KAOS CD Release Party @ Club 54 (7-13-07)
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KAOS CD Release Party @ Club 54 (7-13-07) Review M- KAOS CD Release Party @ Club 54 (7-13-07) M- A Friday the 13th birthday party at Don's house, an early night as we headed on home, or so we thought. I mean it was a Friday night, and a quick call up to Wendy @ da Club, confirmed that no, our night was not over. Turns out that there was a CD Release party going on in da Club, and since we are Dr2, & da Club is basically in our "back yard", we sort of had to stop in & check it out. Kaos ensued. You see, a few months back up at the very same Club 54, the Dr2 crew was in there takin in a some bands when a fellow stops by the table to pass out a show bill for an upcoming show that was to go down at da Club in the upcoming days. Being a bit older than most you see hangin in a "Rock" club, my curiosity arose to very high levels when this guy starts in about this band he was trying to revive from back in "the day". He mentions the name Kaos, and tells us how they used to play all the clubs back in the late 70's early '80s. Wow dude, it's like "yeah I remember you guys", I was like just out of High School and was running around the clubs like the Main Act & Harpo's and had seen you guys kick it back then (pretty much still doing the same!). Well turns out that this guy is Rob Amoe, who was the lead singer for the Detroit band called Kaos (circa 1980) who were some pretty heavy hitters back then on the local scene. As he continued on, he tells us that his son came across his old recordings from the band and basically fell in love with the tunes, playing the drums along to them from start to finish in his basement. As his son continued playing these long lost tunes, he begins to "bug" his dad, pestering him to get his band back together and give Detroit these songs again. Enter one Jon Amoe, an 11 year old fledging drummer from Sterling Heights, Mi. You see he is the son of Rob, and appears to be the driving force behind the resurrection of Kaos. We regrettably missed that first show @ da Club, but I am extremely pleased that we again "stumbled" across something truly amazing happening in this fine City of Detroit. I love it when we just happen upon something that we are not expecting. That would be this CD Release party for KAOS' new EP call Parental Discretion Advised. This new EP contains 5 songs that KAOS wrote some 25 yrs ago that have been rerecorded by the new lineup featuring Original members Rob Amoe (Lead Guitar, Vox), Greg Zock (Bass, Vox), and the newest member (and youngest!) Jon Amoe (Drums). If you are old school as we are, I'm sure you'll remember the songs "I'm On Fire" and one that I always pumped my fist to as a 20 yr old back in the day, "Detroit Murder City". Well, as we walked into da Club around 11 pm or so, as the opening act "New Rebellion" was just finishing up their set. Taking our spot @ the Dr2 table, we anxiously awaited this set by KAOS, as we were in doubt of this "kid drummer". Will it be another one of those gimmick's, where the kid is marginal at best, or would he make us stand up and take notice? Well, he did not make us stand up and take notice, that's for sure. He kicked us in the ass, hit us over the head, and had us jumping out of our seats aprox 5 seconds into the opening song "Hello There". Wow, we could not believe what we where witnessing as this 11 year old boy had his sticks crossed over his head, banging them together as KAOS was ripping through this first song. Motor City Mike came running over to see if we were alright, I think he was concerned for our health as our jaws were laying on the floor. By the time they hit us up with "I'm On Fire", we knew we were witnessing the birth of a "new" rock-n-roll drummer unlike any we've seen before. Jon Amoe has the complete package as he continually played (as we call it) up high. His crashers are mounted what appears to be a good 18" above the rest of his set, and they need to be! Every stroke of his sticks starts with a full extension above his head as he crashes down and returns them to the heavens above. To be young and strong! What is even more amazing is his control of the sticks, as he twirls one above his head while the other continues, never missing a beat…..and this was non-stop through out the night! As the set blazed on, with Rob Amoe delivering some super 70's style vocals and burning us with his hot hot guitar riffs, bass player Greg Zock "bopped" around the stage supplying the heavy beat that just thumped out of the PA! Da Club was abuzz by the time they hit the set ending Detroit Murder City, with the song showing the time it was written, it has been given new life, as Jon just blew us away with the freshness that he brings to KAOS. I will tell you one thing, Jon Amoe is one of the best rock drummers we've seen out there. We've seen plenty of them, and there are a lot of good ones, BUT this kid just oozes rock & roll, and it comes across for all to see. It was a very entertaining night of great Detroit music, and some "sensational" drumming to boot. Detroit, take notice of this drummer from Kaos, because from what we saw Friday night, he'll be around for some time to come. If you're a rocker, then you definitely need to catch a set from KAOS & Jon Amoe as you will not be disappointed, but instead, thoroughly entertained . Check them out @ http://www.myspace.com/kickassoriginalsounditskaos. Stay tuned to Dr2 as we'll be following these guys closely, as well as the rest of our hard working Detroit Rock & Roll bands. Keep an eye out as we'll soon be unleashing our www.detroitrockreview.com site very soon! KAOS & Detorit Rawk!!! Over. M- |