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3rd From The Sun: Chrome

On May 26, 1982, “Don’t Fall off the Mountain”, label released “Chrome”, the sixth 3rd from the Sun studio album. It was recorded in 1982, at “Hyde Street Studios” in San Francisco, and was produced by Helios Creed and Damon Edge.

Personnel:

  • Helios Creed – vocals, guitar
  • Damon Edge – vocals, Moog synthesizer, mixing
  • Hilary Stench – bass guitar
  • John Stench – drums
  • Fabienne Shine – backing vocals
  • Gary Mankin – recording
  • Bernie Grundman – mastering


 Track listing:

All tracks by Helios Creed and Damon Edge.

  1. Firebomb
  2. Future Ghosts
  3. Armageddon
  4. Heart Beat
  5. Off the Line
  6. 3rd from the Sun
  7. Shadows of a Thousand Years

Chrome: Red Exposure

On April 5, 1980, “Beggars Banquet” label released “Red Exposure”, the fourth Chrome studio album. It was recorded in 1980, and was produced by Damon Edge and Helios Creed.

Personnel:

  • Helios Creed – vocals, guitar synthesizer, bowed guitar, synthesizer, drum machine, bass guitar
  • Damon Edge – vocals, synthesizer, guitar synthesizer, tape operation, drum machine, mixing, mastering
  • John L. Cyborg – engineer
  • John Dent – mastering
  • Oliver Dicicco – technical assistant
  • Malti Kidia – artwork
  • Tony Escott – artwork
  • Ian Turner – photography

Track listing:

All music by Helios Creed and Damon Edge, all lyrics as noted.

  1. New Age – Damon Edge
  2. Rm. 101
  3. Eyes on March – Damon Edge, Helios Creed
  4. Jonestown – Damon Edge, Helios Creed
  5. Animal – Damion Edge
  6. Static Gravity – Helios Creed, Damon Edge
  7. Eyes in the Center – Damon Edge
  8. Electric Chair – Helios Creed, Damon Edge
  9. Night of the Earth – Helios Creed, Damon Edge
  10. Isolation – Damon Edge

Chrome: Half Machine Lip Moves

On March 16, 1979, “Siren” label released “Half Machine Lip Moves”, the third Chrome studio album. It was recorded in 1978, in San Francisco, and was produced by Damon Edge.

Personnel:

  • Helios Creed – lead vocals, rhythm and lead guitar, bass guitar, bells, bowed guitar
  • Damon Edge – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboard guitar, organ, synthesizer, Moog synthesizer, percussion, drums, tape operation, engineer, art direction, photography
  • Gary Spain – bass guitar
  • John L. Cyborg – electronics
  • Bernie Grundman – mastering
  • Amy James – design, photography
  1. T.V. as Eyes – lyrics by Helios Creed, music by Damon Edge, Gary Spain
  2. Zombie Warfare (Can’t Let You Down) – lyrics by Damon Edge, music by Helios Creed, Damon Edge
  3. March of the Chrome Police (A Cold Clamey Bombing) – Damon Edge
  4. You’ve Been Duplicated – lyrics by Damon Edge, music by Helios Creed, Damon Edge
  5. Mondo Anthem – lyrics by Helios Creed, Damon Edge, music by Damon Edge, Gary Spain
  6. Half Machine Lip Moves – Helios Creed, Damon Edge
  7. Abstract Nympho – Helios Creed, Damon Edge
  8. Turned Around – lyrics by Helios Creed, music by Helios Creed, Damon Edge
  9. Creature Eternal – Helios Creed, Damon Edge
  10. Critical Mass – lyrics by Damon Edge, music by Helios Creed, Damon Edge

Chrome: Blood on the Moon

On May 31, 1981, “Don’t Fall Off the Mountain” label released “Blood on the Moon”, the fifth Chrome studio album. It was recorded in 1981, at “Mobius Music” in San Francisco, and was produced by Helios Creed and Damon Edge.

Personnel:

  • Helios Creed – vocals, guitar, sleeve graphics
  • Damon Edge – vocals, Moog synthesizer, sleeve graphics
  • Hilary Stench – bass guitar
  • John Stench – drums
  • Oliver Dicicco – recording

Track listing:

All tracks by Helios Creed and Damon Edge.

  1. The Need
  2. Innervacume
  3. Perfumeed Metal
  4. Planet Strike
  5. The Strangers
  6. Insect Human
  7. Out of Reach
  8. Brain Scan
  9. Blood on the Moon

Nik Turner

On November 10, 2022, Nicholas Robert Turner died aged 82. He was musician (saxophone, flute), vocalist and composer, member of the bands Sphynx, Inner City Unit and Space Ritual, recorded with Robert Calvert, Michael Moorcock, Mother Gong, Sham 69, Catherine Andrews, Underground Zero, Psychic TV, Helios Creed, The Stranglers, Sting, Blue Horses, Muzak, Space Mirrors, Dodson and Fogg, Paradise 9, Sendelica and Flame Tree, but was best known as member of Hawkwind.

Bill Laswell: Hashisheen: The End of the Law

On May 25, 1999, “Sub Rosa” label released “Hashisheen: The End of Law”, the 23rd Bill Laswell album. It was recorded in 1999, and was produced by Peter Backer and Janet Rienstra.

Personnel:

  • Bill Laswell – bass guitar, effects, musical arrangements
  • Jah Wobble – bass guitar, keyboards, spoken word
  • Helios Creed – guitar, effects
  • Nicky Skopelitis – guitar 
  • Oliver Ray – guitar 
  • Paul Schütze – instruments 
  • Techno Animal – instruments 
  • Anton Fier – drums
  • Jaki Liebezeit – drums
  • Neville Murray – bendir, congas
  • Hakim Bey – spoken word
  • Nicole Blackman – spoken word
  • William S. Burroughs – spoken word
  • Anne Clark – spoken word
  • Ira Cohen – spoken word
  • Lizzy Mercier Descloux – spoken word
  • Sussan Deyhim – spoken word
  • Umar Bin Hassan – spoken word
  • Percy Howard – spoken word
  • Genesis P-Orridge – spoken word
  • Iggy Pop – spoken word
  • Patti Smith – spoken word
  • Janet Rienstra – musical arrangements
  • Hugo Scholten – engineer
  • Peter Becker – engineer
  • Mark Ferda – engineer, mixing

Track listing:

  1. First Reading
  2. The Old Man of the Mountain
  3. The Western Lands
  4. The Spilled Cup
  5. Marco Pol’s Tale
  6. Pilgrimage to Cairo
  7. Freya Stark at Alamut
  8. Castles
  9. Hashish Poem
  10. Sinan’s Post
  11.  Assassinations
  12. The Mongols Destroy Alamut
  13. The Divine Self
  14. Morning High
  15. A Quick Trip to Alamut
  16. Slogans
  17. Book of the Highest Initiation
  18.  The Lord of Resurrection
  19. The Assassins
  20. Tale of the Caliph Hakem
  21. The Assassins
  22. Last Reading

Bill Laswell: Permutation

On November 30, 1999, “ION” label released “Permutation”, the tenth Bill Laswell album. It was recorded in 1999, at “Orange Music” in West Orange, New Jersey, and was produced by Bill Laswell.

Personnel:

  • Bill Laswell– bass guitar, guitar, keyboards, effects, drum programming, musical arrangements
  • Nicky Skopelitis– guitar
  • Hassan Ibn Ali – sampler
  • Helios Creed– sampler
  • Lance Carter– drums
  • Robert Musso– engineer, programming
  • Michael Fossenkemper – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Bill Laswell.

  1. Encoded
  2. Acid Test
  3. Coma
  4. Perimeter
  5. Escape Clause
  6. Iron Black
  7. Scatter
  8. Enhanced