Chrome is an American rock band founded in San Francisco in 1976 by musician Damon Edge and associated with the 1970s post-punk movement. The group’s raw sound blended elements of punk, psychedelia, and early industrial music, incorporating science-fiction themes, tape experimentation, distorted acid rock guitar, and electronic noise. They have been cited as forerunners of industrial rock.
They found little commercial success as part of San Francisco’s 1970s music scene, but developed a cult following in the United Kingdom and Germany following the release of the LPs Alien Soundtracks (1977) and Half Machine Lip Moves (1979). Edge died in 1995; subsequently, guitarist Helios Creed has revived the Chrome name for recordings and performances.
They have been cited as an influence on Nine Inch Nails, MGMT, Steve Albini, Pavement, the Jesus Lizard, Osees, Unwound, and the Butthole Surfers.
Albums
1976 – The Visitation
1977 – Alien Soundtracks
1979 – Half Machine Lip Moves
1979 – Read Only Memory
1980 – Red Exposure
1981 – Blood On The Moon
1982 – 3rd From The Sun
1984 – Into The Eyes Of The Zombie King
1985 – The Lyon Concert
1985 – Chrome: Featuring Damon Edge – Another World5 versions
1986 – Eternity 2 versions
1986 – Chrome: Featuring Damon Edge – Dreaming In Sequence
1987 – Chrome: Featuring Damon Edge – The Chronicles I
1988 – Chrome: Featuring Damon Edge – The Chronicles II
1988 – Alien Soundtracks II
1989 – Live In Germany
1990 – Liquid Forest
1990 – Mission Of The Entranced
1994 – Chrome: Featuring Damon Edge – The Clairaudient Syndrome
1997 – Retro Transmission 4 versions
1998 – Tidal Forces (No Humans Allowed Pt II)
2002 – Angel Of The Clouds
2002 – Ghost Machine
2013 – Half Machine From The Sun, The Lost Chrome Tracks From ’79 – ’80
2014 – Feel It Like A Scientist
2015 – Chromosome Damage
2017 – Techromancy
2021 – Scaropy
2023 – Blue Exposure
Source: Wikipedia, Discogs