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Chrome is an American rock band founded in San Francisco in 1976 by musician Damon Edge and associated with the 1970s post-punk movement.[3] The group's raw sound blended elements of punk, psychedelia, and early industrial music,[4] incorporating science-fiction themes, tape experimentation, distorted acid rock guitar, and electronic noise.[5] They have been cited as forerunners of the 1980s industrial music boom.[6] They found little commercial success as part of San Francisco's 1970s music scene...

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Posted By: Paul - Wed Aug 16, 2023
Category: Eccentrics | Music | 1970s | Cacophony, Dissonance, White Noise and Other Sonic Assaults

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If you make it through "Alien Soundtracks" then you need to hear "Half Machine Lip Moves" (perhaps Chrome's best album), and then the deeply disturbing "Read Only Memory" EP. From 1977 to 1983, Damon Edge and Helios Creed were the Lennon and McCartney of acid-damaged aural madness.

Posted by mwaynick on 08/16/23 at 06:17 AM

Absoulutly blew my mind as a kid. There was nothing like them at the time. Even the artwork got me.
I can see it not being everyone's cup o' tea, though.

Posted by S. Norman on 08/16/23 at 12:52 PM

25 seconds.

Posted by Judy on 08/16/23 at 03:09 PM

Meh. Not as boring as REM, not as cool as The Clash.

Posted by Richard Bos on 08/19/23 at 05:18 AM