New "supergroup": Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony, Joe Satriani, and Chad Smith.

[bbernardini]

No, I'm not kidding. From an article at blabbermouth.com:

"Sammy Hagar recently started a new "supergroup" with ex-VAN HALEN bassist Michael Anthony, guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani and RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS drummer Chad Smith. The band, tentatively called CHICKENFOOT, will enter the studio to begin recording its debut album this summer.

Hagar spoke about the project in a recent interview, explaining, "We've written eight, nine songs...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." "

[ohiosmith]

1. Does LynneSin know about this?

:popcorn:

[LynneSin]

10. Only Led Zeppelin can rival Led Zeppelin

everything else is just a wannabe!

[RaVeN_MeaD]

11. I totally agree

that is a mighty bold statement indeed

[Capn Sunshine]

34. Yeah but the Black Crowes came damn close

That http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-l7snOCeJnQ">magical summer at the Greek Theater. Of course, Jimmy's presence helped tremendously.

[Wetzelbill]

39. isn't that kind of like how only a ninja can defeat a ninja?

:)

[old mark]

43. I read an interview with Jimmy Page..

...in which he said they stopped releasing new work because they found their new material was in competition with their old material and was losing.
Zepelin fans want Zep's OLD stuff-anything sounding different is no good.

Listen to Pages playing/writing with his later group The Firm to see where Zep might have gone.

Best wishes for Sammy & Friends-May not take over the radio, but I bet they will out play everyone else making music right now.

mark

[southpaw]

2. I'd be curious to hear that...

There's the potential for greatness... and for just the opposite.

Remember David Lee Roth's 'superband' of the 80's: Vai, Sheehan and Bissonette? Three technically skilled musicians who sounded like shite together.

But that can't happen with this group. I mean, that was clearly just DLR trying to out-gun Van Halen...

[asthmaticeog]

20. But Michael Anthony isn't technically skilled. nt

[southpaw]

26. Hey!

Mr. Mike can peddle eighth notes like no other bassist.

OK... maybe Nikki Sixx...




Yeah, you have a point there.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

36. Michael Anthony = "Luckiest Man In Show Business"

Well...maybe his luck took a turn for the worst when the VH brothers kicked him to the curb, but Sammy's kept the steady paychecks coming.

Remember that bit in "It's A Wonderful Life" about "Every Time a Bell Rings an Angel Gets His Wings?"

It's the same with Michael Anthony, but it's "Every Time Michael Anthony Straps On His Bass, Jaco Pastorious Spins In His Grave."

:rofl:

[MilesColtrane]

44. Let's just say that when you can be replaced by a (then) 16 year old...

...your job must've not been too hard.

[LTR]

47. Their first album was pretty kick ass, though

At least a few songs were (like "Yankee Rose").

Other tracks were bogged down a bit by cheesy synthesizers.

[charlie and algernon]

3. Let me know when Daltry, Entwistle, Clapton, and Peart form a supergroup

I wanna see this group

Roger Daltry
Eric Clapton
John Entwistle
Neil Peart

[southpaw]

4. You'll have to bring the Ox back to life...

How bout this one:

David Gilmour
Geddy Lee
Gavin Harrison

[charlie and algernon]

6. oh shit, yeah, lol, bit of a brain fart

that's not bad at all either


then

Daltry
Clapton
Geddy Lee
Neil Peart

[Iggo]

38. Deleted.

You already know he's dead.

[Blue-Jay]

5. I think that I'm interested in hearing this.

[Zavulon]

7. Oh, so it's Kingdom Come with some bigger names?

Call me when Ritchie Blackmore joins Rush. Until then, don't care.

[Orsino]

8. I look forward to jeering this.

I don't mean that these guys couldn't produce good music; there are bound to be many long moments when Hagar isn't singing, for instance, and the rest of the line-up sounds great. But as good as Zep? Hmmm.

I'm reminded of reading a brief item way back when in Rolling Stone, in which John Waite was bragging about the "kick-ass rock 'n' roll band" he was forming with Journey's Neal Schon. Months later, we got the Bad English single, "When I See You Smile." Pardon me while I snicker.

[Odious justice]

9. Hmmm. Except Zep didn't suck.

Which this band will.

[graywarrior]

12. Didn't Tommy Lee already start a Supergroup?

and it FAILED!

See what happens when you mix alcohol with ego?

[originalpckelly]

13. Holy crap, that sounds interesting.

:evilgrin:

AHAHAHA!

[Rabrrrrrr]

14. Supergroup? Sounds like an awful pile of shit.

I have all the respect in the world for Satriani's technical skill, but he is booooooooorrrrrrriiiiiiinnnnnnnnggggggggggggg as fuck as a musician.

The other three are just fuckwits.

[Westegg]

15. Not a chance, Sammy. Sorry. Over. Done.

[cabbage08]

16. hmmmmm

Could be interesting

[KitchenWitch]

17. May I have that group sans Sammy Hagar? PLZ?

[Taverner]

18. Um, yeah

Hagar sounds like a dog with laryngitis, Michael Anthony only knows 3 chords - and he's a bassist. Satriani is a great guitarist, but a horrible writer. Chad Smith - well, have the RHCP ever done anything good besides "Give it Away"?

[nomorenomore08]

21. What about "Suck My Kiss"?

Which actually had a different title in the beginning, heh. Reminds me of Krusty on "The Simpsons" asking the Peppers to change "What I got, you gotta get it, put it in you" to "What I want, I really wanna hug and kiss you," and them agreeing to the change. LOL

[Capn Sunshine]

35. dude......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiC_qw4LMhM">Dude....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLOQY4LZSaQ">dude.......http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3QYNsxYzhs">dude

[asthmaticeog]

19. Fearlessly predictive one word review of their inevitable debut album: Chickenshit.

And I'm suuuuuuuure it's as good as Zeppelin. MAYBE it'll be as good as HSAS. :eyes:

[Monk06]

22. Add Nigel Tufnel and you've got something

:rofl:

[SalmonChantedEvening]

23. Just play ok Sam?

Zep ain't the question here. Or the answer.

You are. Play.

[Richardo]

24. The involvement of Haggar obviates any claim to 'supergroup' status.

Quite the opposite, in fact. x(

[NewJeffCT]

29. bingo

He guarantees they can never rise above bad-to-mediocre.

[Yavin4]

25. Hey Chickenfoot, It's Over

You had your days in the sun. You partied. You had the porn star groupies. Did the drugs. Now, it's over. Let it go. Just let it go.

[jmowreader]

27. With a few changes, they could have a really rockin' group!

Hagar's biggest hit is a song about getting a speeding ticket, Michael Anthony can't play, Satriani specializes in guitar solos and the RHCP has what, one song anyone likes?

Just replace those four guys and you might have something worth listening to.

[Dukkha]

28. so it's Van Hagar with a much better guitarist

however none of them can write quality songs to save their lives.

[HughBeaumont]

30. Two mediocre musicians, a clubber and Satriani (great soloist, below average songwriter)

Tell you what, I saw VH last year. Didn't miss EITHER one of the twin anchors.

The Red Hot Junkie Peppers. Holy mother of GOD if that isn't the most historically and universally ass-kissed, overrated-as-fuck-all band this side of Nirvana, Radiohead or My Morning Jacket. The worst part about them is that unlike those other three bands, they're so completely full of themselves and in love with their music press-fueled legend. Saw them live once . . . the USPS would have marvelled at how well they mailed their shit in. Kiedis (not the most talented of vocalists to begin with) looked disinterested and rather high as a kite in a bad way.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

37. I can understand Satriani making this kind of move...

...his latest album ("Professor Satchafunkilus and the Musterion of Rock") didn't exactly get rave reviews, and he's always flirted with vocal rock, even though he can't sing to save his life (his vocal range is approximately one note).

I'm not a fan of the RHCPs and pretty much agree with your assessment. I have no idea what makes Smith "special" as a drummer, other than the fact that he obviously gets along with Hagar and Anthony.

As far as Hagar and Anthony are concerned, they're just following the template David Lee Roth initiated on his first solo album, "Eat 'Em and Smile"...

Guitar: Steve Vai (knew all of Eddie's licks, Berklee College of Music grad, cut his teeth writing transcripts of ridiculously complex Zappa pieces like "The Black Page")

Bass: Billy Sheehan (a power player, but more fluid, and a step up from Anthony's ham-fisted thumping)

Drums: Gregg Bissonette (could pretty much do anything Alex Van Halen could do, without bringing Alex's massive ego into the mix)

I'd be surprised if Hagar didn't at least give a passing thought to inviting Vai. But inviting Vai's G3 partner was the next best thing, and by including Satriani, only people like me will think he's trying to be Diamond Dave.

Satriani will get a shot in the wallet and a major negative shot to his street cred the first time he plays the Van Hagar keyboard-driven pap like "Love Walks In" and "Dreams." But we do what we have to do in order to make a buck in this world, I guess.

[x-g.o.p.er]

31. Those 4 plus the word supergroup is the epitome of "oxymoron"

IMHO

[Kat45]

32. I just read about that today.

I'm curious, I'll give it a listen.

[newmajority]

33. The day Sammy Hagar rivals Led Zeppelin is the same day Hell gets an NHL Franchise

And considering Satan's son already plays hockey, I'd say the Devil has the advantage :evilgrin:

[SoxFan]

45. Hell already has a franchise

[Wetzelbill]

40. They should have a different band name. I would suggest EPIC FAIL

Rival Led Zeppelin. WTF is up with that? Bold statement? Yeah, that's about as bold as when Bill Kristol wrote that op-ed last year saying Bush will have had a successful presidency.

[newmajority]

42. Gotta remember who were talking about here

This is Sammy Hagar. The same tool who thought his fucking Van Hagar cheese ballads were better than anything on "Fair Warning". The guy who thinks this half assed Andy Gibb impersonation......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTZmF00arng

.....is classic rock.

[gmoney]

41. Reminds me of Lisa Simpson's "Supergroup"

Art Garfunkel, John Oates and Jim Messina... all the "after the ampersand" guys in her nightmare of being outclassed.

Seriously... a band named "Chickenfoot" ?? I mean, I know Led Zeppelin sounded like a stupid name long ago, but Chickenfoot is irredeemable. Maybe if they call it "New Coke" they can get an endorsement deal.

[MilesColtrane]

46. How would this sound?

Flea
Steve Howe
Peter Gabriel
Bill Bruford

[harmonicon]

48. So they're plagiarists?

Is that how they're like "ZEP"?

[east texas lib]

49. Sammy's already done this once...

Remember H.S.A.S.? Nobody else does, either.