?! like a place they sell music? its sad that those days are dead...

[zink10192]

b-rock34 wrote:

Ibzman wrote:

Heard the album sucks from a lot of people.

A real independent thinker, here.

+1
i might buy this album...

[Shazazmic]

Galvatron wrote:

So eighties.

I am going to grow a mullet,wear my cocks pulled up over the bottom of my pants and carry a ghetto blaster on my shoulder.

Then I should be able to feel this album.

With a name like Galvatron you really shouldn't be sarcastic...

[fretman5000]

chemistry is everything. if no one gets along, youre gonna suck as a band. btw, the album is awesome, dont argue the facts

[Badmotorfever]

lt22 wrote:

Does it disturb anyone else that their single is on the CLASSIC ROCK chart??? note the CLASSIC. How is something classic rock if it was released this year?

To be honest the album was a bit disappointing to me... too much jam-focused feel, so I couldn't really get into it. It'll be great for background music but it just can't keep my attention that well... but I'm glad they've had some success with it.

Also, the way Satriani performs on the album is not the same adaptation of his style as the way Slash performs with Velvet Revolver... it doesn't have his distinctive style (imo) as much, at least it doesn't shine through like Slash's does in VR.

Ever heard of CLASSIC ROCK MAGAZINE? They pretty much y'know, suggest bands that are reminiscient of classic rock bands. For example, Wolfmother, but they are more like neo-classic rock.

Its their background that gives them the classic rock feel, and I have to admit, there are some true Rollings Stones & AC/DC moments in this album. Overall, a solid effort.

One of the best comments made about this album was "hey, who knew Mike Anthony could play bass?" He is AMAZING on this album, so much space and scope to move with, and his backing vocals are second to none! He truely comes into his element as a musician here.

[led_matt]

not crazy about them. love RHCP and chad and i have a lot of respect for satch and VH, but i just dont like sammy hagar. this was a disapointment for me

[andyscoot]

im being honest, i was expecting a really good record, what with the musicians in it and what not. All im hearing right now is average radio rock. Maybe it'll grow on me, but right now, its one of the biggest dissapointments this year for me

[Rajah]

80'smetaladdict wrote:

Ibzman wrote:

Heard the album sucks from a lot of people.so who cares what they think its only what you think if its goods or not.

Exactly! Finally, something decent to read.

[darkfire_storm]

I though Satch said that Chickenfoot was a tentative name. I'm glad they stuck with it though, it's a hilarious name.

[sprkidjar]

the_white_bunny wrote:

allislost

sick name dude, go listen to fall out boy and cry because your mom and dad don't hug you enough.

i applaud you for your incredibly creative and thoughtful insult. lol

[godofthemoon]

I listened to a few of the songs.. seriously not the best rock i've ever heard... Its just a bunch of old guys rocking out but its just not that innovative.. I suppose if one were into this genere a few more songs would be nice but i'd stick to the classics

[allislost]

the_white_bunny wrote:

allislost

sick name dude, go listen to fall out boy and cry because your mom and dad don't hug you enough.

yeah... i know my name is awesome, thx!

BTW How's that male-pattern baldness treating you?

Obese and balding... WOW! you are so awesome.

[PerpetualBurn]

Every post here is a flame directed to the last post. Ahhh UG...

[Bass of Grunge]

Well, it doesn't get more generic than this!

[HammettFTW]

Galvatron wrote:

I meant socks ,not cocks.

haha ****ing lol

[spug2guitarist]

WheredMyRockGo? wrote:

Anyway if you dont like straight up rock then dont listen to this music. It's not "oh poor me my girlfriend dumped me and now i'm whining about it" music.

hahaha so true

[crazymnm]

PerpetualBurn wrote:

Every post here is a flame directed to the last post. Ahhh UG...

F*** YOU!!! :P

On topic, I find them really boring

[edgeyyz]

the_white_bunny wrote:

Sammy Hagar...he's so f-ing lame

yeah montrose was so lame.
5150 going 6 times dimond is so lame.

hate to say it but at 60 sammy hagar has more soul and talent then you could dream of.

its rockin bluse and its about time 4 people with real talent put out a cd.

He doesn't even seem that old though.

[Plaeghdraeger]

Jaay going to see these guys this summer

[Sharath]

I bought this album just cause i just love satriani....and this band didnt disappoint...one of the best albums in years!!!

[BenjaminFields]

This band makes some pretty horrible music. The kind of songs four washed-up, out of touch millionaire musicians would make. They clearly have no idea how to approach their craft, churning out recycled, bland rock riffs that are made worse with Satriana's over-indulgent leads. Hey, individuality their creative talents are much to be admired (for the most part), but this is clearly a half-assed bid for any kind of commercial/radio success. And they FAIL spectacularly.

BTW, Chad Smith?!?!? WTF?

[Freunleven]

BenjaminFields wrote:
They clearly have no idea how to approach their craft, churning out recycled, bland rock riffs that are made worse with Satriana's over-indulgent leads.

Yeah, that super-complex solo in "Learning to Fall" really just totally destroys the song. //sarcasm

[spyder52]

The Album is KILLER!!!!!

[BenjaminFields]

Freunleven wrote:

BenjaminFields wrote:
They clearly have no idea how to approach their craft, churning out recycled, bland rock riffs that are made worse with Satriana's over-indulgent leads.

Yeah, that super-complex solo in "Learning to Fall" really just totally destroys the song. //sarcasm

FAIL.