CHICKENFOOT, the new supergroup featuring Sammy Hagar (Van Halen, Montrose), Joe Satriani, Chad Smith (Red Hot Chilli Peppers), and Michael Anthony (Van Halen), release their self-titled debut album today. Produced by Andy Johns, the album features the first single “Oh Yeah,” which you can check out below. Chickenfoot will be hitting the road for a tour starting in late June. The band will also be performing on The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien tonight, June 5th.
To celebrate Chickenfoot’s release day, Amazon is offering the album for $3.99. Click here to pick up your copy! For all tour dates, check out the band’s official site, www.Chickenfoot.us
Joe Satriani is pissed… he claims Coldplay’s song “Viva La Vida” blatantly rips off his own song titled “If I Could Fly”. From NME.com:
Satriani says that the band used “substantial original portions” of his song on the near title track of the group’s latest album ‘Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends’.
The guitarist is seeking a jury trial, and wants to be awarded “any and all profits” Coldplay have made from the song, reports BBC.
While I won’t deny that Satriani’s guitar line in the chorus and Coldplay’s chorus do have similarities, I doubt that Chris Martin and Co. would have knowingly “stolen” the riff without admitting to it. On their last record they went so far as to include Kraftwerk as co-writers on the song “Talk” because they sampled a guitar riff from them. Anyways, decide for yourself:
Coldplay - Viva La Vida:
Joe Satriani - If I Could Fly
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