Taste of Chaos (or "TOC") was a live music tour that was started in the winter of 2005 by
Kevin Lyman, the creator of the successful
Warped Tour along with friend and business partner,
John Reese. The Taste Of Chaos tour catered to fans of the
post-hardcore and
metal genres, while offering the same low ticket price and festival-style format as the Warped Tour. In 2007, each of the seven bands playing the entire tour was a Warped Tour veteran: five had played the 2006 Warped Tour and two (
The Used and
Saosin) had played TOC previously.