Some years back I remember hearing a song on the radio, it was catchy and retro just up my alley like the radio station in my town liked to play it was called
"Tell me your secrets" by Radio Chaos, I thought it was cool so I wrote it down in a list of songs to add my collection that I did at that time, just yesterday I came across the old list and realized that song was not crossed off, curious as to what it was I looked into it.. and HOLY CRAP. no wonder I couldn't find it to add to my collection, this band is pretty much non existent. upon searching what I found was a page that listed 29 second tracks of all the songs (including that one) on a compilation album called 'Rocktoria 3 (1991)' it was listed on a site called 'royal city music project'. curious as to what Rocktoria 3 was, I dug a bit deeper, apparently its an annual battle of bands like contest that a local radio station by the name of 'Q 100.3' in Victoria, bc, Canada puts onto a compilation disc, doing some more research they were still doing these well into the 2000s coming up with titles like 'Rocktoria 9' and 10. I even found a website listing them all and all their tracks aside from rocktoria 3.. the trail pretty much ends here, theres a bit more info on rocktoria the first one, and one of the artists 'Playground Hero' had a few songs of theirs uploaded to yt, but as for Radio chaos, and the other artists off the 'Rocktoria 3' wich include names like 'Purple City', 'Jho Nek Jhone', and 'Monica Schraefel' these artists are NO where to be found anywhere, its like they don't exist. no wiki, no artist webpage, no audio files on any free mp3 downloads place, nothing on youtube, nothing. this could be, the RAREST music I ever stumbled across!
Update: there Is a demo tape release of radio chaos listed on discogs, that is the only thing about the band listed there. im not sure if anyone is selling it either
Yeah, those cd comps were a Battle of the Bands type thing for a few years, and they're pretty common in thrift stores here in Victoria. I'll try to keep an eye out for Roctoria 3 next time I'm in one. You might try the Facebook page for one of the main live venues in the 1990s, Harpo's Cabaret. There are some old scenesters, music fans, and band members on there who could give you the skinny on Radio Chaos...