The Brat Attack – July/August 2005
Who: The Brat Attack
What: the future belongs to them
Where: Winnipeg, MB
To Contact: Underground Operations, 5 Cameron St., Toronto, ON M5T 2H1, , www.undergroundoperations.com.
From This Beauty Comes Chaos And Mayhem is the third full-length from this sociopolitical punk act, but the first featuring 17-year-old singer Chanelle Birks. The album kicks off with fierce rolling drums that quite literally build anticipation for the raging anthem “One Solution [Chaos & Mayhem]“, not to mention the rest of the CD. Her voice is more prominent on the uncompromising “Call To Action”, while “Pro-Life Murders” has a snarky pop feel. Considering this was recorded when producer Mark “London” Spicoluk (of Closet Monster) was deathly ill, the whirlwind session sounds phenomenal. Spicoluk, who owns the label Underground Operations to which The Brat Attack signed, co-produced the tracks with Steve Rizun in their respective basements (U.O. headquarters in Toronto and the “basement of horrors” in Brampton, ON). The band is led by co-vocalist, guitarist and main songwriter Dave Zegareac, himself the founder of 3rd Generation Records, which put out The Brat Attack’s first two CDs, 2002′s One Revolution Per Minute and 2004′s Destruction Sound System. Both had different female singers. Now with Birks joining Zegareac, Jonny Perrin (drums), Billy Bigford (guitar, vocals), and Matt Mayor (bass, vocals), and relentlessly hitting the road, the band will surely eke out a greater underground following – mainstream, if given some breaks. This is a call to action.