Chickenfoot is Not Led Zeppelin -- and That's a Good Thing

Chickenfoot Appears on "The Tonight Show," Sells Album for $3.99 On Amazon.com To Launch Debut Release

The supergroup Chickenfoot has definitely landed and right on the "Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien" in his first week as the new host. Sammy Hagar (vocals), Joe Satriani (guitar), Michael Anthony (bass), and Chad Smith (drums) played "Oh, Yeah" from their eponymous first album, which will be released Tuesday, June 9. The appearance came in tandem with an Amazon.com promotion leading up to the official release of their album.

For the four days beginning on June 5 "Chickenfoot" will be available for $3.99. The 12-song debut album is available as an MP3 download on Amazon.com.

Prior to the release of the album, the boys in Chickenfoot released a set of videos, 12 installments -- one for each song -- entitled "12 Days of the Foot," a serial video blog where the four members talked about the songs and how they came to be written and recorded.

But if long-time fans of the members (Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony are both Van Halen veterans, Joe Satriani enjoys a successful solo career, and Chad Smith arrives via the Red Hot Chili Peppers) are expecting to hear anything vaguely resembling any of the bands the boys have played in, then they are sure to be disappointed. Althugh the lyrics tend to be typical Sammy Hagar, the music has a hard rock, bluesy feel to it.

And if fans are looking to hear a resurrection of Led Zeppelin -- or even a reinterpretation of Led Zeppelin -- they'll be in for a disappointment as well. Why would they even think that? Because Sammy Hagar said the band "could rival Zep."

Not quite. But Hagar did say it was a "bold statement." It was and Chickenfoot is not going to rival Led Zeppelin off their first album. Although Joe Satriani does capture a little of the bluesy sound Led Zeppelin's first two albums captured, that's about as far as it goes. It isn't bluesy enough and Sammy Hagar's powerful voice, even at 60, dominates the sound.