Amen
Casey Chaos at Big Day Out 2002
Background information
Origin	Los Angeles, California, United States
Genre(s)	Punk rock Hardcore punk Alternative metal
Years active	1994-present
Label(s)	Drag U La, Roadrunner, Virgin, Refuse, EatUrMusic, Columbia
Associated acts	SCUM Scars on Broadway Christian Death Snot Damned Damned Damned
Website	www.ComaAmerica.com
Members
Casey Chaos (vocals) Cris Galvan (guitar) Duke Decter (guitar) John "Tumor" Fahnestock (bass) Chris Alaniz (drums)
Former members
Paul Fig (guitar) Shannon Larkin (drums) Sonny Mayo (guitar) Josh Hill (guitar) Zach Hill (drums) Blake Plonsky (drums) Luke Johnson (drums) Matt "Piggy D." Montgomery (guitar) Scott S. Sorry (bass) Rich Jones (guitar) Nate Manor (bass) Acey Slade (guitar) Eric Amblur (guitar) Joe Letz (drums) Jinxx (guitar) John King (guitar)

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The band has an almost constantly rotating lineup, with founder Casey Chaos remaining as the only constant member throughout. Chaos writes all the music and lyrics, and performs all vocals and instruments (bar drums, since the album Amen) for studio recordings. Casey Chaos Amen is a cross-genre band mainly taking influence from heavy metal music and 80s punk music. ... For other uses, see Music (disambiguation). ... Lyrics are the words in songs. ...

They are particularly popular in the United Kingdom and have previously been voted "Overall Best Band in the World" and "Best Live Band in the World" by readers of Metal Hammer magazine. Amen are known for their live shows and singles "Coma America," "Price of Reality" and "California's Bleeding." Metal Hammer (sometimes MetalHammer) is a monthly heavy metal magazine in the United Kingdom, Ireland and in Germany, Austria, Spain, Greece, Poland, Hungary, Switzerland, Serbia and Montenegro by a different publisher. ...

History

Casey Chaos started his first ever band, Disorderly Conduct, as a teen. They released a vinyl Amen and the Atrocity demo, played several gigs and became fairly well known around the hardcore punks of the Eastern United States. Disorderly Conduct split up when Casey moved away from Florida at around the age of 17 or 18. Chaos had previously filled in live on bass guitar with deathrock legends Christian Death at some of the band's reunion tour shows in 1993, playing in place of original bassist James McGearty. The following year in the basement of his Los Angeles home, playing all instruments himself, Chaos released an EP under the name "Amen". A sunburst-colored Precision Bass The electric bass guitar (or electric bass) is a bass stringed instrument played with the fingers (either by plucking, slapping, popping, or tapping) or using a pick. ... Deathrock is a term used to identify a subgenre of punk rock and Goth which incorporates elements of horror and spooky atmospheres within a Goth-Punk style and first emerged most prominently in the West Coast of the United States and London during the late 1970s and early 1980s. ... Christian Death is a name that originally applied to the pioneering Los Angeles deathrock group formed in 1979. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ...

During 1995, Chaos released a full length album under the Amen name, called Slave, on Drag U La Records. The release was initially limited to 2000 copies. This is the first album recorded by Casey Chaos under the name Amen and was limited to 2000 copies. ...

Members join Chaos

Around 1998, Chaos met Paul Fig through the L.A. music scene, and they formed a partnership. In the following months and years, the band expanded including former members of the band Snot; drummer Shannon Larkin, guitarist Sonny Mayo and bassist John Fahnestock. Amen were signed by the heavy metal label Roadrunner Records. Snot was a alternative metal band based in Santa Barbara, California. ... Shannon Larkin (born April 24, 1967) is the current drummer for Godsmack. ... Former Snot Guitarrist, he joined Amen in May 1998. ... Jonathan Fahnestock AKA Tumor was the bass player for Snot, he later played in Amen. ... Roadrunner Records is a major record label that concentrates on metal bands. ...

Following the release of their eponymous album in September 1999, the band were set to tour Europe in December. This did not happen; Chaos and the band blamed a last-minute withdrawal of funding shortly prior to departure for the failure. Following this incident, Amen and Roadrunner Records went their separate ways. For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ...

We Have Come For Your Parents

In 2000 Amen embarked on writing a new album,entitled We Have Come For Your Parents, which subsequently became the bands most successful album. The album released three singles; "The Price Of Reality", which had a controversial video to go with it.'Too Hard to Be Free' and The Waiting 18'. The music is, as always, based on 'metal based punk', while the lyrics concentrated on sociopolitical issues such as being treated badly by a/your employer("In Your Suit"), the cold-bloodedness of popularity ("CK Killer") and religion ("Mayday"). In 2002, Amen beacme the first unsigned band ever to play on the main stage at Reading Festival.^{[citation needed]} The Reading and Leeds Festivals are a pair of annual music festivals that take place in Reading and Leeds in England. ...

Death Before Musick

Chaos was helped out by friend Daron Malakian, whom he had met while both Amen and Malakian's band System of a Down were touring Australia as part of the Big Day Out music festival. Amen were the first band signed to Malakian's EatUrMusic label, and their subsequent release, Death Before Musick was regarded as not having been a commercial success; leading to AMEN leaving the label. Daron Vartan Malakian (Armenian: ) (born 18 July 1975) lead guitarist in the Armenian-American band System of a Down. ... For the bands self-titled album, see System of a Down (album). ... The Big Day Out (BDO) is an annual music festival that tours Australia and New Zealand which originated in Sydney in 1992. ... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ...

The 2005 "last time" tour, was completely postponed after Chaos suffered a ruptured Hernia, and was unable to medically play a gig for about 6 weeks. The band returned in the summer of 2005 playing in late June and until mid August at a series of small clubs and ended the tour at the London astoria with an aftershow party for all who attended.

New album

At the last few shows the band played during 2006 they performed a couple of new songs. A new band lineup was recently revealed at the Angry Brigade website and plans for a tour of Europe seem to be in the works. The new album should be coming out in 2008.

UK Tour issues

Due to difficulties with a number of promoters, a third scheduled UK tour has been thrown into doubt;

"Now, the problem we have is that to make this tour happen, each promoter on the tour has to pay 50% of the bands fee UPFRONT, something which is standard for every single touring band. Along with this damn Postal strike in the UK, and some promoters leaving things to the last minute, not all of these advances have been paid. We need this money to pay the bills and get this tour on the road. As of today, Amen are ready to come, but without these advances, it simply isn’t possible to make this tour happen. So before any rumours fly around about Amen cancelling this tour or any other, these are the facts. If the promoters do their bit, Amen will do theirs and get on the plane to the UK." (UK Promoter)

SCUM

In 2004 Casey Chaos formed the side project "SCUM" along with members from Turbonegro and Emperor. To date, they have released one album, Gospels for the Sick. Norwegian/American band formed in 2004 with members from Amen, Emperor and Turbonegro. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Emperor is a seminal and infamous Norwegian black metal band formed in 1991. ...

Where the former band members are now

• Shannon Larkin - Now plays drums in Godsmack.
• Sonny Mayo - After leaving AMEN he join (həd) p.e., but is currently guitarist in Sevendust.
• John Fahnestock - Released an album with the band Lo-Pro in 2005, and is now the bass player in Noise Within. He has since rejoined AMEN.
• Zach Hill - Performs/has performed with a number of groups, including Hella, Nervous Cop, Goon Moon and Team Sleep.
• Jinxx - Since he left Amen, he has become the guitarist for a band called The Dreaming.

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Discography

Albums

• Slave - (1994, Drag-U-La Records)
• Amen - (1999, Roadrunner Records)
• We Have Come For Your Parents - (2000, Virgin Records)
• Join, Or Die - (2003, Refuse Music)
• Death Before Musick - (2004, EatUrMusic/Columbia)

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Boxset

• Pisstory, A Catalogue of Accidents/A Lifetime of Mistakes - (2005, Refuse Music)

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Live

• Gun of a Preacher Man - (Live Album, 2005, Secret)

Gun of a Preacher Man is a live album of AMEN recorded Live at Manchester Academy February 2003. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Secrecy is the condition of hiding information from others. ...

Singles

• "Coma America"- (2000, Roadrunner Records)
• "The Price Of Reality" - (2001, Virgin Records)
• "Too Hard To Be Free" - (2001, Virgin Records)
• "The Waiting 18" - (2001, Virgin Records)
• "California's Bleeding" - (2004, EatUrMusic/Columbia)

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DVDs

• Caught In The Act - (Live - 2004, Secret)

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Citations

External links

• http://www.officialcaseychaos.com Casey Chaos' official website
• http://www.comaamerica.com Amen official site
• http://www.propamenda.com Amen fansite
• http://www.refusemusicstore.com Amen Merchandise Shop
• http://www.dieorfollow.com Official message board