Bands with the name CHAOS can probably be found in every local scene around the world. This is the Warsaw version of CHAOS, and they chose this name for themselves in spite of the fashionable trend at the time for bands to select long and absurd names. Maybe it wasn’t very sophisticated or original, but they preferred to leave the originality to the music they were making. They set off in 1987 and just happened to be part of a new chapter in the national punk scene, which coincided with the twilight of communist Poland. The term hardcore became more widely used and offered a new quality through independently released cassettes, networking and the emergence of new bands with a fresh outlook. The capital’s CHAOS was one of them. Instantly becoming one of the better groups of the local scene, when compared to the rest of the national hardcore scene, they had something of their own and were easily recognizable.

Their first full show was a performance alongside TZN XENNA during Rock Front. Right after that they played with MOSKWA or FOTONESS. They appeared at the Rock Pokoju festival, as well as at a number of shows outside of Warsaw. Their last show was a performance alongside VERBAL ASSAULT in Warsaw’s club Hybrydy. They were supposed to play Jarocin Festival in 1990, for which the band had qualified, but this did not materialize due to the emigration of one of the members. This meant nothing less than the definitive end of their activities as a band.

After 1990, the ship with the Polish hardcore flag gained wind in its sails, but the CHAOS emblem was no longer on board. Surely the band would be mentioned more often, just as we mention THE CORPSE, H.C.P., ID, U.O.M., TRYBUNA BRUDU, OD JUTRA or SKTC as some of the more important and powerful points in the formation of the truly independent DIY Polish HxC scene.

The demo they left behind is so solidly recorded and well-played that it would be an oversight not to remind us of this important HC band of the late 1980s wave. An excerpt from this session was originally released on a split cassette with H.C.P. on Rebel Art Tapes/Atak Zine in 1989. The whole thing, expanded by one live track, was released as a stand-alone cassette called “Trzy”, which was released in several different editions, among others by the band itself and also on Enigmatic Tapes. This vinyl contains only the basic studio material and is accompanied by a booklet with archival photos and a reprint of an interview from the QQRYQ zine. Mastering from the original by Smok and Mario / Studio As One.

This is the black vinyl out of 350. It´s sold out everywhere else!