WE ARE CHAOS
WE ARE CHAOS
(stylized in all caps)
is the eleventh
studio album by
American rock band
It was produced by
Marilyn Manson and Shooter Jennings,
and was released on
September 11, 2020,
by Loma Vista Recordings
and Concord Music.
The title track and
"Don't Chase the Dead"
were both issued
as singles.
The album was a
critical and commercial success
upon release,
garnering mostly
positive reviews
and becoming their
first number one album
in Portugal,
and their first number one
record in Australia
since 1998's
Mechanical Animals.
Background
We Are Chaos
was recorded in collaboration
between vocalist
Marilyn Manson
and musician
Shooter Jennings.
The two were introduced
in 2013 by
Twiggy Ramirez,
former bassist for
the Marilyn Manson band.
That same year,
the producers of
Sons of Anarchy
asked Manson
and Jennings
to record a song
for the finale to
the sixth season
of the television series.
Their version of the track
remains unreleased,
with both Manson
and Jennings
saying they were unhappy
with the finished product.
The track
"Join the Human Gang"
was written by
Jennings alongside
the show's creator
Kurt Sutter,
and was eventually rewritten
and released by
The White Buffalo as
"Come Join the Murder".
Manson went on to portray
a character in the
seventh season of
Sons of Anarchy,
and recorded two albums
with Tyler Bates:
The Pale Emperor
and
Heaven Upside Down.
Manson and Jennings
also collaborated on
a cover of
David Bowie's
"Cat People (Putting Out Fire)",
for Jennings's album
Countach (For Giorgio).
In 2019,
drummer
Gil Sharone
who performed on
The Pale Emperor
and
Heaven Upside Down
announced he was leaving the band
to pursue other projects.
Former Black Flag drummer
Brandon Pertzborn
was hired as his replacement.
Shortly after,
Manson announced that
Bates was no longer involved
with the group,
and that
We Are Chaos
would be co-produced by
Jennings
and feature contributions
from his drummer
Jamie Douglass.
Pertzborn and the band's
touring guitarist
Paul Wiley
were also confirmed to
perform on the album.
Manson and Jennings
recorded a cover version of
The Doors track
"The End"
for use as the theme song f
or the miniseries
The Stand.
The track did not appear
in the series,
however,
with director
Josh Boone
saying a license to use it
proved too expensive
for a series made on
a limited budget.
TRACKLIST
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