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Original 1983Uk press on Riot City

The Chaotic Dischord story begins when Simon Edwards of Heartbeat Records label and UK punks Vice Squad were attempting to compile the Riotous Assembly compilation LP in 1981 to document the blossoming UK punk scene. After putting out a request in Sounds for demo tapes from bands wanting to be on the compilation, Simon Edwards was approached by one of the members of Vice Squad’s touring entourage with a tape labeled Chaotik Dischord. According to Edwards, It scared the pants off me! Chaotik Discord had to go on the album. The band name ended up being misspelled on the album, forever changing the name of the band to Chaotic Dischord. Chaotic Dischord appeared to be a mystery though. With just a tape, Edwards had no way to contact them except through Vice Squad. Vice Squad then tricked Edwards into thinking Chaotic Dischord were a new band from Swindon, who, according to him, due to their hardcore image, didn’t want to meet the label, or use any of their names – instant punk credibility thought I – foolishly! In reality, Chaotic Dischord was comprised of half of Vice Squad along with members of their road crew. The line-up consisted of Shane Baldwin (Evo Stix) on drums and Dave Bateman (Pox on guitar from Vice Squad along with Vice Squad roadies Igor (Ampex) on bass, and Bambi (Ransid) on vocals. Chaotic Dischord had been born from the fact that Vice Squad were unhappy with some of the more crusty bands that were being signed to Riot City and had told Simon Edwards that they could knock out something along the same lines in ten minutes. Edwards was reportedly not pleased upon finding this out. He got over it though, and the band went on to be the most prolific band on Riot City Records and ironically one of the label’s best sellers. The band’s music, err, noise, was about as basic as you could get. The songs were sloppy and chaotic with snotty vocals talked, shouted, yelled, screamed, or screeched over the music. This was part of the appeal of the band though since most other UK punk bands were about playing tight and having a great sound. Chaotic Dischord couldn’t have given a shit less about that. Lyrically, the band also employed some of the most blatantly offensive, vulgar lyrics the punk rock world has ever heard. Just take a look at any of their song titles to see where they were coming from. They also took shots at political bands such as Chaos U.K. and Ripcord in other songs. Chaotic Dischord was truly one of the first ever (if not the first) Chaos Punk bands. The band finally disintegrated but their mark had been left forever though, and their influence can still be clearly be seen in today’s punk scene.

Track list:
1. Never Trust A Friend
2. Are Students Safe?
3. Popstars