Casey Chaos, legendary frontman of California punks Amen, in addition to Christian Demise and black metallic supergroup Scum, has died. His passing was introduced in a press release from his document label, Cleopatra Data.
“It’s with nice disappointment that Cleopatra Data announce the passing of Casey Chaos, one of the crucial thrilling, and particular person punk and metallic performers of the final 30 years, and one of many only a few, too, to have obtained a Grammy award,” they mentioned.
“Born in Trenton, NY, however rising up in Melbourne, FL, Chaos – actual title 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 fashion 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 Demise 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 unique Christian Demise 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 stay efficiency with Christian Demise on the American Legion Corridor again in 1993. Strolling into the corridor with my good good friend 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 have been a key determine on the late Nineteen Nineties metallic scene, profitable approval for the albums Amen, We Have Come For Your Dad and mom and Demise Earlier than Musick; subsequent tasks embrace Headband, Scars on Broadway and Scum, whereas a fourth Amen album was seldom removed from Chaos’s thoughts.
“Casey wasn’t simply a rare musician,” Perera continues. “He really lived and breathed the life-style.
“Might he relaxation in peace alongside Rozz Williams and the numerous tortured souls we admire and respect.”
