Chrome was the Bay Area’s answer to the Stoogesif they’d gotten jumped by cyborgs in a dark alley in some post-apocalyptic wasteland. With songwriters Damon Edge and Helios Creed clanking away on these late-’70s LPs, expect drugged-out riffs, lyrics about “zombie warfare,” and even the occasional hook. Mike Petillo
Half Machine Lip Moves/Alien Soundtracks
A few of the things we’re listening to this week, in no particular order