Chickenfoot
Matthew Wilkening Chad Smith rejoined Chickenfoot tonight (May 16) at Boston's Orpheum Theatre, appearing with them in concert for the first time on the tour in support of their latest album, 'Chickenfoot III.' While Smith is an official member of Chickenfoot, Kenny Aronoff has been handling drums throughout this tour due to Smith's involvement with the Red Hot Chili Peppers current road trek.
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Rick Diamond, Getty Images For this writer, seeing legendary drummer Kenny Aronoff (John Mellencamp, John Fogerty, Smashing Pumpkins, Bob Seger, etc.) live for the first time with Chickenfoot in 2011 -- at a special club show at the Metro in Chicago, no less -- was an experience that personally was on par with seeing bassist Nathan East (to use one example) playing with Eric Clapton in the ‘90s.
As Chickenfoot launches a new leg of U.S. tour dates, the opportunity arose to talk with Aronoff and we couldn’t resist digging into several topics.
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Hulton Archive/ Jason Merritt, Getty Images The on again/off again Jimi Hendrix biopic starring Andre 3000 of Outkast appears to be back on track with a new working title of ‘All Is By My Side.’ We now have more details on the project, thanks to our recent interview with Chickenfoot’s Kenny Aronoff, who has been tapped for drumming duties on the music for the new film.
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YouTube Four days after beginning their Different Devil tour, Chickenfoot have released a video announcing the tour dates. While the timing seems random at best, it fits in with the theme of the clip that features Joe Satriani wearing a blonde wig and Civil War general mustache, and Michael Anthony sporting a porn-stache.
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Rick Diamond / Marvel Studios / Adam Bettcher, Getty Images / Marvel Studios / Getty Images The phrase "he's worked with everyone from a to z" is often misused to refer to someone with a diverse body of work, but in drummer Kenny Aronoff's case it might actually be true. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Aronoff has been one of the most in-demand drummers around, both for studio and live work.
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Frazer Harrison, Getty Images If Sammy Hagar's latest plan comes true -- and most of them do -- fans of the Red Rocker will be treated to a tour touching on nearly every phase of his four-decade recording career next summer.
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Frazer Harrison / Rosie Greenway, Getty Images Back in 1988, Joe Satriani was losing $8,000 a week on his failing tour to promote 'Surfing With the Alien,' and it got so bad that he was even considering putting down his guitar for good. That's when he got some help from a most unlikely benefactor: Mick Jagger.
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Neil Lupin, Getty Images You can win two tickets to a show of your choosing on Chickenfoot's upcoming highly anticipated 'Different Devil Tour' -- so named after the current single from their new album 'III' -- courtesy of Ultimate Classic Rock.
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Twitter / WolfVanHalen Chickenfoot and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith seems to have checked out one of Van Halen's two Madison Square Garden shows in New York City last week, and as you can see from this photo, he was welcomed with open arms by the Van Halen clan.
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Frazer Harrison/Kevin Winter, Getty Images The battle rages on! Last month we asked you to compare the new singles from Van Halen and their former bandmates in Chickenfoot, now we're taking the fight to the full-length album format. Which of their new records do you think is better -- 'III' or 'A Different Kind of Truth?'
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