Red + Halen
Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chud Smith had created a supergroup called Chickenfoot, which besides him will include Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony from Van Halen, plus legendary Joe Satriani, said NME. Another heavy project that should unite some absolutely great musicians from different types of rock. The debut album shall be available in April 2009 and it’s already known what particular songs may be included - ”Avenida Revolution”, “Soap On A Rope”, “Sexy Little Thing”, “Oh Yeah”, “Runnin’ Out”, “Get It Up”, “Down the Drain”, “My Kinda Girl”, “Learning To Fall”, “Turnin’ Left”, “Future In The Past”. Among this quite nice list there will be the name of the album which is not available yet, but there are some equally nice possibilities, “Friction Ignition” and “Chickenfoot”. Currently, “Soap On A Rope” and “Down the Drain” are available on Chickenfoot page at MySpace. After the release this supergroup will kickstart the European tour – the first concert is set for June 23. They’ll visit the Great Britain, France, Spain, Italy, Germany and Danmark.
The first Chickenfoot performance had already taken place in February 2008 in Las Vegas. The whole idea of creativity behind this group belongs to Chud Smith who practically invited the rest of musicians. Hagar thinks that Chickenfoot can be only compared to Led Zeppelin.