U.S. Chaos | |
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Background information | |
Origin | New Jersey, United States |
Genres | Punk rock, street punk |
Years active | 1981–1987 1995–present |
Labels | www.punkrockrecords.com |
Members | Jack Gibson Rene "U.S. Chaos" Wasted Glenn "Spikey" Mayer Allan "Skully" Skolski Brian "H.C." Daley Eddie Enzyme |
Past members | English Ron Brian Daley Eddie Enzyme Mark Beers Gary Reitmeyer Buddy Vern Matt Brown |
U.S. Chaos are an American punk rock band from Paterson, New Jersey, United States, formed in 1981 from remnants of first wave punk outfits The Radicals in 1978 then The Front Line in 1979. They are the first American band to play in an Oi!/street punk style. The band's approach was to play music with lyrics that had an overtly right-wing prose and sense of American patriotism. U.S. Chaos are considered to be the most of aggressive and threatening of all American punk groups. They often played recordings of military marches and air raid sirens before going on stage. U.S. Chaos are considered pioneers and an institution of New Jersey Punk history. The Radicals with Gary Reitmeyer, Glenn "Spikey" Mayer would separate with Alex Kinen, who would later have morphed full circle, to cause the first legitimate hardcore-punk genre split in history, predating all others to form Cause For Alarm and Agnostic Front [1][2]