Name: Read Only Memory
Brand: Chrome

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

CLP-LP-1310

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2014-02-04

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

eone

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

741157131017

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Total Cap

1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Chrome

Genre US

Label US

Cleopatra

San Francisco-based industrial rock outfit, Chrome, is known for their unique blend of vocals, synths, and guitar. The band was formed by Damon Edge and Helios Creed in the late 1970s. With additional players such as John L. Cyborg on synth loops, Tommy Grenas on synth, Aleph Kali on drums, Lou Minatti on guitar, John Stench on drums, Hillary Stench on bass, Gary Spain on guitar, and Lux Vibratus on bass.

Chrome's sound has been compared to other experimental rock bands like Pere Ubu and Cabaret Voltaire. They draw inspiration from a variety of genres including industrial music and post-punk. Their music is characterized by its intense energy and dark atmospheres.

With a discography spanning several decades, Chrome continues to be influential in the underground music scene. Fans of *Helios Creed* or bands like Suicide and The Residents will appreciate Chrome's innovative approach to music.

New Wave / Post Punk

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 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.

Read Only Memory

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