Chaos UK


Chaos UK is an English punk rock band formed in 1979 in Portishead, near Bristol. They emerged as part of the anarcho-punk scene, developing a fast and aggressive hardcore punk style. The band recorded two EPs and a full LP for Riot City Records. In the process, they, along with fellow Bristolians Disorder and Stoke's Discharge, revolutionized the hardcore punk scene. In particular, the Japanese '80s hardcore punk bands were heavily influenced by Chaos UK and Disorder's brutal take on punk. Chaos UK's debut LP was notable in the fact that the band's label claimed it was the "fastest, noisiest LP in the cosmos" in the short-lived "Punk Lives" magazine. Vocal duties on this recording were also handled by bassist Chaos.
The original line-up consisted of Simon Greenham, Andy Farrier and Adrian Rice finally joined by Richard Potts. The mid-1980s saw an almost new line-up, with Chaos remaining the only original member. He was joined by Mower on vocals, Gabba on guitar, and Chuck on drums. Over the rest of the 1980s, Chaos UK were the mainstay and lynchpin of the UK hardcore punk scene playing many hundreds of shows around the world, including Japan, the United States, Mexico, and all over Europe.
Mower eventually left the band and Gabba would go on to use new songs in new band FUK.

Discography

Chart placings shown are from the UK Indie Chart.

Releases

Independent chart placings
  • Demo
  • Burning Britain E.P. 7" No. 8
  • Loud Political & Uncompromising 7" No. 27
  • Chaos UK LP No. 16
  • Short Sharp Shock 12"
  • Just Mere Slaves 12"
  • Chaos UK/Extreme Noise Terror split LP
  • Chipping Sodbury Bonfire Tapes LP
  • Headfuck 7"
  • Head on a Pole 7"
  • Enough to Make You Sick LP
  • Chaos UK/Raw Noise split LP
  • Live in Japan LP/CD
  • Total Chaos LP/CD
  • Death Side/Chaos UK split CD
  • 100% Two Fingers in the Air Punk Rock 12"/CD
  • Secret Men 7"
  • Floggin' the Corpse CD
  • King for a Day 7"
  • Morning After the Night Before CD
  • Heard It, Seen It, Done It LP/CD
  • Chaos UK/Assfort split 12"
  • Kanpai 12"/CD
  • Chaos UK/FUK split CD
  • Digital Filth CD/EP
  • Shit Man Fucker! EP
  • Just Mere Slaves CD
  • Stunned To Silence CD

Reissues

  • The Singles LP No. 31
  • Short Sharp Shock CD
  • Radioactive Earslaughter/100% Two Fingers in the Air CD
  • The Best of Chaos UK CD
  • Enough to Make You Sick/Chipping Sodbury CD

Compilations

  • Punk and Disorderly LP "4 Minute Warning"
  • Riotous Assembly LP "Senseless Conflict"
  • UK/DK LP "No Security"
  • Digging in Water LP "Kill Your Baby" a different/faster version
  • Punks Not Dread LP "For Adolfs Only", "Bone Idol", "Brain Bomb"