Anarchy

Anarchy was formed in England in the late summer of 1989 by Judge Drokk and Mr. Big. They were both part of a group called The Fantastic Four but decided to change the name to Anarchy. Shortly afterwards, they gained a number of new members, with Mole and Kreator being the most memorable.

Just about a year after the group's birth, the first foreign division was established when the entire group Sedge joined in Sweden. Later, Anarchy gained very strong divisions in several European countries, such as France, Finland, Holland, Germany, and Denmark.

From the very start, the group was highly ambitious. Within the first months of its existence, a magazine project was launched, which was to be released on both Amiga and in print. By November 1989, they were ready to release the very first issue of Stolen Data, a name that would become legendary among Amiga diskmags. Even though the print magazine was cancelled after a few issues, Anarchy went on to produce ten issues of their popular mag before it was discontinued.

Besides Stolen Data, Anarchy had another magazine-like project in the making. In June 1990, Kreator and his brother Raistlin released one of the first message boxes (if not the first): Raistlin's Message-Box. It quickly became quite popular and was released approximately every six weeks until Raistlin left the group at the end of the year. While Raistlin took his message box with him, Anarchy continued to release message boxes using Raistlin's setup, now under the name Anarchy Message Box.

In the middle of 1991, Dane Trix joined from Rebels, bringing with him dreams of a party bigger than anything ever seen before. Between Christmas and New Year, his dream came true: 1200 sceners from all over Europe came to Trix's hometown of Aars, Denmark, and took part in the largest scene event to date - The Party - and Anarchy was headlining.

During 1992, Anarchy grew very powerful and was, without comparison, the most popular group in the Amiga scene. Their members topped the charts in all fields. However, the group's popularity and large number of members were also the main reasons for its downfall. At the end of 1992 and the beginning of 1993, most of the active members left and formed Lemon., while others either quit the scene or joined other groups.

Although several diskmags reported that founder Judge Drokk had declared the group dead around March 1993, French member Hydra continued releasing his chip music series, Synthetic Delight, under the Anarchy label until the final issue was released in June. The French division then moved on to the PC scene as Anarchy PC.

Sources:
- Various productions by Anarchy
- Numerous Amiga diskmagazines
- www.theparty.dk
- Amiga Scenery by Glenn Lunder