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PROMOTIONAL ONLY means issued by record company in very limited quantity and sent to selected Industry professionals ONLY for promotional consideration/airplay. Never for sale and highly collectable releases Riverside, CA punks Total Chaos formed in 1988, comprising singer Rob Chaos, guitarist Gary Doom, bassist Joe E. Bastard and drummer Gearbox at the time of their self-released debut LP We Are the Punx, We Are the Future. Doom exited the group soon after, and upon installing new guitarist Ronald McMurder, Total Chaos signed to Epitaph, issuing Pledge of Defiance in 1994. Second guitarist Germ joined the fold for 1995's Patriotic Shock, but by the time of the follow-up Anthems from the Alleyway only Rob Chaos and Joe E. Bastard remained from the previous album, with the line-up now including guitarist Shawn Smash and drummer Suzy Homewrecker. By early 1998 rumors were circulating that Rob Chaos had died; although the stories were untrue, it was confirmed that Total Chaos had disbanded, although by September the group reformed minus Homewrecker, who was (according to the official Total Chaos website) stealing the band's T-shirts, selling them at a discounted price and keeping all of the profits herself. Total Chaos were now back in business and they showed that Punk cant die. Total Chaos has helped expand a genre that has outlasted numerous musical trends, gimmicks and novelties. Freedom Kills has the typical Total Chaos sound that we have come to love. Its mainly fast, aggressive punk along with a few street punk turns, especially for Another Boot Party and the umpteenth cover of Twisted Sister's We're Not Gonna Take It. They also cover the Misfits Attitude to provide a respite from the heavier lyrical matter. Rob's hoarse vocals almost veer towards overkill yet do effectively convey his outrage. A loud, spiked and studded musical state of the union address. Promo in promo paper cover Track listing: 1. S.O.S. America 2. Final Solution 3. Rome Will Fall 4. Paix America 5. Horrorvision 6. Attitude-Misfits cover 7. What You Gonna Do 8. Punks Coalition 9. Scholls of America 10. Freedom Kills 11. Civil War 12. One Way System Lies 13. Another Boot Party 14. Were Not Gonna Take It-Twisted Sister cover