The Rogues of Chaos Story

Who knew that when Jerry Flack and Cristina Smith met in first grade at Jefferson Elementary School in San Diego it would inspire the creation of the Rogues of Chaos. The two met up again later in high school and rekindled their friendship (and later admitted they had each had a crush on the other, though never mentioned it at the time). After high school, Flack went on to be a founding member of the pioneering rockers of United States west coast 70s punk, the Cardiac Kidz, and Smith went into rock and roll radio at the iconic KGB radio station and on the production team of the weekly nationally syndicated Brainstorm! with Gabriel Wisdom show. 

They reconnected in 2021 when Flack was working on a Cardiac Kidz reunion show with Kidz  co-founder Jim Ryan. After that gig, Flack invited Smith, a classically-trained keyboardist, to brainstorm and jam to put together a new band featuring Flack’s original material. From there, Flack invited vocalist Caylyn Gamboa to join. Her rock style blends seamlessly with Flack's fast paced, high-energy music, they had worked together in the short-lived band, Me and the Boyz. Gamboa’s distinctive voice and emotional range bring Flack’s wide range of lyrics to life. 

Next Flack invited longtime friend Marty Erickson to join in on harmonica and percussion. Then former Hollywood Stars and Steppenwolf guitarist Ruben de Fuentes came on board.  Jeremy Copp on bass and drummer Greg Wheeler are  recent additions.

Flack and Smith brought on drummer Matt Starr (Ace Frehley, Mr. Big) to drum on Rogue of Chaos recordings and serve as producer. 

Rogues of Chaos record at the iconic Singing Serpent Studios in San Diego with Ben Moore and Christian Cummings as their recording and sound engineers.