Chrome is an experimental rock group founded in San Francisco, California i… Read Full Bio ↴Chrome is an experimental rock group founded in San Francisco, California in 1976 by Damon Edge and Gary Spain (synth). They recorded and released their first album, The Visitation, with members John Lambdin (guitar and bass), Mike Low (guitar/vocal). Mike Low left the band to be replaced by guitarist and vocalist Helios Creed, the band released Alien Soundtracks, the project of which started out as a soundtrack for a radical San Francisco strip show.

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.

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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 Stranger
Chrome Lyrics

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Tempted by the way

The way you orchestrate

The tractor beam

Now we climb up into space

To manipulate my chemistry

I was summoned

I was stolen

By the stranger in the sky

Restrained in the dark

Beckoned by the atmosphere

I was troubled by the air

Where do we go from here

cbducted by the opposite of man

By nothing that we've ever imagined

c completely different breed

We can not fathom their capacity

I was summoned

I was stolen

By the stranger in the sky

Restrained in the dark

Beckoned by the atmosphere

I was troubled by the air

Where do we go from here

When the atmosphere's all clear

Overall Meaning

In Chrome's song "The Strangers," the lyrics depict a feeling of being enticed and captivated by someone or something that is unknown and mysterious. The opening lines, "Tempted by the way, the way you orchestrate," suggest that the singer is drawn to the captivating influence of this entity. The metaphorical reference to a "tractor beam" further emphasizes the irresistible pull they feel towards this unknown force.

The lyrics then shift to a metaphorical journey into space, symbolizing a deeper exploration of oneself and a willingness to be influenced and manipulated by this external presence. The line "To manipulate my chemistry" implies that the singer is willingly allowing this stranger to have a profound impact on their emotions and state of being.

The next part of the song reveals a sense of being taken against one's will, as the lyrics express being "summoned" and "stolen" by this stranger in the sky. The darkness and restraint mentioned in the lyrics suggest a struggle or power imbalance between the singer and this unknown entity. However, there is also a sense of fascination and curiosity as they are "beckoned by the atmosphere" and "troubled by the air."

The closing lines of the song leave an open-ended question, "Where do we go from here when the atmosphere's all clear?" This reflects a sense of uncertainty and contemplation about what happens next once the influence or impact of this stranger subsides.

Line by Line Meaning

Tempted by the way
Attracted by the manner in which you control or arrange things

The way you orchestrate
The way you organize and direct

The tractor beam
A force that pulls or attracts

Now we climb up into space
Now we ascend to the realm beyond Earth

To manipulate my chemistry
To change or alter my internal makeup or emotions

I was summoned
I was called or brought forth

I was stolen
I was taken without permission or against my will

By the stranger in the sky
By an unknown entity or being in the heavens

Restrained in the dark
Held back or confined in a state of obscurity

Beckoned by the atmosphere
Called or attracted by the surrounding environment or ambiance

I was troubled by the air
I was disturbed or unsettled by the atmosphere