A much anticipated follow up album to the successful eponymous debut of a rock band packed with successful veterans - guitar hero Joe Satriani, drummer Chad Smith, former Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony and frontman Sammy Hagar - has garnered a bevy of buzz and rumors that the band is setting straight today with the official announcement of the album title, full track listing, release date and more: Chickenfoot III (not IV as previously implied), produced by Mike Fraser (AC/DC, Metallica), is set for worldwide release on September 26th by earMUSIC/Edel and from eOne Music in North America in a special 3D designed package. The album's lead single "Big Foot," is set for release on August 2nd. "I am very proud of the new album," says lead singer Hagar. "We're calling the album Chickenfoot III because it's so good, the songs are so tight, it's like we jumped right past having to make a second record." He adds, "We've established a real trust, Joe and I, we truly bring out the best in one another, and that spreads to the whole band." Chickenfoot III features 10 tracks with so many moments of epiphany that one can barely take them all in on first listen. Colossal, stadium-shaking riffs abound on earth-movers such as "Alright, Alright," "Last Temptation," "Big Foot," and "Lighten Up." Tradition meets innovation on the Nashville pop-tinged "Different Devil," the Delta-blues flavored "Something Going Wrong" and the aching rock ballad "Come Closer." "Come Closer" marks a dramatic twist in that singer Hagar wrote the words first and guitarist Joe Satriani composed the music to suit the lyrics. Elsewhere, Chickenfoot tackles issues such as mortality in "Up Next" and the world's economy in "Three and a Half Letters" on hard-as-nails cuts that rock the body while filling one's senses.