PHOTOS OF CHACOPA BY KURT SWANSON
E-MAIL: kurtswanson@juno.com
**UNDER CONSTRUCTION**
Website: http://www.chacopa.com

10/22/04 U.S. BEER COMPANY CHICAGO, IL
1/14/05 DOUBLE DOOR CHICAGO, IL

Four highly driven and talented musicians that have seen and experienced the chaos of the music industry have come together to create an energy that can only be unleashed by the minds and power of Chacopa. Chacopa’s heavy influences drive their assaulting rhythms that fill the void in the current rock scene.

Chacopa’s hard working crew has come up with music that have meaning in their hearts their lives and energy that is released to the crowd in the form of ravenous music. From every kick to every scream the feeling is far from missed and shared amongst everyone that is in their way or along for the ride. From “Madmen Cometh’s” building chorus and overlaying vocals there is a story behind each powerful song that is detailed in every word and destruction of their music. “Kursk” is a stronghold of aggression and self realization being thrown out from the very first few microseconds to the dredging chaotic end in question. The madness has arrived... are you ready to receive the power of Chacopa...

More on the sinking of THE KURSK...
K-141 KURSK left its base on 10 August 2000 at 10:00, for exercises in the Barents Sea under the command of Captain 1st rank Gennadiy P. Liachin with 118 men aboard (111 crew's members, 5 officers of 7-th SSGN Division headquarters and 2 designers). Shortly before the crew received the prestigious title of the best submarine crew in Northern Fleet. The last message from her was at (?) o'clock in the morning of 12 August 2000, when the submarine had requested permission for an exercise torpedo launch, and received "Dobro" ("Good").

According to information from the Norwegian seismic service at the NORSAR Institution, there were two explosions detected at approximately 69°38'N, 37°19'E during the morning of August 12, 2000. The first explosion was at 11:29:34 (Moscow time) and had a magnitude of 1.5 on the Richter scale, followed by a second one of 3.5, at 11:31:48, corresponding to about 1-2 tons of explosive. Similar data was recorded by seismic stations in Canada and Alaska. Also, two American submarines (one of them -- USS MEMPHIS), which were shadowing the exercises, registered two underwater explosion at 11:38. A Russian submarine and the heavy cruise missile cruiser PETR VELIKIY detected these explosions too. Minister of Defence of Russian Federation said, that the Russian submarine received also the sound of a third explosion at 11:44. The American submarine detected the noise during the interval between two explosions, which they recognised it as ballast tanks blowing or increasing of propeller speed.

Further information received from miscellaneous sources shortly after the incident, indicated that SSGN KURSK was either returning to base or executing practise torpedo launching at the moment of disaster. The submarine lies wrecked at a point 69°40'N, 37°35'E on the muddy, sandy seabed at a depth of 108 m, heeling 25 degrees on the port side and down 5-7 degrees by the bow. As time went by, the submarine became covered more by slurry, and her heel increased for some time but stopped later. The reactor is in the suppressed state. Temperature of water at a depth of 100 m is 3-4 degrees Celsius, on a surface - 7-8 degrees.