Johnson pleased with band's performance
Posted on July 10, 2011 by Truro Daily News
TRURO - Rick Johnson is overwhelmed by the support his home community showed to him and his band during the past month.
The Truro resident and his band Chaos Theory performed in Friday's Clash of the Bands competition at a Dartmouth bar.
"I think Truro came to the show. It was wild," Johnson said Sunday. "It was incredible. I have been doing nothing but thanking people for the past month."
The band qualified for the Maritime competition by being one of two bands to advance from the Nova Scotia event earlier this summer.
Despite not winning Friday's competition, and the grand prize of opening for Metallica at this week's concert in Halifax, the Truro native says the competition opened doors and provide publicity for the newly formed Chaos Theory, which has only been together for seven months.
"We got a ton of radio. We got press that we would never had gotten," said Johnson, also known to many as ‘Rock', who is the band's lead vocalist.
"Everyone won. That bar was full of hard rock fans," Johnson said.
The 34-year-old said all the bands were great and he was happy for Death Valley Driver - the band that won the competition.
"They killed it. They're great guys and they're totally going to rip it up on the 14th and I will be there to watch it," Johnson said.
The band does have a Colchester County connection to it.
Lead vocalist Dan Hodgson is a former Bible Hill resident who has family and friends in Colchester County. He worked as an editor with the Truro Daily News from 2004 to 2006. He now lives in Prince Edward Island.
Source: http://www.trurodaily.com/News/Local/2011-07-10/article-2644164/Johnson-pleased-with-bands-performance/1
Johnson primed for chance to open for Metallica
Posted on June 13, 2011 by Truro Daily News
TRURO - A Metallica concert was the first live show Rock Johnson ever attended at the age of 15.
Now, 19 years later, Johnson is battling for a chance to play the same stage as his boyhood idols when they visit Halifax this summer.
"If I never played another day, I would feel like I accomplished something," Johnson said Monday, just after learning his band Chaos Theory was invited to a contest Friday in Dartmouth to nab the opening act gig for the legendary group. "They're one of my favourite bands of all time. It would be like anyone meeting their idol."
Johnson is lead vocalist for the group.
Clash of the Bands, run by Halifax's Live 105 radio station, will be held Friday night at Montes Showbar in Dartmouth. Tickets are available from Johnson at rock@chaostheoryband.ca, or at 899-2051 or on the band's website at www.chaostheoryband.ca.
They'll be up against seven other bands from Nova Scotia. Similar contests are being held in New Brunswick and P.E.I. with the top two from each province moving on to the final July 8.
Other members of the band are Craig Brown (drums), Alex Coulstring (guitar/vocals), Tim Garagan (bass) and Scott MacKenzie (lead guitar). All are from Halifax.
Source: http://www.trurodaily.com/News/Local/2011-06-13/article-2581783/Johnson-primed-for-chance-to-open-for-Metallica/1
Chaos Theory Rocks
Posted on May 15, 2011 by The HalifaxHype Team
As promised, a few members of the Hype-fam stopped by the Seahorse to enjoy a few of Music Nova Scotia’s finest. While no adventure to New Music Tuesday is quite the same without our pal Bish and his famous slow-claps, good times were still in full effect. Warming things up for the Tuesday night crowd were the mellow and catchy sounds of The Scott Nicks Band and Fourth Well.
The headliners of the evening, who were one of the first bands to sign up for HalifaxHype.com, brought a certain shift to the dynamic of the show. Chaos Theory filled the Seahorse with a heavier rock sound that we labeled “melodic metal”. Citing influences such as Godsmack, Alice in Chains, Three Days Grace, and Van Halen and commonly described as “a sonic assault to both the mind and the senses”, this Halifax based band puts on a great show and rallied quite the crowd.
Not afraid to get down to brass tacks on the rock and roll front, we’ll sum the night up in six words: music – hard, tunes – catchy, lyrics – legit.
Feeling as though you’d like to hear more? Well visit their website. After you’ve acquainted yourself with their awesomeness you can get all the details you need for their upcoming shows at HalifaxHype.com.
mg & jb
Source: http://theweeklyhype.wordpress.com/2011/05/15/chaos-theory-rocks/
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