Van Hagar Spin-Off Could Be The New Led Zeppelin

AP070312024386.jpgChickenfoot 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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  1. Chris N.  |   Posted on May 29th, 2008

    Come on, this is pretty sweet:

  2. FionaScrapple  |   Posted on May 29th, 2008

    It will be JUST like Led Zep…except with Sammy’s trademark greeting card lyrics.

  3. D Day  |   Posted on May 29th, 2008

    This band might even be more awesome than H.S.A.S.

  4. Anonymous  |   Posted on May 29th, 2008

    This is either going to be the most awesome thing ever, or a big bag of suck.

  5. Ned Raggett  |   Posted on May 29th, 2008

    @bbernardini: Oh, it can be both.

  6. unperson  |   Posted on May 29th, 2008

    If this group winds up signed to any label bigger than Eagle Rock Entertainment, the music industry deserves to die.

  7. PeterBjorn&Yawn  |   Posted on May 29th, 2008

    Those dudes don’t even deserve to share the stage with Satch Boogie.

  8. D Day  |   Posted on May 29th, 2008

    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!

  9. Anonymous  |   Posted on May 29th, 2008

    Those dudes ALL have maggots in their pockets.

  10. revmatty  |   Posted on May 29th, 2008

    @D Day: I would pay to see that just for the comedy factor.

  11. Thierry  |   Posted on May 29th, 2008

    @D Day: Throw in Tommy Stinson, and I think you have a winner!

  12. Chris N.  |   Posted on May 29th, 2008

    When I woke up this morning, I truly did not expect to see an HSAS shout-out today.

  13. Ned Raggett  |   Posted on May 29th, 2008

    @D Day: Operation Shitfaced more like.

  14. agolden  |   Posted on May 29th, 2008

    @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.

  15. Maura Johnston  |   Posted on May 29th, 2008

    @agolden: i had that cd!

  16. rich36  |   Posted on May 29th, 2008

    @Maura Johnston: I still have it. Haven’t listened to in a very, very long time though. Primarily because it’s terrible.

  17. agolden  |   Posted on May 29th, 2008

    @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.

  18. Chris Barrus  |   Posted on May 29th, 2008

    The H.S.A.S. album had the second greatest J. D. Considine short take review ever:

    “Fred Zeppelin”

  19. pvaras  |   Posted on May 30th, 2008

    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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