Chaos in the Sun 2026 Report

It's all started on May 28th, 2026 when early in the early morning I've got my flight to the marvelous city of Barcelona. Then together with some Norwegian guys I've met at the airport we headed by a taxi to the lovely town of Calella, located about 70 km away.

Right after I checked in my hotel, I went to see some comrades who arrived earlier on. Walking thro

ugh the streets of the town I could see tons of skins from all around the world hanging around preparing for the next days of never-ending parties.

Immediately I've bumped into a group of all friends from England, Scotland, Check Republic, Croatia and Austria who were drinking sangria on the huge balcony of the main hotel the international Skinhead battalion was accommodated.

The next few hours ran out so fast, and it was time for the pre-party concert which started about 8 P.M. local time. The capacity of the underground nightclub chosen for the venue could hardly the hundreds of skinheads inside.

   

The bands for the night were Vindicte Populare from France, Total Annihilation, Max Resistance and Final War all from USA. The Germans from Smart Violence couldn't play as their singer Broschi was stopped by the police of the puppet state of BRD.

To be honest the sound in this club was quite bad, so all of the bands could not show their actual potential. The Frenchies got a saxophone as an additional instrument which is typical for the bands from this country. Nevertheless, they sounded a bit weak, may be because of the poor sound or lack of previous experience.

All the American bands had (in my view) a mediocre performance due to the aforementioned reasons, but they were about to unleash their full potential in the next two days of the main event. Nevertheless, the major hit was "88 Rock'n'roll band" performed by Max resist so the crowd went mad stomping and singing along with the singer Shaun.

So the party ended around 1 A.M. and I headed to my hotel in order to catch some sleep before the next long day of Skinhead RAC'n'Roll.

The next day the preparation for the first day of the Festival started about midday when we needed to collect our tickets and wristbands for the upcoming gigs. Right afterwards we headed to the place of the Festival - an open-air space owned by a local MC club located few kilometers away from the town center. For the purpose the organized have booked a few 50+ seated luxury buses.

Both the transportation and the bands schedule was running smoothly and on time. The same was valid for the quality of the sound of the Festival and the whole organization of the event was on a top level.

Day 1:

The first band of the Friday's program was Polish Oi! band Lumpex 75 from the city of Gdansk. I know they just by a name, as the band is non-political, but managed to hear few of their songs on YouTube and I was pleasantly surprised. They started right on time at 5 P.M. and played for an hour. The band's history dates back to 1993 and these guys really know how to play well their catchy streetpunk/Oi! catchy melodies. All of their songs were in Polish, so me as a Bulgarian could understand a bit of the lyrics. They didn't played my favorite song of theirs named "Gdanski Club Sportowy", but instead they finished their set with a cover of "Alkohol dla mas" by another Polish band The Gits. So fellows, if you haven't heard Lumpex 75 yet, give them a chance, they totally deserve it.

The second band for the night were The London Die Hards - a three piece band from England, but as they announced none of them lives in London anymore "surprise, surprise :(". Their sound was quite solid and well-packed with strong backing vocals on most of the songs. 

Next on the bill were Evil Inside from Orange County, California and what a performance in was! The members are well-known musicians involved in the scene like  Roy (Final war, Aggressive Force, Cut Throat, etc.) and Dennis of H8 Machine on guitar. Their performance blew everything up, both musically and vocally as the band showed their full potential. My favorite songs if their set were "End of the line" and Final War's hit "Nationalist"! The band played for more than an hour and in my humble opinion was the best for the night!

Right after them the Belgium 's finest Les Vilains hit the stage with a power of an earthquake! The band stopped its activity a few years back and it was a pleasant surprise to see them again, in their what appeared to be last ever concert. They started with songs such as "Skinhead family", "Grosse Salope" and "Belgique Hooligans", but the highlight of their performance was the epic cover of "Give back the Oi!" by Kill Baby Kill! The audience literally exploded chanting " Give it back, give back the Oi! to the white Working class"! Prior this song the singer Suck displayed a big photo of the sadly lost Dieter (singer of KBK) and Oliver, who was former Les Vilains member. After the end of their set together with my Czech "colleague" Bohomil we managed to get one piece of hand written setlist from the band - a precious souvenir from that glorious night

The last band of the Friday's program were the English veterans of The Ovaltenees, the band which produced the first ever WP record in the world namely "British Justice" EP back in 1983. The band was added as a headliner on a later basis as the original planned German Skinhead legends could not make it this year due to personal difficulties. Joined by Brad of London Breed on guitar the Brits played 10-songs set which included their old school hits such as "Joe Public" and "Argentina". Their singer Mickey sang with a such a power and enthusiasm that you can rarely see from the old guard. The gig ended after midnight, so we all headed back to the busses and went to have some sleep after the long day of fun and music.

Day 2:

The next day after two hours at the beach in Calella I went to the Festival area, where the show was renewed at 5 P.M. sharp with Skinprost from Belfort, France. This band played at Ritorno A Camelot in 1991 with Skrewdriver and nowadays it's only the guitarist who left from the original line up. Their drummer and singer play in Riot Krew as well. Skinprost played a great set in the vein of Evil Skins and many French skins and skingirls enjoyed their set.

Hated and Proud from Detroit were second in the schedule. They played with Roy and Alonso from SunCity Skins on guitars, Ben from Legitime Violence on bass and Nate from Birthrite/Wellington Arms on the bass. Their music can be described as an American patriotic Oi!/RAC and the band performed most of the hits from their killer album "Let Freedom Reign" together with a brilliant cover of "Disorderly conduct" by the legends of Arresting Officers.

The third band for the night were the well-known TMF from England. With no special introduction needed, the band did a long 17-songs set from which I can highlight "Jack Daniels" and "Violence runs supreme". The singer Jonesy traveled by a car from England all the way to Spain only to find out right before their set that someone smashed his windshield and he was not happy about it.

Next on the list were the Quebec finest Legitime Violence. I saw them live once in Italy 11 years ago and I knew Raf and the guys are like a dynamite on stage. They definitely were the best band for the night as they did a brilliant set with hits Iike "Rock haine Oi!" and "Quebec stomper". They finished their performance with a song dedicated to late Jocke Karlsson, a true RAC icon and a great friend to many of us! R.I.P. Jocke!

The last band for the weekend were Americans of the Youth Defense League. To be totally honest with you this was more of a tribute band, as none of the original members was part of it. The band was re-established by a former roadie, which was in touch with a former member who was about to participate in it, but he never did. Having this in mind I knew that we cannot expect a lot from them, but nevertheless they played some of the YDL's classics such as "Skinhead 88" and "Turncoat", together with the cover of "Violence in our minds" by The Last Resort.

By the end of the show I've managed to talk to one of the gig organizers who assured me that the next year's edition will have some top bands I've haven't seen in ages. I'm really looking forward to it and will do my very best to visit Chaos in the sun 2027!

It was time to say goodbye to all my old and new friends I had the chance to meet in sunny Spain. The audience was a nice mixture of people like me who only attend WP gigs and a lot of Oi! Oi! Skins which I could not meet otherwise. Spoke to few of them, all seem to be nice lads with a love of good music. Told them about the huge state pressure we're facing while organizing our gigs and they were genuinely surprised by what cost us to hear our bands. The whole Festival went without any issues or incidents, no brawls, no fights, just a pure love and appreciation for the RAC and Oi!

To sum it up: 3 shoes, 14 excellent bands, gig attendees from all across continental Europe, England, Scotland, Ireland, Australia, Canada and USA. A bunch of people from several South American countries were represented as well such as Mexico and Chile. The Skinhead  scene showed once again that it's pretty much alive and kickin' no matter most of us are nearly (or even above) our 50's now. The spirit it still here, the flame is still burning! Listen to RAC'n'Oi! and you'll never grow old!!!