Baby Chaos
Safe Sex, Designer Drugs & The Death Of Rock´N´Roll

LA RECENSIONE

Meteora of the '90s Anglo-Saxon Indie Rock, Baby Chaos disappeared from the scene after only two albums. I remember that at the time someone dared to make a comparison between the group's proposal and what was coming from noisy Seattle. False.

Baby Chaos had nothing to do with Grunge. Far more evident, however, were the Pop-Punk influences from bands like Green Day and a melodic taste that at times seemed to echo even some things from the James. To all of this, add a sinister Metal-Crossover propensity. I mean that non-rapped, rather cerebral Metal-Crossover played, specifically, by bands like Tool and God Machine.

Comparisons, as you well know, should be taken with a grain of salt: they help to direct the listener but are not sufficient to convey what exactly their ears will perceive once the disc is inserted into the player. A peculiar group, these Baby Chaos. A group that went unnoticed during that season when Alternative, Grunge, Brit Pop, and Nu Metal were showing their best (or worst).

A group that produced and released this "Safe Sex, Designer Drugs & The Death of Rock 'N' Roll" precisely for a major label. They had the potential to snatch the scepter from much more well-known formations like Manic Street Preachers, Terrorvision, Supergrass, Blur, and so on. Am I exaggerating? I don't think so. Listen to tracks like "Sperm", "Saliva", "Go To Hell", "Buzz" or "Gazelle Boy": you'll understand that if it wasn't sheer genius... it was very close. A chapter recommended to all '90s nostalgics and to those who love the union of melody and power.