U.S. Chaos

U.S. Chaos
U.S. Chaos
Background information
Origin	New Jersey, United States
Genres	Punk rock, street punk
Years active	1981–1987 1995–present
Labels	Punk Rock Records
Associated acts	The Front Line The Radicals The Chosen Few Fahrenheit 451 Johnny and The Barflys The Pickles Blanks 77 The Undead The Crash Street Kids and many more.
Website	www.uschaos.com
Members	Jack Gibson Rene "U.S. Chaos" Wasted Glenn "Spikey" Mayer Allan "Skully" Skolski
Past members	English Ron, Brian Daley, Eddie Enzyme, Mark Beers, Gary Reitmeyer, (Frank) Buddy Vern, H.C.,

U.S. Chaos are an American punk rock band from Paterson, New Jersey, formed in 1981 from remnants of first wave punk outfits The Front Line in 1978 and The Radicals in 1979. 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, Spike Glenn Mayer 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", which cost almost as much. This was later remastered by manager and producer 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 as well as Several unreleased singles Blame it on Sam and For Being Young were remixed and eventually released.

Reitmeyer's departure from U.S. Chaos meant that the only original member of the band was Skolski. The band changed their name to The Chosen Few and wrote new material. This change coincided with the end of the first wave of US hardcore punk, with many bands changing their sounds or leaving the scene altogether.

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