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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Chickenfoot | CD/DVD Limited Edition.

An interesting news arrives from supergroup Chickenfoot, there is an exclusive Deluxe Limited Edition of the Chickenfoot album in the coming of first November. According to the news, the cost will be $9.99, the CD includes all 12 tracks, including Bitten By The Wolf.

DVD includes an hour of new video footage featuring videos for every song including live performances from Montreux Jazz Festival (Soap on a Rope, Sexy Little Thing & Down The Drain), and exclusive footage from the road, in rehearsal, and in the recording studio. Both official music videos for "Oh Yeah" and "Soap On A Rope" are also included.

Click the picture for pre-order. More details are still to come, stay tuned for updates.

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Chickenfoot | Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Ticket Contest

Chickenfoot is playing a free show in Cleveland at the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame on August 15th. Tickets are free and a random drawing will be done to give away a few more pairs of tickets to anyone who has a CHICKENFOOT.US account (free or paid).

TO ENTER, ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS POST A COMMENT ON THIS MESSAGE,here is the link. About a week before the show, they will put all the names in a hat and draw the winners, who will be informed via e-mail. Winners will be placed on the will-call list under the name listed in their profile, so please make sure it is accurate! You may only enter once, so no need to post multiple comments :}

Also, they will only have one chance to send along all of the names so won't be able to correct any names or change them to someone else after the drawing.

Saturday, July 11, 2009

Top 10 Shred Albums

Guitar World's Top 10 Shred Albums of All Time.

1) Rising Force Yngwie Malmsteen I’m laying it on the line right now: Yngwie J. Malmsteen was, is, and always will be the greatest shredder of all time. Hell, he invented the genre with his 1985 debut. The standout track “Far Beyond the Sun” was far beyond what any guitar player had ever imagined possible.

2) Live: Extreme Volume Racer X In the mood for a steaming bowl of notemeal? Check out this 1988 live release from shred poster boys Paul Gilbert and Bruce Bouillet. The best part? There was no pretense of cultural significance with these guys; Racer X was simply speed for the sake of speed.

3) Mind’s Eye Vinnie Moore Only one year after Yngwie unleashed his fury on U.S. shores, Vinnie Moore responded with the “Oh yeah? Check this out” release Mind’s Eye. On “Daydream,” Moore demonstrates his grasp of classical themes and motifs; then, on “The Journey,” he shows he can do it with “feel.”

4) Edge of Insanity Tony MacAlpine The album that launched Mike Varney’s Shrapnel Records, Edge of Insanity shows off Tony MacAlpine’s fearsome shred chops not only on the six-string (“Quarter to Midnight”) but also on the ivories (“Chopin, Prelude 16, Opus 28”).

5) Passion and Warfare Steve Vai Remember the cute MTV video for Vai’s “The Audience Is Listening”? What school-age guitar player didn’t want to live out that fantasy? Melodic, flashy, humorous, and filled with hooks, Passion and Warfare is the bar by which all other instrumental guitar albums are measured.

6) Surfing With the Alien Joe Satriani Just how badass is Joe Satriani? Well, his list of students includes Steve Vai. And “Satch Boogie” was (and still is) the only shred tune that FM radio would touch. But the real highlight of this release is Side 2, which contains the gemini-like clean and distorted tones of “Circles” and “Lords of Karma,” as well as the clean-toned two-handed tapfest “Midnight” and the hypnotic “Echo.”

7) Powers of Ten Shawn Lane From his debut, the now out-of-print Powers of Ten, to his fusion work on Tri-Tone Fascination, the late Shawn Lane exhibited a tremendous sense of melody, even while melting picks with his incendiary technique. If Eric Johnson were a pure shredder, this is what he might sound like.

8) Michael Lee Firkins Michael Lee Firkins A unique shredder, Firkins employed hybrid picking, subtle whammy wobbling, and country-flavored intervallic leaps to craft some surprisingly listenable tunes.

9) Speed Metal Symphony Cacophony Speed Metal Symphony, a mighty opus featuring first-chair guitar virtuosos Marty Friedman and Jason Becker, uses “speed metal” rhythm beds and shifting time signatures to help break up the cacophonous onslaught of all-out shred.

10) Greg Howe Greg Howe A funk-savvy speedster, Greg Howe injected the shred scene with some much-needed shake and soul. The funkdafied “Kick It All Over” kicks off the festivities, and the following track, “The Pepper Shake,” offers a spicy display of Howe’s legato and alternate-picking chops.

Pictures below : Number 1 Yngwie Malmsteen, Rising Force.

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Sunday, July 5, 2009

CHICKENFOOT | NOVA ROCK Festival

New video footage of Chickenfoot performing at Nova Rock festival has been uploaded by fans. As previously mentioned, Chickenfoot is a rock band lined up by musicians Joe Satriani on guitar, drummer Chad Smith , bassist Michael Anthony and vocalist Sammy Hagar.

Chickenfoot LP is packaged in heat-sensitive artwork, which means when you put your hand on the CD inlay, photos of the band members will be revealed behind the Chickenfoot logo! According to Blabbermouth, Chickenfoot's self-titled debut album has sold 199,000 copies in the United States since its release. Chickenfoot first got together more than a year ago when they started jamming in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Although they called the band Chickenfoot at the time, guitarist Joe Satriani told The Pulse of Radio that nobody thought the name would stick.

"Sammy's [Hagar] saying, 'Oh, you know, we can call it Chickenfoot,' and everybody laughs and says, 'Yeah, okay, it'll never be called Chickenfoot, of course, that's a horrible name.' And that's the way it was for about nine months, until finally someone said, 'You know, you can't change it now, everyone's calling you guys Chickenfoot.' So we wound up with that name, I think, quite by accident." (Source, Blabbermouth.net)

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Chickenfoot New "Oh Yeah" Video

Chickenfoot has released new video for "Oh Yeah" track. This is Chickenfoot's first music video for their single "Oh Yeah" off their debut self-titled album. Chickenfoot, the self titled album was sold 49000 copies in the US in its first week of release and cracks the Top 10 position (No. 6) on The Billboard 200 chart.

Check out these four amazing and talented musicians at their live performance, rehearsal footage, and a very special bbq solo section. Pause the video at 0.34, what do you see? Who was that "hot" girl with the camera? Awesome and hilarious video, must see!

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Steve Vai At National Guitar Workshop

Steve Vai will be making an appearance at National Guitar Workshop's Rock Summit on July 20. This will be Steve’s first time appearing at the main National Guitar Workshop campus, he will discuss his guitar techniques and take part in question and answer session.

Steve Vai who is in the middle of tour to support his highly acclaimed Alien Guitar Secrets Master Class will tour Europe this June and please note that his appearance at NGW is not an Alien Guitar Secrets Master Class.

The National Guitar Workshop is also generously offering Steve's fans a special discount on tuition for NGW: Simply visit their website or call 800-234-6479 and quote the code: VAI062609. This will entitle a discount of $100 of tuition. Valid from 6/5/09 and ends: 6/26/09. This special offer cannot be combined with any other offer. Only valid for students not currently registered with NGW.

Steve Vai's European Tour Dates

June 18: Lisbon, PORTUGAL - Tickets
June 19: Madrid, SPAIN - Tickets
June 20: Tiel, NETHERLANDS - Tickets
June 21: Roermond, NETHERLANDS - Tickets
June 23: Aarburg, SWITZERLAND - Tickets
June 27: Neustadt A.d. Aisch, GERMANY - Tickets

Visit Steve Vai's Official Website for more news.

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Michael Anthony Never Quit Van Halen

Michael Anthony never quit Van Halen. He who was interviewed by Musicradar.com yesterday claims that he actually never quit the band. This is just opposite of what has been told earlier by Van Halen frontman, Eddie Van Halen who has claimed that Michael Anthony has quit the band along with vocalist Sammy Hagar. Regarding the two different statements, MusicRadar has contacted Van Halen's management for a response and are currently awaiting a reply.

"I never quit Van Halen," says bassist Michael Anthony, who is now part of the supergroup Chickenfoot . "No way. And the funny thing is, I don't even know why the subject is coming up anymore." "I'm too busy doing my own thing," Van Halen said, who then, completely unprovoked, went into this tirade: "The funny thing is that everyone who quits the band always claims they got fired by me. Hey, I'm not the bad guy here.

"When Hagar left the band, Mike went with him," Van Halen continued. "Then when we get back together with Dave, and all of a sudden, he wants back in. It's like, 'No, dude, you quit the band.' So my son became the bass player. But we didn't give Mike the boot to have my son play."

Michael Anthony, speaking exclusively to MusicRadar, disputes Van Halen's assertions. "Why would I have quit Van Halen? It never happened. And what's weird is, he was being asked about Chickenfoot, whether he had heard us or not, and suddenly he launches into this thing about me quitting the group. What does one thing even have to do with the other?"

Anthony, who says he had to take a pay cut and sign away his rights to the Van Halen name and logo to take part in the 2004 tour the group did with Sammy Hagar, admits that he was stunned to find himself out of the band when they announced their 2007 reunion tour with singer David Lee Roth - an arena run that saw Eddie's son, Wolfgang, on bass.

"I found out about that tour like everybody else did - in the press," says Anthony. "I had no idea. At that point, I kind of sighed and went, 'Whatever. If this is what Eddie wants to do, he's going to do what he wants to do.' If he wants me out of the band and for Wolfgang to play bass, what was I going to do about it?

Even so, the bassist wants to make one thing clear: "I never 'quit.' I never once said, 'I'm out of here.' It never happened. That's the weird thing right now, for Eddie to be trying to paint himself as 'not the bad guy.'

"You know, it's weird to be talking about all of this right now," he continues, "because I'm in such a good place with Chickenfoot. The album we made, the shows we're doing, everything we're all about - we're having a blast. And the fans are digging it and they're responding."

"Eddie says he hasn't heard Chickenfoot, and I believe him, because it's true, he doesn't really listen to anything," says Anthony. "But instead of trying to rewrite the past and talk shit or whatever, he should see what we're doing and go into his studio and make some music. Make music, have some fun. Don't just talk - do!

"Ultimately, all's well that ends well," he says. "I just find it odd that I'm put into a situation where I'm forced to defend myself. Everything is great in my world and I couldn't be happier with the group I'm in. But I don't want people to think I quit Van Halen, because I didn't. It never happened."

Original post by Musicradar.com

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Michael Anthony Quit Van Halen

Pictures : Michael Anthony and Eddie Van Halen

Michael Anthony Quit Van Halen. The news was revealed when Van Halen spoke exclusively to RollingStone.com recently. Michael Anthony, the bassist for legendary band Van Halen has formed new supergroup band called Chickenfoot along with Joe Satriani, Chad Smith and Sammy Hagar. Eddie Van Halen said he never heard Chickenfoot before and didn't know what a "supergroup" means.

The interview is quite funny when Eddie Van Halen who received the Guitar God Award said : " If I'm a guitar god, then my son would be Jesus, right? That means on the next tour,
he'd have to walk on water ".

Here is the interview:

Have you heard Chickenfoot?
No, I haven't.

No particular interest?
Well, I don't listen to anything really, for one.

You make your own music?
Yeah, I'm too busy doing my own thing. I wish them well. The funny thing is that everyone who quits the band always claims they got fired by me. Hey, I'm not the bad guy here. When Hagar left the band, Mike went with him. Then when we get back together with Dave, and all of a sudden, he wants back in. It's like, "No, dude, you quit the band." So my son became the bass player. But we didn't give Mike the boot to have my son play. He was around. We didn't have a bass player. "Hey Wolfie, you want to play?"

It must be pretty mind-blowing to play with your kid.
He was only 15 years old. "You want to play bass?" "Sure." We did not have a bass player. That's the only thing really that bothers me about people acting like I'm the bad guy. I just sit in the studio and write music. I'm not some tyrant. I've got no beef with anybody. I wish them well. I hope they are ... I don't know what a "supergroup" means, but I hope they accomplish what they're setting out to do.

There was a time when people were writing the guitar off. What do you think of the fact that kids are playing guitar in all these games and guitar is being rediscovered by a new generation?
When was guitar written off?

Well, first there was the time when the synthesizer era...
Guitar is one thing you can't synthesize.

View the rest of the interview at here.

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Chickenfoot 12 Days Of The Foot

New rock band Chickenfoot lined up by four amazing musicians, guitarist Joe Satriani, drummer Chad Smith , bassist Michael Anthony and vocalist Sammy Hagar has posted new video serial on their website, which is named as "12 Days of the Foot". In these videos, information of each song of the new album will be revealed daily, exactly one song per day for a time period of 12 days. The first video is now available and it talks about Avenida Revolucion.

Video for tomorrow will posting about Soap On A Rope. If you like to know the backgrounds of others songs such as Get It Up, Oh Yeah, Sexy Little Thing etc, be sure to check out their website and Youtube account, or you can return here for updates, news are updated daily. As previously posted, Chickenfoot will be released on June 9 and packaged in heat-sensitive artwork, which means when you put your hand on the CD inlay, photos of the band members will be revealed. Please support this amazing band by buying the album when it is available. Enjoy the first video of the series.

"Chickenfoot" track listing:

01. Avenida Revolution
02. Soap on a Rope
03. Sexy Little Thing
04. Oh Yeah
05. Runnin' Out
06. Get It Up
07. Down the Drain
08. My Kinda Girl
09. Learning to Fall
10. Turnin' Left
11. Future in the Past

UPDATES

26 May - (Video #2 is now available - Soap On A Rope)
27 May - (Video #3 is now available - Sexy Little Thing)
28 May - (Video #4 is now available - Oh Yeah )
29 May - (Video #5 is now available - Runnin' Out )
30 May - (Video #6 is now available - Get It Up )
31 May - (Video #7 is now available -Down The Drain)
1 June - (Video #8 is now available - My Kinda Girl)
2 June - (Video #9 is now available - Learning To Fall)
3 June - (Video #10 is now available - Turnin' Left)
4 June - (Video #11 is now available - Future In The Past)
5 June - (Video #12 is now available - Bitten By The Wolf)

Day 01, 25 May, Avenida Revolution

Day 02, 26 May, Soap On A Rope

Day 03, 27 May, Sexy Little Thing

Day 04, 28 May, Oh yeah

Day 05, 29 May, Runnin' Out

Day 06, 30 May,Get It Up

Day 07, 31 May,Down The Drain

Day 08, 1 June,My Kinda Girl

Day 09, 2 June,Learning To Fall

Day 10, 3 June,Turnin' Left

Day 11, 4 June,Future In The Past

Day 12, 5 June,Bitten By The Wolf

Saturday, May 16, 2009

Chickenfoot New Video Available

Great super rock band Chickenfoot formed by four amazing musicians, guitarist Joe Satriani, drummer Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers), bassist Michael Anthony and vocalist Sammy Hagar (both are ex-Van Halen) has posted new video on their official website. This video contains information about the new album such as exclusive live, rehearsal, and behind the scenes footage.

Songs featured are Avenida Revolucion, Get It Up, Oh Yeah, Sexy Little Thing and Soap On A Rope. As previously mentioned, Chickenfoot will be released on June 9 and packaged in heat-sensitive artwork, which means when you put your hand on the CD inlay, photos of the band members will be revealed behind the
Chickenfoot logo! Enjoy the video.

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Joe Satriani's Chickenfoot Update

Superb rock band CHICKENFOOT lined-up by guitar legend Joe Satriani, drummer Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers), bassist Michael Anthony and vocalist Sammy Hagar (both are ex-Van Halen) will guest on radio show "Rockline" hosted by Bob Coburn on Wednesday, June 17 at 8:30 p.m. PT / 11:30 p.m. ET. Fans can speak with CHICKENFOOT by calling this number, 1-800-344-ROCK (7625).

Chickenfoot will take the stage for a limited number of North American live shows in May, featuring music from the band's debut album, set for a June 9 release. Playing a series of intimate venues, this initial tour is set to launch on May 14 at the El Corazon in Seattle, Washington. The shows will conclude at TLA in Philadelphia, PA on May 29, with tickets prices throughout averaging $50 per show.

The new album will be released through major retailers and digitally on June 9 and is available for pre-sale through Best Buy at www.bestbuy.com/chickenfoot. The CD will be made available by earMUSIC in Germany on Friday, June 5 and in the U.K. on Monday. June 8. Chickenfoot" will be packaged in heat-sensitive artwork, which means when you put your hand on the CD inlay, photos of the band members will be revealed behind the CHICKENFOOT band logo! So be sure to grab this amazing album.

Sunday, March 8, 2009

Joe Satriani

Joe Satriani

Background information
Also known as	Satch, Saint Joe
Born	July 15, 1956 (1956-07-15) (age 53) Westbury, New York, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Guitarist
Years active	1978 - present
	Sony, Epic Records
Associated acts	Mick Jagger, Deep Purple, Steve Vai, G3, Sammy Hagar

I'm sure most of the shredders out there are already know Joe Satriani. He is a well known great guitarist and songwriter. He also a teacher of other great guitarists, to mention some such as Steve Vai (ex-Frank Zappa, ex-David Lee Roth, Vai), Marty Friedman (ex-Cacophony,ex-Megadeath), Kirk Hammet (Metallica).
The best show he had ever produced is the G3 concert tour which featured a power trio consisting of three instrumental rock guitarists, as a founder of this tour, he is the only permanent line-up and featuring differing second and third members.The first G3 concert was held in 1996 where Satriani, Vai and Eric Johnson as the frist line-up. Other guitarists who have performed in G3 are Yngwie Malmsteen, Paul Gilbert of Racer X, Uli Jon Roth, John Petrucci of Dream Theater etc.
He is already 53 but still rocks! Someone said to me if you are getting older you should listen to songs that more spiritual and forget the rest. I want to make my stand here that the opinion is totally wrong and nonsense, you can't just give up your favorite genre. Music is our soul. Rock and metal forever!