As posted on Blabbermouth.net: The new "supergroup" featuring former Van Halen frontman Sammy Hagar, ex-Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony, guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith recently began work on material for its debut album. According to Anthony, that music that has so far been completed for the band, tentatively called Chickenfoot, is "F--IN' rockin and we hope to be in the studio finishing it up early September so we can get out there and play!"
Smith told The Pulse of Radio he got involved in the project by owning a home near Hagar's place in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Hagar himself spoke about the project in a recent interview, explaining, "We've written eight, nine songs….When people hear the music, it's Led Zeppelin. It's as good as that. I know that's a mighty bold statement...We could rival ZEP."
Chris Brown Hits the Big Screen Again?
As posted by Billboard.com: The Stomp the Yard star is in final negotiations to appear alongside Matt Dillon, Idris Elba and rapper T.I. in the thriller Bone Deep. Brown also is in talks to executive produce.
The film, directed by John Lussenhop, revolves around a group of criminals who plan a major heist at a money depot, with two detectives hot on their trail. Brown will play one of the members of the heist crew. If he inks a deal, it will mark Brown’s fourth film with Screen Gems, the Sony specialty label.
Brown, a Grammy-nominated performer, recently was named best male artist at the 2008 Teen Choice Awards and won male artist of the year, new artist of the year and artist of the year at the 2007 Billboard Music Awards.
In This Moment Performs at Ozzfest
Ozzfest is now completely onsale so be sure to get your tickets to the Aug 9th show in Dallas, TX featuring Ozzy, Metallica and yes, In This Moment, plus many more bands to rock out to.
In This Moment quickly became one of the most talked-about artists within their local scene due to the intensity of frontwoman Brink and an undying work ethic. Their organic buzz quickly carried over to the band’s MySpace page, with over 125,000 friends and more than a million plays as of the end of 2006. Their invigorating mixture of metal and hard rock is sure to catch the attention of fans of acts ranging from AFI and My Chemical Romance to Bleeding Through and Atreyu.
Nils Young Tribute
Nils Lofgren, perhaps best known as a member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band (guitar and vocals since 1984), will be paying homage to one of our generation's most popular songwriters, Neil Young, with the release of his CD The Loner - Nils Sings Neil. Slated for official release on Tuesday, July 22nd, the CD features fifteen renditions of some of Young's greatest songs.
Lofgren began his musical career almost four decades ago when he joined Neil Young's band, first performing (piano/guitar/vocals) on the critically-acclaimed 1970 release After The Gold Rush. The landmark recording would mark the first of many collaborations with Young, including a stint with Young’s band, Crazy Horse.
Lofgren toured with Ringo’s All-Starr Band, released more than two dozen solo albums and is currently on tour with Springsteen through August.
