DJ Profile  Block-Rockin’ Beast  Las Vegas-based producer Chad
Vicious unleashes his aggression on the floor  These days, in
Las Vegas, it can be hard to keep your DJs straight. It seems
like there are more DJs around than there are people who know
how to play a guitar. But the former heavy-metalist and guitar-
strumming rock band kid, DJ Chad Vicious (a.k.a. Chad Soares),
is a DJ/producer whose sound is one of a kind. The Alaskan
native moved to Las Vegas five years ago to pursue his dance-
floor dreams, and spun as a resident during the glory days of
Seamless Afterhours before it closed down. With a moniker
inspired by Sex Pistols leader Sid Vicious and heavy sounds
comparable to those of MSTRKRFT, Bloody Beetroots and a handful
of Dim Mak artists, a set by Soares is made to bring out the
beast while getting down to the beat.  You have this hard-
hitting dirty-electro sound that no other producer in Las Vegas
is making right now. How do you describe it?  I came up with the
term “heavy-metal-disco,” because it’