band formed in 1979 in Portishead, near Bristol. They emerged as part of the
style. band recorded two EP's and a full LP for
City Records. In the process, they, along with fellow Bristolians
scene. In particular, the Japanese '80s
.
'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 "
Lives" magazine. Vocal duties on this recording were
also handled by bassist
Chaos.
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 (previously with Nottingham's The Seats of Piss), 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 first English
punk band to do so, but with a stand-in drummer: Blackmore of Bristol
punk band Lunatic Fringe), the
United States,
Mexico, and all over
Europe.
Album Releases:
Demo (1981)
Burning Britain E.P. 7" (
Riot City.
Riot 6, 1982) No. 8
Loud Political & Uncompromising 7" (
Riot City.
Riot 12, 1982) No. 27
Chaos UK LP (
Riot City, 1983) No. 16
Short
Sharp Shock 12" (COR/Weasel,
1984)
Just Mere Slaves 12" (Selfish,
1984)
Chaos UK/
Extreme Noise Terror split LP (Manic Ears, 1986)
Chipping Sodbury Bonfire Tapes LP (Slap Up/Weasel, 1989)
Headfuck 7" (Desperate Attempt, 1989)
Head on a Pole 7" (Desperate Attempt, 1991)
Enough to Make You Sick LP (Vinyl Japan, 1991)
Chaos UK/Raw Noise split LP (Vinyl Japan, 1991)
Live in Japan LP/CD (Cargo, 1991)
Total Chaos LP/CD (Anagram, 1991)
Death Side/
Chaos UK split CD (Selfish, 1993)
100% Two Fingers in the Air
Punk Rock 12"/CD (Slap Up/Century Media, 1993)
Secret Men 7" (Slap Up, 1993)
Floggin' the Corpse CD (Anagram, 1996)
King for A Day 7" (
Discipline, 1996)
Morning After the Night Before CD (Cleopatra, 1997)
Heard It, Seen It, Done It LP/CD (
Discipline, 1999)
Chaos UK/Assfort split 12" (
Discipline, 2000)
Kanpai 12"/CD (
Discipline, 2000)
Chaos UK/FUK split CD (HG Fact, 2007)
Digital
Filth CD/EP (Break The Records, 2015)
Shit Man Fucker! EP (540 Records, 2016)
Just Mere Slaves CD (Black Konflik, 2020)
Stunned To Silence CD (Black Konflik, 2020)