Casey Chaos
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| Background information | |
| Born | 1967 |
| Origin | New York, New York, U.S. |
| Genres | Punk rock Hardcore punk Black metal Alternative metal Metalcore |
| Occupations | Musician, singer |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, bass |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Labels | Roadrunner Virgin Sony Music |
| Associated acts | Amen Scum GrindhallerXXX The Other Damned This Is Menace Scars on Broadway Vanilla Ice |
| Website | [1] [2] [3] |
Casey Chaos is the frontman and guitarist of punk rock band Amen. After numerous line-up changes he is the only remaining founding member of the band. He is known for his energetic stage performance. Chaos has also released an album with his side project Scum along with members of Turbonegro and Emperor and has written and performed with a number of other notable bands and musicians.
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[edit] Early life and Amen
Chaos was a professional skateboarder as a child. He saved most of the money he made during that time to run his not-always-lucrative musical projects. He toured and skated with Tony Hawk, Brad Bowman, Mike Mcgill, etc. After being introduced by fellow skater Duane Peters to the music of Black Flag, he immediately sought out the next show.
After seeing Black Flag for the first time, his life was forever changed. The following day he started recording songs for his first hardcore band Casey and the Skate Punx, which he then changed to Disorderly Conduct. They released one album, "Amen" and were featured on many compilations, one of which was titled "Flipside Magazine Compilation Vol. 2". Chaos then moved to California and changed the name of the band to Amen. He went on to record 3 albums (Amen, We Have Come For Your Parents, and Death Before Musick) and release a box set documenting a large amount of his musical output (Pisstory: A Catalogue of Accidents/A Lifetime Of Mistakes). He wrote and recorded everything on the records with the exception of drums, which have always been recorded by Shannon Larkin. Amen have been signed to three different major labels: Roadrunner Records, Virgin Records, and Sony Records.
[edit] Projects beyond Amen
He has worked with artists such as Henry Rollins, Iggy Pop, Rikk Agnew, Sex Pistols, Rozz Williams, and many others. He has recorded side projects with: Faust (drums - Emperor/Blood Tsunami), Samoth (guitar - Emperor/Zyklon), Happy Tom and Euroboy (bass and guitar - Turbonegro) called Scum; Josh Homme (QOTSA) and Nick Oliveri (QOTSA/Mondo Generator) called Headband; Daron Malakian (System of a Down) and Zach Hill called Scars On Broadway.
According to Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison, he and Chaos were to write and perform with Iggy Pop on the album that later became "Beat 'Em Up", until the latter decided to actually do the album with his usual backing band only a few days before the recording was to take place with producer Ross Robinson.
Chaos started the band Scars on Broadway with Daron Malakian. He claimed to have co-written "B.Y.O.B." with Daron Malakian that can be heard on System of a Down's album Mezmerize. A version of the song with Chaos on vocals can be heard on the leaked Scars on Broadway Ghetto Blaster Rehearsals from 2003.[citation needed] However, in 2010 a court dismissed his charge.[1]
Chaos performed with former members of The Damned; Rat Scabies and Brian James, celebrating 30-year anniversary of the release of The Damned's debut album "Damned Damned Damned", by performing the LP in its entirety at the legendary 100 Club in London in 2006. This caused some controversy among the Damned's fanbase, because the line-up with Dave Vanian and Captain Sensible are currently still together, and have been releasing albums recently. Chaos provides vocals for black metal supergroup Scum as well as backing vocals on the Vanilla Ice album Hard to Swallow. He is also featured on the Rise Above: 24 Black Flag Songs to Benefit the West Memphis Three album on the track "Depression", and has spoken out publicly in support of the cause.[2]
In 2006 he started the Amen "Angry Brigade", an online database/fan club. After payment fans have access to the newest music, rare MP3s, news, instrumentals, videos etc.
[edit] External links
- http://www.officialcaseychaos.com Casey Chaos' Official Website
- http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/caseychaos
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