They put on a headbanging, foot stomping show no matter how small or large an audience they are playing to. The band members are Chuck, Lead guitartist and vocals, Vance, bass and back-up vocals and Dave-O, drums. I recently had the pleasure of seeing these guys perform at 3 shows. The first show was at Dream World in Arlington, Texas. This venue is for all ages and was on a Wednesday night (which was a school night) so the crowd was not a large one at all. There were a total of 5 bands and Disarray was the 4th band up. The first 3 bands were locals and you could tell by the crowd (what there was of it) were their local following. Not much noise, other than what the bands were creating. Disarray took the stage and the people started gathering and the hair started flying, the feet were stomping and the crowd was yelling. Disarray played a strong 30 minute set. Disarray exposed them to a kick ass pure Southern Agressive Rock set and had all of the hearts pumping. Their sound is a combination of Thrash, Indy and Techno.

The second time I saw them was on the next Friday night at the Black Cat Club in Austin, Texas. This was a smaller club on the famous 6th Street in the city of the Texas capital and the Texas University (go Longhorns!). There were 2 bands playing this night...Anger Kills and Disarray. Both bands were killer. Anger Kills is a band from San Antonio, Texas and plays a heavy thrash sound. Disarray took the stage as the headliner and put on an even better show than Wednesday night. Chuck's voice was roaring, Vance's bass was keeping us all in the groove, Dave-o's drum was a master in rhythm and the people were moshing! I love these small venues. You get the energy of the music so intensely. Tonight was an hour long set and Disarray packed it full of intense music. They do an incredible Free Bird arrangement. (Can you even be a Southern band if you can't do Free Bird?) Chuck's lead on this song is simply amazing.

The third night was Saturday in an open air venue in Wichita Falls, Texas (these boys have traveled from one end of Texas to the other!). This time there were 12 bands and Disarray was co-headlining with Pissin' Razors. The crowd was estimated to be about 1,000 headbangers. Disarray hit the stage about 10:00 that night and, omg, the mosh pit came alive! The guys played for an hour and had the crowd in the palm of their hands. Disarray does know how to work the crowd and get participation. Bug, their roadie, was taping the show for their home video they are putting together and even got some great tit shots. That's how into it the crowd was. They played songs from their current releases and a few from a cd they are putting together for, hopefully, a end-of-the-year release. These guys are such troopers that towards the end of their set a dust storm kicked in and they just kept on setting the crowd wild while the dust was coating all of their instruments, throats and eyes with that fine red dust Wichita Falls is known for. Poor Chuck and his contacts!

Their most current release is A Lesson in Respect and can be purchased by contacting the band at www.disarrayonline.com.

Disarray won't disappoint you if you get a chance to see them live and they love meeting people so don't be shy.

~Denna


Mistress Note: The Purple Haze was in honor of Mr. Apostasy.