Casey Chaos, legendary frontman of California punks Amen, in addition to Christian Dying and black steel supergroup Scum, has died. His passing was introduced in an announcement from his file label, Cleopatra Information.
“It’s with nice unhappiness that Cleopatra Information 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 fashioned his first band, Casey & The Skatepunx, quickly after, and shortly 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 fashioned Amen; a friendship with former Christian Dying 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 Dying 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 reside efficiency with Christian Dying 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 had been a key determine on the late Nineteen Nineties steel scene, profitable approval for the albums Amen, We Have Come For Your Mother and father and Dying Earlier than Musick; subsequent initiatives 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.
“Could he relaxation in peace alongside Rozz Williams and the various tortured souls we admire and respect.”
