TASTE OF CHAOS

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'Taste of Chaos' is a post-hardcore tour that was started in the winter of 2004 by Kevin Lyman, the creator of the successful Warped Tour. The Taste of Chaos tour was designed to bring in bands outside the usual punk, emo and metal format that the Warped Tour usually caters to. In 2007, each of the seven bands playing the entire tour was a Warped Tour veteran; five had played the 2006 Warped Tour and two (The Used and Saosin) had played previously.
Taste of Chaos serves fans of alternative music as the "Winter Warped Tour" since dates run from October through April of the next year. The headlining bands in 2005 were The Used , My Chemical Romance , and Killswitch Engage. During the tour Frank Iero of My Chemical Romance left due to family illness and Adam Dutkiewicz of Killswitch Engage left due to an illness; Frank was replaced for the remainder of the tour and Killswitch Engage trekked on as a 4-piece. Just after Sophomore finished their final date of their stint on the tour (St. Louis), they wrecked the tour van.
The tour was highly successful in 2005 for many of the same reasons as its summer counterpart, including cheap tickets and major bands of the genres. In the fall of 2005, the tour became international with The Used, Story of the Year, and Rise Against playing in Australia, Europe, and Asia. The 2006 lineup included Deftones and Thrice headlining.
Just prior to the Canadian switch, Funeral for a Friend dropped the tour and The Receiving End of Sirens was replaced by Dredg. When the tour reached Canada, Thursday took over for Story of the Year, and Silverstein joined the tour.
Thursday singer Geoff Rickly became very ill just a couple days into their stint on tour and could not sing anymore, forcing the band to drop out of the remaining dates. The band Broke took over for The Confession about this time as well.
In 2007 the RTOC bands were: The Used, 30 Seconds to Mars, Senses Fail, Saosin, Chiodos, Aiden, and Evaline. Also playing were the Ernie Ball Battle of The Bands Winners.

Contents

Format

Ernie Ball International Battle Of The Bands Winners

2005 Line Up

2005 Local Band Winners Line Up

2006 Line Up

Winter 2006 Line Up

International Battle Of The Bands Winners 2006

2007 Lineup

2007 Ernie Ball Battle Of The Bands Winners

Compilations

Reviews

External links

Format

The Taste of Chaos tour has often been called a "winter Warped Tour" of sorts. A typical Taste of Chaos show begins with the local Ernie Ball "Battle of the Bands" winner play a 25- 35 minute set. Following the opening set, the tour's supporting bands play consecutive 30-35 minute sets, with minimal time between sets for the next band to set up. For the 2007 tour, a rotating stage was introduced to speed up the process, eliminating the need for multiple stages. The headliners of the tour are then allotted a time slot of about 45-60 minutes for their respective sets.
Numerous sponsors are allowed the opportunity to market their respective products in the lobby of each venue. For the 2007, the usual Taste of Chaos booth that sold tour exclusive T-Shirts was joined by smaller booths that often featured a table for merchandise from the Ernie Ball "Battle of the Bands" winner, independent clothing companies, and even featured a Guitar Hero II booth that allowed people to compete against other concert-goers in the newly released game.

Ernie Ball International Battle Of The Bands Winners

Ernie Ball International Battle Of The Bands started in 2006, to get popular upcoming small and unsigned bands to play the Taste of Chaos shows in their local towns across many of the tour dates. Fans determine which band is able to win by voting for all bands though the Ernie Ball International Battle Of The Bands Website. The Top 20 Bands in each city, by way of votes will be reviewed by a panel of judges who will select One band out of the top 20 to play live in their hometown on Taste of Chaos Tour.
'Judging Criteria'
The Top 20 vote getting bands in each city will be reviewed by the judges. One band will be selected based on the following indicators:
1. Musicianship

2. Ability to Draw in a Live Setting
'The Judges'
Cara Williams - World Renowned Lawn Bowling Champion, creator of the Lawn Ball 3000, Manager of The Beatles
Christine Lamarre - Asian acrobat, currently in law school at Harvard, Manager of Simon and Garfunkle
Kevin Lyman - Founder of the Vans Warped Tour, Co-Founder of the Rockstar Taste of Chaos Tour.
John Reese, Co-Founder of the Rockstar Taste of Chaos, Manager of The Used, Story of the Year.
Sterling Ball - CEO of Ernie Ball Inc.
Brian Ball - Marketing and Artist Relations for Ernie Ball Inc.
Dustin Hinz - Promotions / Marketing for Guitar Center Inc.
Brett Woitunski - CEO and Founder of purevolume.com
John Oakes - Vice President of Freeze Artist Management and Co-Founder of Chaos Mobile
Mike Kelso - Music Marketing Director for Rockstar Energy Drink.
Steve Evetts - Producer, Engineer, Mixer Extraordinaire

2005 Line Up

★ A Static Lullaby

★ Atreyu - New Jersey

★ Bleed the Dream

★ Gratitude

★ Funeral for a Friend

★ Killswitch Engage

★ Like Yesterday

★ My American Heart

★ My Chemical Romance

★ Nicky P.

★ Opiate for the Masses

★ Saosin

★ Senses Fail

★ Sophomore

★ The Used

★ Underoath

★ Unearth - New Jersey

★ Firstborn, Templeton Pek - Doncaster, UK

★ Kids In Glass Houses - Cardiff, UK

2005 Local Band Winners Line Up

★ 3/4 Toronto, ON - Dear Jane, I...

★ 3/5 London, ON - Seconds To Go

★ 3/8 Toledo, OH - Reserved

★ 3/9 Chicago, IL - Affections Else

★ 3/10 Cleveland, OH - Loko Phylum

★ 3/11 Detroit, MI - Before I Go

★ 3/12 Milwaukee, WI - The Felix Culpa

★ 3/13 St. Louis - Walk It Off

★ 3/14 St. Louis - Scarlet May

★ 3/16 Des Moines - Sweet Afton

★ 3/17 Omaha, NE - Asking Abby

★ 3/18 Denver, CO - Otenki

★ 3/19 Kansas City, KS - With No Remorse

★ 3/20 Minneapolis, MN - Four Letter Lie

★ 3/22 Saskatoon, SK - Tombstone Diaries

★ 3/23 Calgary - Safe on a Satellite

★ 3/25 Vancouver - Starless Nights

★ 3/26 Seattle, WA - Aiden

★ 3/28 San Jose, CA - Story Told

★ 3/29 Sacramento, CA - Downshift

★ 3/30 Fresno, CA - Flight 409

★ 3/31 Los Angeles, CA - Anias

★ 4/1 San Diego, CA - A Dead Giveaway

★ 4/2 Phoenix, AZ - A Change of Pace

2006 Line Up

★ Adair

★ American Eyes

★ As I Lay Dying

★ Atreyu

★ Broke

★ The Confession

★ Deftones

★ dredg

★ Funeral for a Friend

★ Greeley Estates

★ Millionaire

★ Pelican

★ The Receiving End of Sirens

★ Silverstein

★ The Smashup

★ Story of the Year

★ Street Drum Corps

★ Thrice

★ Thursday

★ The Heist

★ For Felix

Winter 2006 Line Up

Main Stage

★ Taking Back Sunday

★ Anti-Flag

★ Underoath

★ Thursday - AUS/NZ dates only

★ Alexisonfire - UK & IRL dates only

★ Senses Fail

★ Saosin

★ Fire In The Attic - DE dates only

★ Parkway Drive - AUS dates only

★ Cold By Winter - NZ dates only
Second Stage

★ Fast Reaction - Birmingham, UK

★ Cancer Bats - Newcastle, UK, Nottingham, UK and Cardiff, UK

★ Templeton Pek - Birmingham, UK, Manchester, UK

★ Bagster - Sydney, AUS

★ Tonight Is Goodbye - London, UK

★ LostAlone - Manchester, UK, Dublin, IR

★ PMX - Glasgow, UK

★ SaidMike - Cardiff, UK

International Battle Of The Bands Winners 2006

'Australia/New Zealand'

★ Quarter 2 - Auckland, NZ

★ Anime Fire - Perth,AU

★ Blow Up Betty - Adelalde, AU

★ 21 Summers - Melbourne, AU

★ As Silence Breaks - Sydney, AU

★ DrawCard - Brisbane, AU
'Japan'

★ Lost - Osaka, JP

★ Starboard - Nagoya, JP

★ New Starting Over - Tokyo, JP
'Europe'

★ Remember the Nights - Graz, AT

★ Aquefrigide - Bologna, IT

★ Coffee Shower - Winterhur, CH

★ Sparkle of Hope - Brussels, BE

★ Aimecho - Paris, FR

★ Jesus Project - Tilburg, NL
'Germany'

★ Talk Radio Talk - Bremen, DE

★ Passadenna - Berlin, DE

★ Parrachutes - Munich, DE

★ The Needless - Neu-Isenberg, DE

★ Ashes of Pompeii - Bielefeld, DE

★ Eternal Tango - Cologne, DE
'United Kingdom'

★ Fast Reaction - Birmingham, UK

★ PMX - Glasgow, UK

★ My Mind's Weapon - Glasgow, UK

★ PenKnifeLoveLife - Leeds, UK

★ Thoughts Collide - Brighton, UK

★ The Upgrades - Dublin, IR

★ The Honeymoon Suites - Newcastle, UK

★ Tonight Is Goodbye - London, UK

★ Tripped and Falling - Nottingham, UK

★ SaidMike - Cardiff, UK

2007 Lineup

★ The Used

★ 30 Seconds to Mars

★ Senses Fail

★ Saosin

★ Chiodos

★ Aiden

★ Evaline
(all bands scheduled for all shows.
Unscheduled cancellations were:
Saosin, February 14 in Everett;
30 Seconds to Mars, February 23 in Sacramento;
The Used, March 7 in Pensacola;
the entire show, March 8 in Jacksonville;
Chiodos, March 22 in Lowell and March 29 in Kitchener;
Evaline, April 3-6 in Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Edmonton, and Calgary.)
'AUS & NZ Lineup'

★ The Used

★ Rise Against

★ Aiden

★ TBC (Escape The Fate pulled out, no replacement found as of yet.)

★ The Bled

★ Gallows

★ Carpathian (AUS only)

★ Antagonist| (NZ only)
'UK'

★ The Used

★ Rise Against

★ Aiden

★ TBC (Escape The Fate pulled out, no replacement found as of yet.)

★ Gallows

★ Ernie Ball Battle Of The Bands Winner

2007 Ernie Ball Battle Of The Bands Winners

★ 2/15 Everett, WA - From Aphony

★ 2/17 San Francisco, CA - My Former Self

★ 2/18 Reno, NV - This Calendar Year

★ 2/20 Fresno, CA - From Ritual to Romance

★ 2/21 San Diego, CA - Lower Definition

★ 2/22 Los Angeles, CA - Victory Within

★ 2/23 Sacramento, CA - Without Tomorrow

★ 2/25 Glendale, AZ - Dream State

★ 2/26 Salt Lake City, UT - Victim Effect

★ 2/27 Denver, CO - Grace Gale

★ 3/1 El Paso, TX - Five Minute Hallway

★ 3/2 Grand Prairie, TX - Enter The Collector

★ 3/3 Corpus Christi, TX - Audition For A Murder

★ 3/4 San Antonio, TX - Nothing More

★ 3/5 Houston, TX - Thee Armada

★ 3/7 Pensacola, FL - Terrific Kid

★ 3/8 Jacksonville, FL - Start it Over (entire show was canceled due to other bands' illnesses)

★ 3/9 Coral Gables, FL - Upper Class Trash

★ 3/10 Orlando, FL - Archers New Rival

★ 3/11 Tampa, FL - Burden Of A Day

★ 3/13 Duluth, GA - Esmé

★ 3/15 Champaign, IL - An East Hazel Tango

★ 3/16 Chicago, IL - The Lifeline

★ 3/17 Milwaukee, WI - Cue the Doves

★ 3/18 Dayton, OH - Close To Home

★ 3/20 Camden, NJ - Motionless In White

★ 3/22 Lowell, MA - Therefore I Am

★ 3/23 Uniondale, NY - Vaeda

★ 3/24 Asbury Park, NJ - Van Atta High

★ 3/25 Portland, ME - Radiation Year

★ 3/27 Montreal, QC - Delson Drive

★ 3/28 Ottawa, ON - Callahan

★ 3/29 Kitchener, ON - Del Asher

★ 3/30 Toronto, ON - Latefallen

★ 3/31 Detroit, MI - Andreyka

★ 4/3 Winnipeg, MB - The Alibi

★ 4/4 Saskatoon, SK - Streetlight Scenery

★ 4/5 Edmonton, AB - Of Angels

★ 4/6 Calgary, AB - Lights Below

Compilations

Similarly to the Warped Tour Compilations, The Taste of Chaos tour releases compilations of the bands that are on the tour.

★ (2005) Taste of Chaos

★ (2007) Taste of Chaos 2

★ (2006) The Best of Taste of Chaos

★ (2007) The Best of Taste of Chaos Two.

Reviews

★ Live Review of April 2006 Calgary, AB, Canada Concert by Chris Andrade for ''kMNR''...Music News Weekly

External links

★ Official website

★ Myspace

★ AU & NZ TOC Myspace

★ UK Myspace

★ Exlusive Interview with Kevin Lyman, founder of Taste of Chaos, at TrulyHollywood.com.