A CHAIN & THE GANG FAQ WHO IS CHAIN & THE GANG? Chain & the Gang are singers Ian Svenonius, Katie Alice Greer, and other musicians including Brett Lyman (M'Lady's records), Fiona Campbell (Coasting, Vivian Girls), Chris Sutton (Hornet Leg), Madison Farmer (Coasting), and Fred Thomas (Swim Suit, Saturday Looks Good To Me).

HOW DO CHAIN & THE GANG DO IT? WITH HIGH FINANCE WIZARDRY AND A SINISTER GROUP OF OF SINISTER JINGLE-SMITHS, WHO ARE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DRECK AND DETRITUS OF THE RADIO? No way.

They make it themselves. WELL THEN, DO THEY DO IT WITH MIND-CONTROL HYPNOTISTS FROM MADISON AVE WHO STEER THE CONFUSED MASSES TOWARD THE LATEST SENSATION, ELATION, OR DEFLATION? No.

Chain & the Gang have grown up in the crevices and the cracks, not due to hi-octane nurturing of main-stream media, but in spite of it.

WHY DO CHAIN & THE GANG DO IT? DO THEY DO IT FOR LOVE, MONEY OR SOME SICK OBSESSIVE COMPULSION? None of the above.

They feel a responsibility to lead the masses and thus rise to meet it. WHY DO THEY SOUND THE WAY THEY DO? To fill the yawning chasm in music where fun, personality, charm, and content should be.

IS THEIR'S AN ELITE CLUB OF ADVENTURERS, MYSTICS, PROPHETS, AND IMPRESARIOS? Yes, it is.

WHAT DOES THE RECORD SOUND LIKE? As natural as falling off a log. The pure expression of a feral child with finger paint.

IS IT AVAILABLE ON LONG PLAYING VINYL? Yes. The record is called IN COOL BLOOD (KLP240).

WHY IS IT CALLED IN COOL BLOOD? THAT'S SCARY. Because Chain & the Gang are premeditatedly burying all bogus elements with a dirt heap of sonic primitivitism and verbal ingenuity.

That's why.