Chaos Rules: Live at the Trocadero

Chaos Rules: Live at the Trocadero
Live album by
the Dead Milkmen
ReleasedNovember 8, 1994
Recorded1992–1994
VenueTrocadero Theatre, Chinatown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
GenrePunk
LabelRestless
The Dead Milkmen chronology
Not Richard, But Dick
(1993) 		Chaos Rules: Live at the Trocadero
(1994) 		Stoney's Extra Stout (Pig)
(1995)

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

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

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[7]
Entertainment WeeklyC[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

All tracks by Dead Milkmen

  1. "Tiny Town"
  2. "I Walk the Thinnest Line"
  3. "Smokin' Banana Peels"
  4. "Surfin' Cow"
  5. "Bitchin' Camaro"
  6. "Where the Tarantula Lives"
  7. "Nutrition"
  8. "Big Lizard"
  9. "The Thing That Only Eats Hippies"
  10. "I Hate You, I Love You"
  11. "Lucky"
  12. "V.F.W."
  13. "Punk Rock Girl"
  14. "Rastabilly"
  15. "Stuart"
  16. "Right Wing Pigeons"
  17. "Tacoland"
  18. "Laundromat Song"
  19. "Swordfish"
  20. "If I Had a Gun"

Personnel

References

  1. ^ "New Music for November". News & Record. November 5, 1994. p. D5.
  2. ^ Cogan, Brian (2006). Encyclopedia of Punk Music and Culture. Greenwood Press. p. 53.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Butterfly Joe". The A.V. Club.
  5. ^ "The History of the Trocadero". Philly PR Girl. February 28, 2014.
  6. ^ "Punks and squares alike get lampooned in the Dead Milkmen's "Punk Rock Girl"". The A.V. Club.
  7. ^ a b "Chaos Rules: Live at the Trocadero Dead Milkmen". AllMusic.
  8. ^ "Chaos Rules: Live at the Trocadero". Entertainment Weekly.
  9. ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 319.
  10. ^ Larkin, Colin (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music. Virgin Books. p. 144.
  11. ^ Gordon, Keith A. (18 Nov 1994). "Fast Forward". Weekend. The Tennessean. p. 28.
  12. ^ "Dead Milkmen". Trouser Press.