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 ongoing recording and touring commitments with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Kenny Aronoff joined the group in 2011 as a touring replacement drummer. Although the band has not formally announced a breakup, Smith stated in June 2016 that he doubted the group’s future because of the members’ busy schedules. The group has released two studio albums, one live album, and one box set. Bassist Michael Anthony has said that the band’s name originated during early jam sessions with Hagar and Smith: “there are three talons on a chicken’s foot and there were three of us.” He later added that the name was initially meant as a joke, but as rumors about the band spread, the name stuck: “we thought, ‘fuck it, let’s call it Chickenfoot’—it all comes down to the music anyway.” Chickenfoot’s second studio album, Chickenfoot III, was released on September 27, 2011. In 2025, Jeff Mezydlo of Yardbarker included the band in his list of “the greatest metal acts that formed in the 2000s.” According to vocalist Sammy Hagar, “Chickenfoot started off with me, Michael Anthony, and Chad Smith jamming at my club, Cabo Wabo, in Mexico. Then people started asking us when we were going to tour, make a record, etc. So I said if we’re going to do this properly then we’re going to have to get a guitarist, so let’s talk to Joe Satriani. As far as I’m concerned he’s the best guitarist in the world.” Hagar, Anthony and Satriani had previously collaborated in 2002 under the name Planet Us. The band also appeared in an episode of Aqua Teen Hunger Force.
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