U.S. CHAOS WE'VE GOT THE WEAPONS EP RARE 1984 PUNK Crucifix Rancid Exploited COS

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U.S. Chaos ?– We've Got The Weapons
Label:  Chaos Records ?– USL-13
Format:  Vinyl, 12", EP 
Country:  US
Released:  1984
Genre:  Rock
Style:  Hardcore, Punk, Oi
Tracklist:
A1 Message A2 American A3 Guns By My Side B1 Bits And Pieces B2 Into The Swamp B3 U.S. Chaos
Companies:
Recorded At – Fox Studios, Rutherford
Credits:
Bass – Gary Drums – Spikey Guitar – Jack Vocals – Skully
Notes:
Recorded Nov./Dec. 1983 at Fox Recording Studios, Rutherford N.J.
Barcode and Other Identifiers:
Matrix / Runout (Etched Runout Groove Side A): USC-13A,11T2-07,469-3 Matrix / Runout (Etched Runout Groove Side B): USC-13B,11T2-07,469-3
U.S. Chaos are an American punk rock band from Paterson, New Jersey, formed in 1981. They were one of the first American bands to play in an Oi!/street punk style. The band was originally based in Passaic and Bergen counties. The band's approach was to play music with lyrics that had an ironic, as well as satirical, overzealous pro-American stance. They often played recordings of military marches, air raid sirens and polyphonic sound assaults before going on stage.
U.S. Chaos wrote songs and rehearsed in a basement for months before they played their first concert. In 1981, when their singer English Ron quit, Jack Gibson recruited Alan "Skully" Skolski. In the winter of 1982/1983, U.S. Chaos rehearsed and wrote several songs. In March 1983, the band performed for the first time at a party at Aldo's Hideaway in Lyndhurst, NJ and many times at CBGB, as well as at City Gardens, in Trenton, New Jersey. The lineup at this time was: Skolski on vocals, Gibson on bass, Gene on drums, Gary Reitmeyer on guitar and Brian Daley (HC) on rhythm guitar.
Their first release was We've Got the Weapons, a vinyl EP released in 1983. The production of the EP, including recording and printing by Ross Eliss, cost them $5,000, which was unheard of in the American punk scene at that time. Their second release was the single "Kill The Killers" b/w "Suicide" costing considerably more. This was later remastered by manager and producer Marty Munsch, from the first pressing disk plates, and re-released by Punk Rock Records and Punk-Core records as a limited co-release in 1996.
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"U.S. Chaos were more punk than hardcore at the time - dressed like English punks, like Circle Of Shit and a few others - but they sang pro-American songs...  Saw them several times - the mohawked chicks seemed to always like them..." 
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