TRACKLIST

1) Babylon
2) What's Left for us?
3) Fuck the System
4) Lives are Squandered
5) Gomer Pyle
6) Nightmares
7) Twisted Cross
8) Riot City
9) Racial Rupture
10) Pledge of Defiance
11) Suicide Mission
12) Initial Distrust
13) Systems Downfall (the U.S.A. is Dead)

ABOUT THE BAND

American hardcore punk band from Pomona (California) formed in 1989.
The first Total Chaos line-up consisted of vocalist Rob Chaos, guitarist Gary Doom, bassist Joe E. Bastard and drummer Gearbox.
Lead vocalist Rob Chaos is also co-owner of SOS Records with Ezzat Soliman, owner of the Showcase Theater, having released albums by classic punk and Oi! bands like the Exploited, Vice Squad, Sham 69, Conflict and Abrasive Wheels among others… With help of Jay Lee from the band Resist and Exist, the band started organizations such as United Valley Punks, Orange County Peace Punks and Alternative Gathering Collective… Together, they held such social events as Food Not Bombs, helped open the Los Angeles Anarchist Center and supported the Big Mountain Indian Reservation.
In 1991, the band recorded their first demo titled “Punk Invasion”, followed by the EP “Nightmares” in 1992… In 1993, the band recorded their debut album “We are the Punx, we are the Future”… Shortly after Gary Doom left the band, being replaced by Ronald McMurder… A tour in Mexico was booked, having most of the venues sold out.
Epitaph Records decided to sign the band to release the 1994 album “Pledge of Defiance”… To support the release, a tour was booked and after the end of the tour, a second album for Epitaph Records was recorded in 1995, titled “Patriotic Shock”, adding Germ as second guitarist… Once again, the band toured for the release, this time with Battalion of Saints.
Due to the strong message against racism and socio-political subjects, the band faced racist and nationalist organizations at the shows and the ban of the album in Japan.
In the summer of the same year, they visited Europe for the first time, with a new lead guitarist, Shawn Smash, playing in Germany for the Chaos Days festival, well known for the often violent environment.
In 1996 Rob Chaos, Joe E. Bastard and Shawn Smash recruited Suzy Homewrecker on drums to record a new album titled “Anthems From the Alleyway”… This album differs from the others because of the ‘70s punk rock influenced sound.
By 1997 the band lost contact with Epitaph Records, while recording demos for the upcoming album, mainly because of the poor communication with the label president. For these reasons, the band decided to leave Epitaph Records.
By early 1998 Total Chaos disbanded, although by September the group reformed and asked Traci Michaels to fill in for one show, which was the reunion show at the Showcase Theatre… They continued to search for drummers and found Danny Boy Virus... The band then signed with Cleopatra Records to release the album “In God We Kill” in 1999 and the compilation “Early Years 89-93” with the early demos and LPs.
The band got back to touring with Blanks77 and in 2000 completed its first Japanese tour… Shortly after, the band recorded “Punk Invasion”, released on Reject Records in 2001, with Todd Trash playing bass and Danny Boy Virus on drums.
In 2002 the band was invited to the Warped Tour, with bands like the Casualties, Anti-Flag and Bad Religion, among others... After the tour, the band released “Freedom Kills” with SOS Records and toured with the Adicts, the Exploited and Conflict.

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