The Dingees - Chaos Control

What this video is

The Dingees emerged from the Orange County, CA Christian alternative underground as a direct offshoot of The O.C. Supertones' social network, forming in summer 1996. 'Chaos Control' is the second track on their debut album Armageddon Massive (BEC Recordings, March 24, 1998), situated at the height of the third-wave ska commercial peak. The band occupied an unusual position in the CCM ecosystem: sonically aggressive…

Why it matters

A primary artifact of late-1990s Christian ska-punk, 'Chaos Control' documents the genre at its commercial zenith. The Dingees bridged the O.C. Supertones-style brass-forward ska with harder punk energy, representing a rawer, less polished alternative to their peers. The track and its video are…