Casey Chaos, legendary frontman of California punks Amen, in addition to Christian Demise and black steel supergroup Scum, has died. His passing was introduced in an announcement from his document label, Cleopatra Information.
“It’s with nice unhappiness that Cleopatra Information announce the passing of Casey Chaos, some of the thrilling, and particular person punk and steel 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 fashioned his first band, Casey & The Skatepunx, quickly after, and rapidly developed his personal distinctive performing model because the band – now named Disorderly Conduct – launched onto the Florida punk scene.
“Chaos relocated to Los Angeles in 1990, the place he fashioned 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 authentic Christian Demise vocalist on the band’s reunion present. A video recording of the present was subsequently launched by Cleopatra Information.
Label boss Brian Perera added, “I had the privilege of working with Casey throughout his unforgettable dwell efficiency with Christian Demise on the American Legion Corridor again in 1993. Strolling into the corridor with my good buddy Matt Inexperienced and my spouse, Yvonne, was an expertise I’ll always remember—particularly seeing Nicolas Cage sitting front-row heart, fully captivated.
“Touring with Slipknot, Coal Chamber and others, Amen have been a key determine on the late Nineteen Nineties steel scene, successful popularity of the albums Amen, We Have Come For Your Mother and father and Demise 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 rare musician,” Perera continues. “He actually lived and breathed the life-style.
“Might he relaxation in peace alongside Rozz Williams and the numerous tortured souls we admire and respect.”