Mission into Chaos!
extended play by Man or Astro-man?
Mission into Chaos! is a Man or Astro-man? 7-inch EP released on One Louder Records in 1993 and pressed exclusively on black vinyl. The back cover states that the songs are meant to be a soundtrack to the film of the same title which has been lost.
Track listing
Secret Agent Side
"Name of Numbers"
"Of Sex and Demise"
Double Agent Side
"Madness in the Streets"
"Within a Martian Heart"
"Point Blank"
Line Up
Star Crunch
Birdstuff
Dr.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Mission into Chaos!” is extended play by Man or Astro-man. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Mission, Chaos and extended, not as a finished interpretation.
Why this record matters
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Object files, edition statements, performance records and contemporary criticism preserve different stages of the work’s history. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 3, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q16996780. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1993.
Rights, attribution and provenance may remain disputed even when a general reference summary presents a stable account. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
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