It’s not until halfway through the first of Kings Of Chaos’s two shows at the GrandWest Arena, a 7,000-capacity venue-cum-casino complex in the northern suburbs of Cape Town, that you realise just how much money is up there on stage.
It’s June 7, 2013, and up until now, the nine members of this all-star collective have had a shift system in operation. As one of the four singers or three guitarists leaves the stage, another comes on to replace him. So far they’ve rattled through a jukebox-worth of hits from their various parent bands, prompting the sort of feverish audience reception that went out with cowboy boots and MTV.
