Chickenfoot | |
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 Live at the Bospop festival, 2009. Left to right: Michael Anthony, Joe Satriani, Sammy Hagar, Chad Smith. | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
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| Years active | 2008–2012; 2016 (on hiatus) |
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| Website | www |
Chickenfoot is an American hard rock supergroup formed in 2008. The group consists of vocalist Sammy Hagar, bassist Michael Anthony, guitarist Joe Satriani, and drummer Chad Smith. Due to Smith's consistent recording and touring commitments with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Kenny Aronoff joined the group in 2011 as a touring replacement drummer. While the band has not formally announced a breakup, in June 2016 Smith said that he had doubts about its survival due to their busy schedules.
The group has released two studio albums, one live album, and one box set.
Bassist Michael Anthony asserts that the name originated from initial jam sessions between Hagar, Smith, and himself: "there are three talons on a chicken's foot and there are three of us."[1] Anthony later stated: "it was just supposed to be a bullshit name that we'd used for a while, and then [when] the rumors spread about the band, everybody used that name so we thought, 'fuck it, let's call it Chickenfoot'—it all comes down to the music anyway."[2] Chickenfoot's second studio album, Chickenfoot III, was released on September 27, 2011.[3]
- ^ "One Genius & a Bunch of Idiots: An Interview with Chickenfoot's Michael Anthony". Classic Rock Revisited. Archived from the original on November 21, 2010. Retrieved May 23, 2012.
- ^ Classic Rock » Blog Archive » Exclusive Chickenfoot Interview! Archived August 15, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. Classicrockmagazine.com (March 5, 2009). Retrieved on 2011-05-04.
- ^ "Mad Anthony's Cafe". madanthonycafe.com. Archived from the original on September 29, 2011. Retrieved September 22, 2011.