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''Circus of Chaos'' is the only
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by Clown Alley, released in 1985 through Alchemy Records (VM101). It was re-released by
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in 2006. Band members
Mark Deutrom Mark William 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 I ...
and
Lori Black Lori Black (born April 9, 1954), also known as Lorax, is an American musician born in Santa Monica, California. She played bass for Clown Alley and for the sludge metal band Melvins. Her father was the businessman Charles Alden Black and her ...
both went on to become members of seminal
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band
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, 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 -
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Mark Deutrom Mark William 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 I ...
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guitar The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...
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Lori Black Lori Black (born April 9, 1954), also known as Lorax, is an American musician born in Santa Monica, California. She played bass for Clown Alley and for the sludge metal band Melvins. Her father was the businessman Charles Alden Black and her ...
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bass guitar The bass guitar (), also known as the electric bass guitar, electric bass, or simply the bass, is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family. It is similar in appearance and construction to an Electric guitar, electric but with a longer nec ...
*Justin Clayton -
drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...


References

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