Former Van Halen members Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony have teamed with guitarist Joe Satriani and Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith to form Chickenfoot.
Hagar has revealed that the super-combo has already written 8 or 9 songs and has described the band as sounding like Led Zeppelin.The band plans to record in September and will release an album before the end of this year.
Hagar's last solo album was 'Ten13' in 2000. He also sang three new songs on the Van Halen compilation 'Best Of Both Worlds' in 2004.
Smith has time on his side for the project. Red Hot Chili Peppers are taking 2008 off.
Anthony hasn't done much since leaving Van Halen. The founding bass player for the band was dropped from the line-up for the reunion tour with David Lee Roth. Eddie Van Halen's son Wolfgang replaced him.
Satriani will be touring Australia in July in support of his new album 'Professor Satchafunkilus and the Musterion of Rock'.
