Read Only Memory

by Chrome

Read Only Memory cover art
  • Type: EP
  • Released: 1979
  • Label: Siren
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 20:31
  • Community rating: 3.22/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Demonstrating the San Francisco duo's intense fascination with dystopian science fiction, this dense sonic collage largely abandons traditional rock instrumentation. Utilizing tape loops, harsh synthesizer noise, and heavily distorted vocals, the project pushes the boundaries of avant-garde sound design and aggressive psychedelia.

Genres

Descriptors: Soundtrack, dissonant, lo-fi, scary, rhythmic

Tracklist

  1. You Can't See Them - They Can't Touch You (3:16)
  2. Inacontact (5:35)
  3. Read Only Memory (1:06)
  4. In Front Of The Crowd (1:10)
  5. I Am The Jaw (9:24)

Credits

  • Chrome - primary artist
  • Ian Turner - film editor
  • Helios Creed - guitar [synthesized & bowed], keyboards [synthesized], sounds [beat machines, devices], effects [backwards echo unit], artwork [front cover collage], songwriter [songs by], performer [performed by], lead vocals [1st section], synthesizer [moog]
  • Eddy Gorecki - plated by
  • Steve Brown - post production
  • Edge/Creed - written by

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