So MUCH, SO FAST, SO FREAKIN’ AWESOME!!!

Current mood: stoked
Category: Music

What an exciting and CRAZY week in the world of Control the Chaos!

Things have been going about a million miles and hour and it looks like Vegas Molten Metal has oozed all over the Las Vegas valley.

Our latest show updates have been posted, so be sure to check 'em out. We're happy to announce that we'll be doing 3 upcoming ALL AGES shows in the coming weeks...

The first is out at the Dumont Dunes for Halloween. CTC is the headliner that night so if you're a local band that doesn't mind the drive out to the desert for an insanely METAL good time, then hit us up -we'd love to share the stage! We immensely thank CHUGLIFE for inviting us along!

Secondly, In keeping with the INCREDIBLE momentum and turn-out we had from our legendary Desert Show, we've teamed up again with our friends from SexPop Suicide and Shotgunz-N-Gasoline to bring another ALL AGES, North Las Vegas event to DeerSprings Park on 11/1. This should be tons of fun and we expect a full turn out of crazy teens from nearby Shadow Ridge and Centennial H.S. to come show their devil-horns! Bring some money and grab some grub and merchandise. REPREZENT!

Speaking of CHUGLIFE, a big thanks goes out to Chris & Michelle for their continued support of the band. As a result, you should see CTC and Chuglife doing more and more together in the coming weeks including an upcoming Spring Break tour in March 2009 which starts at Lake Havasu and circles through California and Arizona. This will be one PHENOMENAL Spring break and Control the Chaos is proud to be a part of it. Stay tuned for more details and remember that CHUGLIFE is a WAY OF LIFE!

Moving right along... our partnership with Don Melendez (Seventy2) from Crimson Brand has been one of the best things we could've done. Don has been responsible for the incredible artwork (including the extremely popular B&W SpiderSkull T-Shirt logo) and our October and forthcoming November Vegas Rocks Magazine ads. The artwork is just SICK, SICK, SICK! Very soon, our web property: www.ctcrox.com will be functional and updated with new concepts from Crimson. So be sure to check it out and we'll put out an announcement when it goes LIVE! Thanks Don!! (BTW - if you're a band in need of some great design work, let us know and we'll pass along your information to Crimson)

With November right around the corner we have to mention 2 MAJOR events coming on our calendar: First up, MISSING BLIND presents the Desert Music Festival (Desfest 08) out in Pahrump, NV on 11/7 & 8th. This will be pure mayhem. 2 days, in the desert, 30 bands, 2 stages and people going out of their minds. CTC is on the bill and Big thanks to Eddie from Missing Blind for putting this together! Second up is Rockfest @ the famous Cheyenne Saloon on 11/14 & 11/15. This one is just as brutal with 20 bands over 2 days! Propz to Justin from Sideshow for letting Control the Chaos take stage at a prime spot right before Death Con 5. U rock man!

Also in late November (11/28) we'll be back at the Puff Lounge hosted by Vegas Rocks Magazine for another Friday night of METAL. Thanks to our friends from Sister of Pain for securing this spot. Deacon, u da man!

Also, be sure to pick up the NOVEMBER ISSUE OF VEGAS ROCKS MAGAZINE which will have a spotlight on CTC. Sally, Steve - u guys are awesome, thanks so much!! Also BIG KUDOS to Aaron Briese for taking some INCREDIBLE photos during our recent performances which will also be in the mag. Aaron, you're a friend and a professional! Awesome photos man! THANKS!

Sliding into December we have the Holiday Havoc @ the ever-popular Joint inside the Hard-Rock Hotel & Casino. CTC will be in attendance to check out this hot ticket. We'll also be making a stop back at one of our favorite home-town spots, the 4 Aces where the staff has been amazing to us! We'll also be making our presence at a place we've been wanting to play for a while- JJ's on Water St in Henderson, NV. Our December show date there will be announced as soon as it gets finalized.

So... we mentioned 2 All Ages shows and a bunch of 21+ shows, but what about the THIRD all ages show????

Drum roll please...

Control the Chaos is VERY proud to announce that we'll be playing Valentine's Day, Saturday February 14th at one of the hottest live music venues on the strip - JILLIAN'S on Fremont St. We've teamed up with MONSTER ENERGY drink to take the opening stage for a national act (TBA). As anyone in Vegas already knows, Jillian's is THE PLACE for today's hottest acts in music and it is also the premiere venue for some of the best ALL AGES shows in town. Thanks to Nathan from MONSTER, Liz from VSB, Vegas Radio Station 107.5 and CTC's own Joe Gouveia for getting this booked!! More details to come, so check back often!

Okay... that's about HALF the stuff that's going on right now. There's just too much to cover and my hands are tired of typing.

Want to know more? Want to jump on the CTC Train? Contact us on MySpace or directly at ctcrocks@gmail.com

You can also call 425-879-0147 and ask for Ed (Itchy).

Here come the holidayz!!! KEEP BANGIN'

-CTC

CTC Joins Gorilla Productions Line-Up @ The Rox 10/5

Current mood: energetic
Category: Music

Another CTC Show is fast approaching!

PABST BLUE RIBBON and OUTBURN MAGAZINE
present THE GORILLA MUSIC BATTLE OF THE BANDS

Control The Chaos joins the line-up for October 5 at The Rox! (21 & up)!

www.gorillamusic.com

GRAND PRIZE:

- $500 CASH
- 20 HOURS STUDIO TIME
HAVE MUSIC SUBMITTED TO MAJOR AND INDIE LABELS:
(ie: Geffen, Warner Brothers, Rotten, Metal Blade, and Prosthetic)
- All participants qualify to win a 25 city US tour!
- All finalists also qualify to win a $25,000 record deal with Rock X Records!

Show your band support and get your tix early.

Contact any band member or ctcrocks@gmail.com for additional info.

-CTC

Control The Chaos in FameCast Rock Stage Contest

Control The Chaos'"Unholy Winter" Video, is entered in the September 2008 FameCast Rock Stage Monthly Contest, competing for a chance to be featured in SPIN magazine and to win $20,000! Voting for the Top 25 begins at Midnight EST on Monday, Sep. 1st, 2008 and ends at Midnight EST on Monday, Sep. 8th, 2008.

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"Molten-Metal" Teens Rock Vegas without Singer

August 22, 2008 - LAS VEGAS, NV - USA. The still desert air smells of dust and heat amidst a silent, tanned landscape. An aroma from a time of cowboys and gold-rush, intensified by the warm breeze that wakens the nearby palm trees as they cast the only shade to be found within bearable distance. It's 93 degrees Fahrenheit and barely 7:00am. Welcome to Las Vegas, Nevada. Metropolis of lights, empire of excess, hell's gate to Death Valley and current capital of a rock and roll revival reminiscent of Seattle, 1989.

Six hours from now, the dust won't be able to settle in one North Las Vegas community. The desert quiet will be as distant as the next sign of rain. Today's forecast is an unchanging advertisement for sunscreen, but those searching for dark clouds and thunder need but listen...for this is where Hector Gomez, Zachary Fassio, Cody Davis and CJ Hulet will descend. And it is here that rehearsal begins promptly at 1pm.

Better known to their fans as Control The Chaos or CTC, these four teens have assembled one of the most mature and original sounds to emerge from the over-the-top glamour and live performance catalog of the Las Vegas entertainment scene.

Deep rooted and inspired by heavy metal legends such as Metallica and Iron Maiden, CTC has afforded the local music community something altogether inspiring and unexpected: a teenage stage-act which concentrates first on assembling choreographed, aggressive, melodic and amplified rock music while abandoning the standard prerequisite of a vocal melody.

For as predictable as some music genres can be, CTC knows how to right "catchy" songs. Validated through enough hooks in their music to entice a closer listen, gathering over 12,000 online followers in six months, it seems they are on to something.

With clever intention, the chorus of "Chaos" expands through unexpected bends, blends and spontaneous time signature. CTC indulges fans through a fully-engaged and entertaining aural experience. All the while, there is no vocalist. And interestingly, no one seems to care. For this is the most intriguing and so far, the most defining feature of the band.

In the absence of the stereo-typical rock front-man, the band has created a new level of expectation across their fans. Each song must captivate. Each title must preclude a story of sound, and each live performance demands an heightened level of commitment from each band member.

Never is this more apparent than with the drummer of CTC, Hector Gomez. Self-dubbed as "BEAST", 17 year-old Gomez is truly un-human when it comes to destroying the timbales. He literally channels the Jim Henson Muppet creation, "Animal" in both style and looks with his auburn, shoulder-length hair and wilderness-inspired beard. With each kick, roll and crash it is as if Beast tries to substitute for the lead vocalist: yelling, screaming - always antagonizing the crowd to release with him. His display is aggressive, almost intimidating... and extremely entertaining.

But to become a Control The Chaos fan, one must examine each of the band's characters. There is a laid-back demeanor evident in Cody "Sunshine" Davis. Nicknamed because of his bright smile, Davis takes spotlight by assuming the role of MC-designate for the band. At 17, he is the most confident in his audience address. He's given birth to the rhythmic pattern from which the core CTC sound has evolved. Cody's maturity is apparent as he plays lead guitar with steadiness and confidence,which directly compliments the acrobatics of Beast.

Harmonic solos and duels require a second guitarist and for that, there is Zachary "Chaos" Fassio. In direct follicle competition to Gomez, 16 year-old Zachary is known for his intense guitar-licks almost as much as his un-managed mane. If the biblical Samson played Heavy-Metal guitar, he'd be re-incarnated here as this kid seems to get his strength and testosterone-driven guitar playing directly from his hair. Zachary plays with calculated intensity, responsible for some of the more recognizable solos on CTC's debut demo. His skill is impressive and his potential is promising, while his hair has become it's own persona. Watch-out Sanjaya!

Alas, when it comes to Heavy Metal it truly screams to the age-old reputation for sex, drugs and rock-n-roll. Control the Chaos plays as if their energy was induced by a pharmacist, but these kids are poster-boys for the clean and sober. It's all natural adolescence and adrenaline. Literally enforced, as their management has them under contract to ensure that it stays that way. But as far as the sex, it seems that there is indeed a member of the band that has a certain appeal to the female fans. Enter "Bones", 16 years old and the tallest of the troupe. Legally named CJ Hulet, (the only member of the band known more for his shirt-less stage antics than for his hair) has quickly become the band's "Casanova". Maybe it's the fact that he appears as the most clean-cut member of the band. Or perhaps it's because he's the only "pierced" one, that the girls go crazy. Either way, he plays to the crowd with triumphant displays of angst and athletic jumps while handling the bass guitar as if it was anatomically fused.

The dynamic of this foursome is much deeper than the music. The chemistry stems from the fact that first, they are literally a band of brothers. Gomez and Fassio are step brothers, as are Davis and Hulet. They also attend the same high-school together, quite the popular bunch there.

There is an entire novel behind each of these boys lives in what has made them so committed to this band and each other. Yet anyone that witnesses CTC first-hand must respect that they are still kids. Kids that love doing what they do, and that's metal. Every day. Molten-metal, CTC and Vegas. Very impressive.

An energy emits from them, a vibe. A sound. There is also a commonality between the four of them in that their personalities blend into one consistent flavor. The flavor of Chaos and it is through a deliberate concentration and orchestration that they master this chaos. Indeed, they control it.