MusicRadar.com has issued the following report form Joe Bosso:

By rock star standards, JOE SATRIANI should be kicking back right about now: In the past two years, he and the rest of CHICKENFOOT (singer Sammy Hagar, bassist Michael Anthony and drummer Chad Smith) released their debut album and toured extensively. In addition, the guitar icon took part in last year's spring run of the EXPERIENCE HENDRIX tour. And if that weren't enough, Satch issued one of his finest solo efforts yet, Black Swans And Wormhole Wizards. More road work followed.

Time for a breather, right? Wrong. Satriani is deep in the midst of the new Chickenfoot album, the all-important sophomore release.

"The pressure's on, I guess," he says softly, not sounding like he's under any pressure whatsoever. "We're making this record very quickly. Our debut album was also recorded quickly, but as a group we did it in stages. We couldn't do that this time. "I finished my Black Swans tour, knowing that we would have Chad for only a certain amount of time because of the Chili Peppers. So we had to meet up and blast through the tracks, which resulted in a terrific amount of energy and enthusiasm. It's like we were bottled up for so long, just waiting and waiting to get together to make this record. This isn't going to be a laid-back album by any means. It kicks pretty hard."

MusicRadar sat down with Satriani for an exclusive and in-depth update on the recording of Chickenfoot's next album, one which the guitarist says will beat the band's first CD "by miles." Improved sonics, bravura performances, mature songwriting - in Satriani's view, it's got it all. It also boasts the kind of title (tentative, we should stress) that is true to the Chickenfoot spirit.

"It's crazy, I know," Satriani says with a laugh. "But why would anybody expect a normal album title from us?"

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On March 12th, , as part of his “celebrity interview” with Tommy Nast at Canadian Music Week, Chickenfoot vocalist SAMMY HAGAR revealed the title of his band’s forthcoming second album – Chickenfoot IV.

Sammy told a capacity crowd in the Ballroom at the Fairmont Royal York in Toronto: “We’ve got 11 songs written and recorded. I’ve done seven vocal tracks and it’s fantastic! Hopefully it’ll be out by the end of the year, but it’s hard to say when ‘cause we don’t have a record deal. We’re not looking for one. We had a one-off deal with Best Buy and Redline Records which was a fantastic thing, I gotta tell ya. There ain’t many record companies out there anymore and if there is, they don’t do much for you. They put the record out and if it sells, great. If it don’t, you’re fucked. It’s a strange world. The record industry’s pretty much in the toilet right now. We don’t care. We’re just finishing this record. Then we’ve got to make a record deal."

"But we have the album cover done. We’ve already got a video – we shot everything in 3D, the album cover’s in 3D. It’s awesome. I’m going to get in trouble with my brothers in the ‘Foot for saying this, but I’m giving this out – our second record we’re calling Chickenfoot IV (Four). That’s how silly we are! It’s a working title but I guarantee it will stick. We just laughed, ‘What are we going to call the second record? Well, Chickenfoot II (Two).’ And we’re going, ‘We can’t call it Chickenfoot II, that’s too obvious.’ And pretty soon (drummer) Chad Smith, I’m sure was the guy, he’s going, ‘Let’s call it Chickenfoot IV.’ And we all cracked up and said, ‘Right on, that’s it.’ And we haven’t talked about it since. That’s what it’s going to be called. The dreaded second album – we’re going to avoid that.”

Chickenfoot recently took a moment while recording their new album to check in and talk about recording, burgers, Ric Flair and sing some LITTLE RICHARD. Check out the antics below: