III, the new studio album for hard rock supergroup Chickenfoot is out on 27 September 2011. As Sammy Hagar stated, the band decided to call their second album "Chickenfoot III" to avoid "the dreaded second album drop-off experienced by most bands", a way to "skip" the second album and make the third one straightaway. The album was recorded by Chad Smith at drums and he will still remain the official drummer for Chickenfoot. But due to the simultaneous release of the brand new Red Hot Chili Peppers', Chad could not participate to further recordings and to the band's imminent tour. The worldwide acclaimed and appreciated Kenny Aronoff (John Mellencamp, Bob Seger, Belinda Carlisle, Elton John, John Fogerty, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Meat Loaf, The Smashing Pumpkins, Tony Iommi, Jon Bon Jovi, Vasco Rossi, Cinderella among the others) will join Chickenfoot at drums for their live dates; he also appears in the first official video from the new album, "Big Foot".