Casey Chaos, legendary frontman of California punks Amen, in addition to Christian Loss of life and black steel supergroup Scum, has died. His passing was introduced in a press release from his report label, Cleopatra Data.
“It’s with nice disappointment that Cleopatra Data announce the passing of Casey Chaos, one of the vital thrilling, and particular person punk and steel performers of the final 30 years, and one of many only a few, too, to have acquired a Grammy award,” they mentioned.
“Born in Trenton, NY, however rising up in Melbourne, FL, Chaos – actual identify Karim Chmielnski – took his musical lead from teenaged encounters with hardcore legends Black Flag. He shaped his first band, Casey & The Skatepunx, quickly after, and rapidly developed his personal distinctive performing type because the band – now named Disorderly Conduct – launched onto the Florida punk scene.
“Chaos relocated to Los Angeles in 1990, the place he shaped Amen; a friendship with former Christian Loss of life guitarist Rikk Agnew additionally noticed him carry out and cowrite a number of songs on that band’s Iconologia album; and, in 1993, seem alongside Agnew and authentic Christian Loss of life vocalist on the band’s reunion present. A video recording of the present was subsequently launched by Cleopatra Data.
Label boss Brian Perera added, “I had the privilege of working with Casey throughout his unforgettable reside efficiency with Christian Loss of life on the American Legion Corridor again in 1993. Strolling into the corridor with my good pal Matt Inexperienced and my spouse, Yvonne, was an expertise I’ll always remember—particularly seeing Nicolas Cage sitting front-row middle, fully captivated.
“Touring with Slipknot, Coal Chamber and others, Amen had been a key determine on the late Nineteen Nineties steel scene, profitable approval for the albums Amen, We Have Come For Your Dad and mom and Loss of life Earlier than Musick; subsequent tasks embody Headband, Scars on Broadway and Scum, whereas a fourth Amen album was seldom removed from Chaos’s thoughts.
“Casey wasn’t simply a unprecedented musician,” Perera continues. “He actually lived and breathed the life-style.
“Could he relaxation in peace alongside Rozz Williams and the various tortured souls we admire and respect.”
