CHROME Read Only Memory EP+poster 1979 psych punk MINT-
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Chrome -- Read Only Memory 12"EP
Original Soundtrack from READ ONLY MEMORY
Original 1979 UK release on Siren Records (US)/Red Records (UK) (catalog # DE-SEC 444 / RS 12.002 , Runout Groove Etchings: "DE-SEC 444 A W-3 RS-12 002 A1 *EG* SOUND CLINIC" & "DE-SEC 444 B W-4 RS-12-002 B1 *EG* SOUND CLINIC"), in Picture Sleeve, with poster.One of the hardest to find Chrome records, this is a near pristine copy, with the poster too.
AMG Review: Introducing their disembodied drummer John Q. Cyborg -- in reality a drum machine, publicity photos of the time to the contrary -- Chrome moved into the next phase of its existence with Read Only Memory. The five track release reconfirmed them as being some of the craziest musicians out there working with in a rock format at the time. Beginning with a rising swell of processed Creed guitar shooting towards the skies as Edge provides rumbling keyboard loops, before switching over to the varied cut-up format the early Edge/Creed partnership favored, Read Only Memory is, unsurprisingly, strange and eerily compelling. One curious thing about the release is that, rather that specifically highlighting separate songs, the same Cyborg beat continues relentlessly throughout, fading and reappearing from time to time. Edge and Creed make a variety of different noises over the top as they choose, from soft guitar chimes to punchy randomness, all to good effect. The most distinct number is "I Am the Jaw," if only because Creed's brief lyrical part at the start identifies it as such, while the two musicians add more guitar and keyboard moodiness all around.AMG Chrome bio: One of the original forefathers in the industrial boom of the 1980s, Chrome's amalgam of distorted guitars and vocals, samples from TV, and a raw punk aesthetic (inspired by the Stooges) became much more popular in the early '90s than it ever was while the band was around in the '70s and '80s. Although active for only six years, Chrome left behind a huge discography, including nine full LPs (several of which were released posthumously) and numerous EPs and singles.
Chrome was formed in San Francisco around 1977 by vocalist/drummer Damon Edge, vocalist/guitarist Helios Creed, guitarist John Lambdin and bassist Garry Spain; each played other instruments as well, including tape machines, electric violin and Moog. Chrome's sound wasn't quite fully formed by the time of their first album, The Visitation; it's surprisingly poppy with few hints of what was to come, though an obsession with science fiction made its debut. Second album Alien Soundtracks was the true genesis for Chrome, spinning around Creed's grinding guitar attack and Edge's tape manipulation on tracks like "All Data Lost" and "Chromosome Damage." Lambdin and Spain virtually disappeared by 1979's Half Machine Lip Moves, and the industrial effects became even more experimental.
Chrome jumped to the major label Beggar's Banquet/WEA in 1980 for third full-length Red Exposure, and the uncompromising sound was compromised slightly. The album wasn't a success, though, and the duo found themselves on the Dossier label for 1981's Blood on the Moon. Creed and Edge added a rhythm section (Hilary and John Stench) for the album, and it proved to be their best effort. Though 1982 was the year of Chrome's breakup, it saw the release of 3rd from the Sun along with the compilation LP No Humans Allowed, which included the EPs Inworlds and Read Only Memory. Also in 1982, the Chrome Box appeared, comprising Alien Soundtracks, Half Machine Lip Moves, Blood on the Moon and No Humans Allowed, plus the previously unavailable LPs Chronicles I and II. Helios Creed began a successful solo career in 1985, while Damon Edge continued the Chrome name sporadically over the next ten years, until he died in the mid-'90s.
Tracks:
- A1 You Can't See Them - They Can't Touch You (3:16) A2 Inacontact (5:35) A3 Read Only Memory (1:06) B1 In Front Of The Crowd (1:10) B2 I Am The Jaw (9:24)
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