Still wallowing in the 80s: Chrome
The big news is that my old pal Jeff has started his own music blog, at last. I've known Jeff since high school; he was into cooler music than I was, and lent me records and made me tapes to get me up to speed. All these years later (26!) we rarely listen to the same music unless upon recommendation from the other; his recommendations are always good, and now that he's blogging everyone can get them.
Since I'm reliving my high points of 80s music, I had to break out the ultimate Chrome album, 3rd from the Sun (1982). Chrome had already made great records, cyberpunk before the term was even coined, but adding the rhythm section of brothers John and Hilary Stench added a zillion volts of power to their sound. 3rd from the Sun is seven tracks of pure, throbbing sci-fi nightmare, my favorite being "Armageddon"--
I was always really impressed with Damon Edge's cover art for this album; then one day I realized all of a sudden, it's just a picture of a lion-head door knocker with larger photos of human irises cut out and pasted on! It's amazing that such a simple collage could be so transformative.
(See my previous Chrome post for another track.)
