I first began recording the "Chaotica" album in the late 1990s. The songs were comments on the soaring rates of crime, murder, and gang violence, along with events like the Oklahoma City bombing, Ruby Ridge, and Waco.

 

Twenty-five years later, I found myself writing songs inspired by the madness of Covid-19, the George Floyd killing, and the Trump election hysteria. It's bizarre how those songs from the '90s are just as pertinent today as they were then. Things seem to have not changed at all, except maybe they're worse.