joe satriani

The 1st Annual "Acoustic-4-A-Cure" Concert went down on Thursday (5-15) at San Francisco's famed Filmore. Organized by Sammy Hagar, the guests/performers included Metallica's James Hetfield, Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong, Train's Patrick Monahan, Heart's Nancy Wilson and local guitar god Joe Satriani...

Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony, Joe Satriani, and Kenny Aronoff (sitting in for Chad Smith, who's out with the Red Hot Chili Peppers) are road testing Chickenfoot in Europe for a few days - kicking off part 2 of  their Road Test Tour in Manchester, England last Thursday.

Side projects aren’t supposed to conflict with a musician’s main gig, but sometimes it does happen — just ask Chad Smith, the longtime Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer who also keeps the beat for the supergroup Chickenfoot. The Chili Peppers and Chickenfoot have new studio albums coming out very soon. And with the likelihood that both bands will be on the road at the same time, Smith has called in a