Chaos Rules: Live at the Trocadero
Chaos Rules: Live at the Trocadero | ||||
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Live album by | ||||
Released | November 8, 1994 | |||
Recorded | 1992–1994 | |||
Venue | Trocadero Theatre, Chinatown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||
Genre | Punk | |||
Label | Restless | |||
The Dead Milkmen chronology | ||||
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Chaos Rules: Live at the Trocadero is a live album by the punk band the Dead Milkmen.[1][2] It was released by Restless Records on November 8, 1994.[3] Chaos Rules contains one song from Soul Rotation and none from Not Richard, But Dick, as the group could not work out a deal with Hollywood Records, their former record label.[4]
Venue
[edit]The album was recorded at the Trocadero Theatre, in the band's hometown of Philadelphia.[5] The Trocadero also served as the venue for the Dead Milkmen's first reunion show, in 2004, performed in honor of their late bass player, Dave Schulthise.[6]
Critical reception
[edit]Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [7] |
Entertainment Weekly | C[8] |
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [9] |
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music | [10] |
The Tennessean wrote that the album "showcases the Milkmen at their anarchistic best."[11] Trouser Press called the album "a slapdash greatest-hits concert record," writing that "most of the renditions are surprisingly worse than the originals."[12]
AllMusic wrote that the songs "document the group's prime period, even if these versions don't quite compare to the originals."[7]
Track listing
[edit]All tracks by Dead Milkmen
- "Tiny Town"
- "I Walk the Thinnest Line"
- "Smokin' Banana Peels"
- "Surfin' Cow"
- "Bitchin' Camaro"
- "Where the Tarantula Lives"
- "Nutrition"
- "Big Lizard"
- "The Thing That Only Eats Hippies"
- "I Hate You, I Love You"
- "Lucky"
- "V.F.W."
- "Punk Rock Girl"
- "Rastabilly"
- "Stuart"
- "Right Wing Pigeons"
- "Tacoland"
- "Laundromat Song"
- "Swordfish"
- "If I Had a Gun"
Personnel
[edit]- Rodney Anonymous - keyboards, vocals
- Dave Blood – bass
- Dean Clean – drums
- Joe Jack Talcum – guitar, vocals
References
[edit]- ^ "New Music for November". News & Record. November 5, 1994. p. D5.
- ^ Cogan, Brian (2006). Encyclopedia of Punk Music and Culture. Greenwood Press. p. 53.
- ^ Bogdanov, Vladimir; Woodstra, Chris; Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (November 9, 2002). All Music Guide to Rock: The Definitive Guide to Rock, Pop, and Soul. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780879306533.
- ^ "Butterfly Joe". The A.V. Club.
- ^ "The History of the Trocadero". Philly PR Girl. February 28, 2014.
- ^ "Punks and squares alike get lampooned in the Dead Milkmen's "Punk Rock Girl"". The A.V. Club.
- ^ a b "Chaos Rules: Live at the Trocadero Dead Milkmen". AllMusic.
- ^ "Chaos Rules: Live at the Trocadero". Entertainment Weekly.
- ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 319.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music. Virgin Books. p. 144.
- ^ Gordon, Keith A. (18 Nov 1994). "Fast Forward". Weekend. The Tennessean. p. 28.
- ^ "Dead Milkmen". Trouser Press.