Chrome largely abandoned conventional rock compositions, instead employing cut up and collage techniques and heavily processed sound to create a kind of sci-fi punk sound. They made use of tape loops, samples, noisescapes, synthesizers and strange guitar sounds.
Following Alien Soundtracks, John Lambdin left Chrome, and Gary Spain gradually played less of an active role in the band, leaving a core of Helios Creed and Damon Edge to explore their own experiments with new members. The Creed/Edge collaboration lead to a number of more albums, including Half Machine Lip Moves (making best album lists by Wire Magazine and Julian Cope), Read Only Memory, Red Exposure, Blood On the Moon, 3rd from the Sun and No Humans Allowed.
In 1983 Edge moved to Paris with his wife, where he formed a new lineup of Chrome, releasing a number of albums without Helios Creed, starting with Into the Eyes of the Zombie King, until Edge's death in 1995. Helios Creed formed a new version of Chrome with both new and previous members, shortly after Edge's passing. The Helios-lead Chrome releasing their first album, Retro Transmission, in 1997, and have never officially broken up. They also toured from 1997 to 2001. The last released Chrome album was 2002's Angel of the Clouds, which was pieced together from unused tapes featuring Damon Edge.
Both Damon Edge and Helios Creed have a number of solo, non-Chrome titled albums.
There are other artists with the same name:
2. Chrome is a rapper from North Memphis, Tennessee's Frayser area, the same neighborhood of fellow H.C.P member, Frayser Boy. Chrome is signed to the Hypnotize Minds record label, which is owned by Three 6 Mafia.
Chrome released his first album in the winter of 2005, called Straight To The Pros. The singles off of that album were "So Fresh" and "I Learned".
3. Chrome is a thrash metal band from Kangasniemi, Eastern Finland.
4. Chrome is also a Swedish viking rock band.
5. Chrome is a hip hop artist from Norwich, England.
6. Chrome is an Austrian minimal techno duo. It's a project of Camo and Krooked who are better known for their drum and bass music.
The Need
Chrome Lyrics
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Since you, since you've gone, I've needed, to look for something new
And I'll get down on my hands and knees and beg to you, and beg to, so please girl, stay A little longer, I know the door seems tempting but please stay don't you walk away
I know that I have brought you down for way too long, yeah way too long, but please Don't say it all was in vain cos now I'm alone and left in such pain
Now that, now that you're free, there is no need to worry about me
I hope that, maybe someday, we can, try this all again
And I'll get down on my hands and knees and beg to you, and beg to, so please girl, stay A little longer, I know the door seems tempting but please stay don't you walk away
I know that I have brought you down for way too long, yeah way too long, but please Don't say it all was in vain cos now I'm alone and left in such pain
And I'll get down on my hands and knees and beg to you, and beg to, so please girl, stay A little longer, I know the door seems tempting but please stay don't you walk away
I know that I have brought you down for way too long, yeah way too long, but please Don't say it all was in vain cos now I'm alone and left in such pain
The lyrics in Chrome's song "The Need" express the pain and heartbreak of a breakup. The singer laments that since his lover has gone, he has resorted to turning off his phone because it no longer rings. He yearns for something new and desires his lover to stay longer, pleading on his hands and knees for her not to walk away. He acknowledges that he has brought her down for far too long but beseeches her not to say that it was all in vain because now he is alone and suffering.
The singer expresses the hope that they could try again someday. He begs for his lover not to go yet because he needs her, despite having to say goodbye one more time. The lyrics evoke a sense of vulnerability and desperation as the singer pleads for his lover to stay and not leave him alone in pain.
One interesting interpretation of the song is that the singer may be struggling with addiction, and the object of his affections is representative of his drug of choice. Another interpretation is that the singer may be struggling with mental health issues and is pleading for his lover to stay as a source of support and stability in his life.
Line by Line Meaning
I've been, turning off my phone, nowadays, cos it doesn't ring anymore
I've been disconnecting myself from the world because I'm not getting calls from you anymore.
Since you, since you've gone, I've needed, to look for something new
Since you've left, I've been searching for something to fill the void you left behind.
And I'll get down on my hands and knees and beg to you, and beg to, so please girl, stay A little longer, I know the door seems tempting but please stay don't you walk away
I am willing to do anything and everything to make you stay with me, even if it means begging on my hands and knees.
I know that I have brought you down for way too long, yeah way too long, but please Don't say it all was in vain cos now I'm alone and left in such pain
I am acknowledging that I have hurt you for far too long, but please don't think it was all for nothing because now I am suffering as well.
Now that, now that you're free, there is no need to worry about me
Now that you are no longer with me, you don't have to worry about my wellbeing.
I hope that, maybe someday, we can, try this all again
I still hold onto the hope that one day we can try to make things work again.
Please I need to say goodbye, just one more time, I didn't mean for this to happen to You, please don't go yet I need you still
I need to say a proper goodbye to you, and I want you to know that I never meant to hurt you. Please don't leave yet because I still need you.
Lyrics © DistroKid
Written by: Stephen Carlson
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