TVSquad

Unless you've been in a coma for the past year and just woke up, you probably know that Conan O'Brien is the new host of The Tonight Show. He takes over on June 1.

NBC has released the roster of guests for the first week of shows, and it's a mix of big stars, big musical guests, and one guest thrown into the mix that really sticks out. After the jump, the line-up.

Monday, June 1: Will Ferrell and Pearl Jam
Tuesday, June 2: Tom Hanks and Green Day
Wednesday, June 3: Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Sheryl Crow
Thursday, June 4: Gwyneth Paltrow and John Mayer
Friday, June 5: Ryan Seacrest and Chickenfoot

Overall, a rather predictable, safe list. If you're going for big bands, I guess Pearl Jam and Green Day are the way to go. They won't get anyone older than baby boomers to tune in, but they're bands that appeal to both Generation Y and X (if that's what we're still calling those generations). Tom Hanks is always a great talk show guest, and Ryan Seacrest is host of the number one show on TV, so that makes sense.

The guest that sticks out is Chickenfoot. I didn't know who this was until I did a little digging. It's actually Van Halen 2.0. The band consists of ex-Van Halen singer Sammy Hagar, ex-Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony, drummer Chad Smith of The Red Hot Chili Peppers, and guitarist Joe Satriani. He's sort of the Steve Vai of this group (if I remember correctly, I think he actually taught Vai at one point). Vai was the guitarist in David Lee Roth's post-Van Halen group. So it all fits together.

Good to see that they still make supergroups.