The Chavs

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The Chavs
Origin	London, England
Genre(s)	Post-punk revival, Garage Punk, Indie Rock
Years active	2004–present
Label(s)	Unsigned
Associated acts	The Libertines, Dirty Pretty Things, The Charlatans, Primal Scream, Razorlight, Klaxons, Hatcham Social
Members
Carl Barât Tim Burgess Martin Duffy Andy Burrows Jamie Reynolds Steffan Halperin Didz Hammond Anthony Rossomando Gary Powell Finnigan Kidd

The Chavs are a supergroup formed in 2004, by former Libertines and now Dirty Pretty Things guitarist Carl Barât. Alongside Barât in the band are Tim Burgess of The Charlatans, Primal Scream keyboardist Martin Duffy and drummer Andy Burrows from Razorlight. They made their live debut at the Tap'n'Tin, Chatham in December 2004, where the set included a mixture of Libertines songs, Burgess tracks and festive songs including a cover of "Fairytale of New York" by The Pogues.

The Tap'n'Tin is the same venue the Libertines played on the night after Pete Doherty was released from prison for burgling Barât's flat.

The band also played the launch of Alan McGee's Death Disco TV, which is to be shown on Rockworld TV in July 2007. For the gig Burgess, Barât and Duffy were joined by Jamie Reynolds and Steffan Halperin from the Klaxons and Didz Hammond, Gary Powell and Anthony Rossomando from Dirty Pretty Things. The set drew from all three bands' material with "Golden Skans", "North Country Boy" and "Bang Bang You're Dead" all featuring.

The band appeared in almost full format at the 2007 Glastonbury Festival in Lost Vagueness; with Carl, Jamie and Tim. The band was missing Martin Duffy and Andy Burrows but were assisted by Anthony Rossomando, Didz Hammond and Gary Powell in their place. The band appeared on an open mic stage and turned up wearing fancy dress; only revealing themselves after one song.