Taste of Chaos

The Rockstar Taste Of Chaos Tour (or "TOC") is a post-hardcore tour that was started in the winter of 2005 by Kevin Lyman, the creator of the successful Warped Tour. The Taste Of Chaos tour caters fans of the post-hardcore, screamo, and metal genres, while offering the same low ticket price and festival-style format as the Warped Tour. 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 TOC previously.

Taste Of Chaos has been called the "Winter Warped Tour" since dates run from October (internationally) through April (in North America) of the next year. 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.

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 [http://www.battleofthebands.com 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:
#Musicianship
#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

Past Tours

*Taste of Chaos 2005
*Taste of Chaos 2006
*Taste of Chaos 2007
*Taste of Chaos 2008

Compilations

As does the Warped Tour with their compilations, the Taste Of Chaos tour releases compilations of the bands that are on the tour.
*(2005) Taste of Chaos
*(2006) The Best of Taste of Chaos
*(2007) The Best of Taste of Chaos Two.

Trivia

*It was at a Taste of Chaos show in Orlando, Fl, that Fueled By Ramen representative John Janick first saw Paramore, which led to them signing their first major recording contract.cite web| title= Hayley Williams and Josh Farro of Paramore| publisher= The Trades| url= http://www.the-trades.com/article.php?id=3440 | accessdate= 2007-08-16]

Reviews

* [http://www.kmnr.ca/2006/kMNR_v2006.114.htm#Taste_of_Chaos_Full_Of_Hardcore_Fun Live Review of April 2006 Calgary, AB, Canada Concert] by Chris Andrade for [http://www.kmnr.ca/ "kMNR"...Music News Weekly]
* [http://www.la.cityzine.com/2008/04/14/concert-review-rockstar-taste-of-chaos/ Review of April 2008 Los Angeles, CA Concert] by Winnie Jaing for [http://la.cityzine.com/ "LA.Cityzine"]

References

External links

* [http://tasteofchaos.com/ Official Website]
* [http://myspace.com/tasteofchaos Myspace]
* [http://myspace.com/tasteofchaosdownunder AU & NZ TOC Myspace]
* [http://myspace.com/tasteofchaosuk UK Myspace]
* [http://www.trulyhollywood.com/articles.php?req=read&articleId=57 Exlusive Interview with Kevin Lyman, founder of Taste of Chaos] , at TrulyHollywood.com.
* [http://twistthevine.blogspot.com/2007/02/2-22-2007-taste-of-chaos.html Pictures of bands at Taste of Chaos, Mainly The Used]
* [http://www.battleofthebands.com Ernie ball battle of the bands]
* [http://www.musicscoop.net/music/news/We-Are-The-Ocean-to-play-Taste-of-Chaos.html UK Ernie Ball BOTB 07 winners at musicscoop.net]