CRAWLING CHAOS - Sex Machine / Berlin (Factory FAC 17) UK 1980 PS 45
vinyl: mint- | cover: mint- 

Little is known about Crawling Chaos, creators of provocative single Sex Machine released on Factory (Fac 17) in July 1980. According to the label's January newsletter, the band promised to "open up a new genre of heavy modern. Three short-haired awkward types from Tyneside who are a cross between Status Quo and Orchestral Manoeuvres."

Perhaps the most memorable Crawling Chaos review followed an appearance at the London showcase organised by Factory at the Moonlight Club in April 1980. Adam Sweeting wrote in NME: "They played so badly for so long that a phone call to McWhirter and his Book of Records would surely have been received favourably. Ineffectual doodlings on guitar and keyboards became ends in themselves. A guest singer stood at the microphone and coughed for several minutes. Nobody danced or even twitched a leg. The bloke at the mixing desk read the Evening Standard and someone next to me asked the time before falling asleep. Anyone who needs this garbage is probably already dead."