Chrome - Sonics of Another World

E59 - Chrome - Sonics of Another World

Published: October 12, 2025

Duration: 30:32

Chrome was one of the more unusual alternative bands that arrived on the 70's San Francisco music scene. 

Chrome’s music would often take on sci-fi themes while employing tape loops, distortion and overloaded acid rock guitar, found sounds from television, and whatever noise they could create with electronics.  

These raw experimental and industrial sounds would be blended with elements from punk rock and psychedelia. The result of all of this would be a forerunner to industrial rock and noise rock of the 1980's.

The band was founded by vocalist, drummer and keyboardist Damo...