KAOS - Komplete Kaos

Original Release Date

2003

Release Information

US CD 2003 (Artifix - SPR 019)

1 Cone Of Silence 2:37
2 I Don't Mind 1:42
3 Auto Pilot 1:32
4 Nuclear Nightmare 2:48
5 Alcoholiday 2:38
6 White Light/ White Heat 1:45
7 Pipeline 1:39
8 Top Secret 2:00
9 Cone Of Silence 1:58
10 Iron Dream 2:34
11 Memphis 1:43
12 Roses On My Grave 2:15
13 Nuclear Nightmare 2:47
14 Top Secret 2:39
15 Alcoholiday 2:57
16 I Don't Want To 1:25
17 Forming 2:04
18 Auto Pilot 3:18
19 She's Not In Love 3:07
20 "Unprovoked Attack" Interview 12:11
Bonus Track
21 Quicktime Video: KAOS on New Wave Theater

Chart Placings

None

Credits

Produced by Greg and Kim McWhirter for Artfix Records
Production assistance: Johnny Stingray

1-2: Practice demos recorded at Valley Studios on cassette, April 1980
3-12: Practice at Lombardi Studio, Spring 1980 (4-track). Mixed and edited by Johnny Stingray, Winter 1980/1981
13: Audio dub from 'New Wave Theater', Fall 1980
14-15: 6-track demo produced by Eddie Singleton, Summer 1980
16-17: Audio dub from practice video: April 1980
18-19: Stingray solo demos 1990. 19 is an original, unrecorded Controllers song
20: KPFK "Unprovoked Attack" radio show (edit). Hosted by Ronn Spencer (Art Damage) and Gene Sculatti (Chuck Steak): April 1980
21: New Wave Theater Quicktime video of KAOS performance from fall 1980

Agents of KAOS:
01-02:
Stingray - guitar and vocal
Lisa Adams - guitar
Amy Wichmann - bass
Metal Mike Saunders - drums (emergency fill-in for Pete Curry)

03-12:
Stingray - guitar and vocal
Lisa Adams - guitar
Amy Wichmann - bass
Chris Kovall - drums

13 & Bonus Track:
Stingray - guitar and vocal
Lisa Adams - guitar
Amy Wichmann - bass
P.W. Curry - drums

14-17:
Stingray - guitar and vocal
Lisa Adams - guitar
Amy Wichmann - bass
Mystery Ron from Long Beach - drums

18-19:
Johnny Stingray - everything

20:
Stringray, Lisa, and Amy interviewed on KPFK-FM's "Unprovoked Attack" by Ronn Spencer and Gene Sculatti

Reviews & Opinions

A collection of unreleased demos and studio rehearsal tapes. Rough, ready and very punky, but this is not a hi-fi experience and volume levels waver dramatically from song to song (some seem twice as loud as others). It gets a bit tiresome over 55 minutes because the songs aren't that great. Still, gotta admire its spirit.

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