Disorderly Conduct was a great band from the Melbourne area that not many people remember today. But in their time, they were one of the best and most popular bands in the state, frequently opening for bigger touring bands, like Fear, Circle Jerks, Bad Brains, Government Issue, Toxic Reasons, etc, etc, etc... The band, featuring F guitarist U.S. Ken Decter, played a hybrid of hardcore and metal, without being speed metal. They really had an original sound, wrote great songs and were ace musicians. Casey Chaos' vocal style and lyrical arrangements have been a big influence on me. Disorderly Conduct made their vinyl debut with one song, "How Old Are You?," on "Flipside Vinyl Fanzine Vol. 2." This song is a real thrasher, with a couple of slow, tense breakdown parts. I think this song is a good representation of what the band was like live. Another Disorderly Conduct song, "Rock Bottom," appears on the 1986 compilation LP, "There's A Method To Our Madness," on Phantom Records, an Alaskan label. In 1986, Casey released the full length recording, "Amen," on LP and cassette. The name he chose for his label was Dirge Records, the only release by the label. "Amen" is a hefty album, packed with powerful songs and very few lulls, although a couple of tracks get a little indulgent. The opening track, "Crawl Down Inside Of Me," is the strongest moment, with a pulsing wall of guitar and a long, anguished vocal wail. I don't know how many copies of "Amen" were made, but the album had great distribution, at least within Florida. For a few years, you could find it in almost any record store in the state, even big chain stores. Until fairly recently, still-sealed copies popped up from time to time.
Shortly after the release of "Amen," Casey thought the next logical step would be to move the band to California. Decter went with him, but drummer Bill Erwin and bassist Scot Lade stayed in Florida. Lade told me, "I haven't talked to Casey since the day they left." In California, Casey started a band called Amen, which is still active today. Lade was the manager of Record Bar, a chain music store in Ft. Pierce's Orange Blossom Mall. He used his managerial position to stock the store with great hardcore releases from around the world. In fact it was Scot who suggested the Dead Kennedy's "Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables" LP as my first punk rock purchase. On other visits, Scot suggested The Crucifucks, Die Kreuzen, "Flex Your Head," and many more. I'm really thankful that Scot pushed me in the right direction when he could have just pushed me away. Lade was pretty active in the scene and put on several shows at clubs and rented halls, including a five band blowout at the Sons Of Italy Hall in Stuart, my hometown. That was the biggest punk show Stuart has ever seen and probably will never be topped.
--Review by Bob Suren on Disorderly Conduct
What we have to say:
These are the demos between the era of Disorderly Conduct to Amen. Casey Chaos and Ken Decter moved out to California from Florida to pursue the American dream. So it would only make sense that Casey would break up the band, having record label deals from Enigma Records and a few others. Ken got married. Ken has babies. Casey went on to work with RikK Agnew, which would later progress into Casey playing bass with Christian Death alongside Rozz Williams and the original lineup. On his downtime he would work on a band called Amen that Iggy Pop described as "metallic punks". Iggy Pop even pre-mixed their first album. Nuff Said. These demos have never been released and are a true document to anyone that cares. Chaos also sang for the Damned in 2006.
File Under ;;; Florida Forefathers
Tracklist:
1] Whores Of Hollywood
2] Cracks Of Tomorrow
3] Black God
4] Broken Design
5] Fevered
6] Freedom Now!!
7] War In Your Name
8] Life Crime
9] We Die To Begin
10] Long Live The Plague
11] Unclean
12] I Am Electric Gone Bad
13] No Morals
14] Everyone Knows
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