''Circus of Chaos'' is an

album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual 78 rpm records co ...

by Clown Alley, released in 1985 through Alchemy Records (VM101). It was re-released by

Southern Lord Records Southern Lord is an American heavy metal record label that was founded in 1998 by Greg Anderson. It specialized in experimental metal: particularly doom metal, stoner rock, and drone metal. The label later expanded its line-up to include a ...

in 2006. Band members

Mark Deutrom Mark Deutrom is an American musician, composer, songwriter, and producer, best known as the guitarist for the punk rock band Clown Alley in the 1980s, and as the bassist for the multi-genre rock band Melvins from 1993 to 1998. Career In the ea ...

and Lori Black both went on to become members of seminal grunge band Melvins, though at different times.

Track listing

#"The Lie" #"Unplugged" #"In the Cartoon" #"On the Way Up" #"Uranium Miner's Daughter" #"Pet of a Pig" #"The Grey Men" #"Envy" #"Theme" #"The Second Day" #"The Prey"

Personnel

*David Duran -

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...

* Lori Black -

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

*Justin Clayton - drums

References

1985 debut albums Clown Alley (band) albums Southern Lord Records albums Alchemy Records (U.S.) albums {{1980s-punk-album-stub