SAMMY HAGAR Talks Next CHICKENFOOT Album, Upcoming Autobiography

August 30, 2010

Legendary rocker Sammy Hagar tells Billboard.com that CHICKENFOOT has completed four songs and is "seven pieces of new music" into its second album. The band is now waiting for drummer Chad Smith to get a break his regular gig with the RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, which is currently writing for the follow-up to 2006's "Stadium Arcadium". "We care, but at the same time [CHICKENFOOT] is not mandatory," Hagar explains. "It's not like we feel like, 'Hey, this is our only chance in life.' Everyone's already been there, done that. CHICKENFOOT is not our bread and butter, and I think that's really important."

Regarding Hagar's autobiography, "Red", which he is writing with San Francisco music journalist Joel Selvin, Sammy says, "I figure there's only one shot at an autobiography, and you've got to tell the story, as much as it may be painful. I really believe there's a lot of people out there that really have no idea where I came from and who I really am. I've never been a press junkie, and I think that's a good thing. So I think the book is going to blow people's minds."

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