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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Channel 103.1 conducted an interview with DISTURBED frontman David Draiman at the Big Day Out concert on August 28, 2010 at Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) in Saratoga Springs, New York. You can now watch the chat above.

DISTURBED will take part in a live webcast on their Ustream channel on August 31 at 2:30 p.m. PST/5:30 p.m. EST. Fans can submit questions to the band by leaving comments here.

DISTURBED kicked off its headlining stint on the very first Uproar tour on August 17 by unveiling its massive new stage show, which HardDrive Radio called "a total assault of the senses." The production features a tremendous amount of visuals on huge LED screens, state-of-the-art pyrotechnics and an opening film in which Draiman is seen in an asylum before seeming to burst out of the screen and onto the stage.

DISTURBED has just released a video for the title track from its new album, "Asylum", which arrives on August 31.

The "Asylum" limited-edition CD/DVD pre-order comes with the full album, including two bonus tracks (live recordings of "Down With The Sickness" and "Stricken"), expanded artwork, a DVD with the "Decade Of Disturbed" documentary plus nine "Disturbed Dissected" exclusive instrument video instuctionals, and an exclusive double-sided poster with guitar tabs. It is available only through Disturbed1.com.

The iTunes LP version of "Asylum" is also available to pre-order now. This version also includes a download featuring the "Decade of Disturbed" documentary, two bonus tracks (live recordings of "Down With The Sickness" and "Stricken"), an additional exclusive bonus track ("Leave It Alone"), and two "Disturbed Dissected" exclusive instrument video instructionals.