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Chickenfoot is go! The supergroup, led by Sammy Hagar, will also bring together fellow former Van Haleneer Michael Anthony, wank wizard Joe Satriani, and Red Hot Chili Pepper Chad Smith for an album, and Hagar could not be more pumped. "When people hear the music, it's Led Zeppelin. It's as good as that. I know that's a mighty bold statement...We could rival Zep." Dude, I love Led Zeppelin! This is great news! I was totally telling someone the other day that we needed a new Led Zeppelin, and here comes Sammy Hagar with a bottle of tequila, saying that he's got one. I haven't been this stoked since Walking To Clarksdale.
Chickenfoot's been in the works for a while; in 2007, after some jam sessions between Smith, Anthony and the Red Rocker, Hagar made this bold statement to Spinner.com: "The band is like Cream, without the jazz, and with funk mixed in. We'll get up, do a verse of a song and then just go for 20 minutes. It's pretty great." Maybe Led Zep will let this funky, jazz-free Cream open for them!
Think they got the name from Prison Break?
SAMMY HAGAR Talks Tequila; Video Available [Blabbermouth]
Chicken Foot Sammy [YouTube]
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Come on, this is pretty sweet:
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It will be JUST like Led Zep...except with Sammy's trademark greeting card lyrics.
This band might even be more awesome than H.S.A.S.
This is either going to be the most awesome thing ever, or a big bag of suck.
@bbernardini: Oh, it can be both.
If this group winds up signed to any label bigger than Eagle Rock Entertainment, the music industry deserves to die.
Those dudes don't even deserve to share the stage with Satch Boogie.
Next up: Steve Vai, Gary Cherone, Bobby Blotzer and Twiggy Ramirez get together to play Operation Mindcrime in its entirety! Produced by Brendan O'Brien!
Those dudes ALL have maggots in their pockets.
@D Day: I would pay to see that just for the comedy factor.
@D Day: Throw in Tommy Stinson, and I think you have a winner!
When I woke up this morning, I truly did not expect to see an HSAS shout-out today.
@D Day: Operation Shitfaced more like.
@D Day: there was short-lived supergroup called Contraband that included your favorite Ratt drummer, Michael Schenker, Tracii Guns and few other LA glam fools of the day. So... you see, the more things change, the more they truly do stay the same. oh and HSAS RULES! journey wishes they had that neal schon.
@agolden: i had that cd!
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@Maura Johnston: I still have it. Haven't listened to in a very, very long time though. Primarily because it's terrible.
@Maura: I had it too. bought it for the Mott the Hoople remake and lost it in piles of cassettes probably in the basement of the Princeton Record Exchange now. rich36 is right. man, that was a bad idea.
The H.S.A.S. album had the second greatest J. D. Considine short take review ever:
"Fred Zeppelin"
Ok, so Sammy did the Montrose thing, then the solo thing, then the Van Halen thing, then the Wabos thing, then the bar owner thing, then the tequilla thing, now this thing. I really like Sammy, I really do, but, what the hell is he trying to prove? it looks to me like he's trying to match the success he had with Van Halen.
He won't.
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