INTENSIFIED CHAOS - That's not Freedom 1982 LP (NR016)

£18.00

INTENSIFIED CHAOS - That's not Freedom 1982 LP (NR016)

£18.00

INTENSIFIED CHAOS - ‘That’s not Freedom 1982’ LP (NR016)

Nausea Records proudly presents INTENSIFIED CHAOS the Record, collecting the band’s early demo and live material. Capturing a moment when teenage energy collided with the birth of the Bay Area hardcore scene.

LIMITED TO 300 COPIES (200 black / 100 splatter)
Complete with square insert, poster and post card filled with photos, flyers and bio.

More than four decades after their brief but explosive run in the early 1980s California punk scene, the music of Intensified Chaos is finally receiving an official release.

Formed in 1982 at Miramonte High School in Orinda, California, Intensified Chaos began when three teenage punks met in a math class: vocalist Rob “Noxious,” bassist Adam Gates (later known as MC Bob C. Cock of Primus), and former Fang drummer Chris “Critter” Ritter. Inspired by the rising wave of hardcore punk bands including GBH, Discharge and Black Flag, the trio quickly recruited guitarists Torrence Tang (Turner) and Bill Collins, forming the lineup that would record the band’s earliest material.

Intensified Chaos was selected to open the Alternative Tentacles compilation Not So Quiet on the Western Front, a 1982 double album featuring 40 California and Nevada punk bands. The band also appeared on the first page of the debut issue of Maximum Rocknroll Magazine.

Although plans for an EP based on the original demo were discussed at the time, the record was never completed, leaving fans to wonder if more music from Intensified Chaos existed.

43 years later, the lost recordings finally surface.

Cover photo by Patti Tuori of Kris Barnes and Rachel Twin

RxOxB Noxious - vocals
Bill Collins - guitar
Turner Babcock - guitar
Adam Gates - bass
Chris Ritter - drums
LIVE SHOWS
Kris Barnes - bass
Brad Anthony - bass
Steve Hunt - guitar