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(This page is about the indie band. For the rockabilly band of the same name, see Chromatics(2)).
Chromatics

Chromatics were an American electronic music band from Portland, Oregon, formed in 2001. The band's final line-up consisted of Ruth Radelet (vocals, guitar, synthesizer), Adam Miller (guitar, vocoder), Nat Walker (drums, synthesizer), and Johnny Jewel (producer, multi-instrumentalist). The band originally featured a trademark sound indebted to punk and lo-fi that was described as "noisy" and "chaotic". After numerous lineup changes, which left guitarist Adam Miller as the sole original member, the band began releasing material on the Italians Do It Better record label in 2007, with their style streamlined into an Italo disco-influenced sound.

Their third album Night Drive (2007) was met with critical acclaim, as was their fourth album, Kill for Love, which was released on March 26, 2012. Several of the band's songs have been featured in television series such as Bates Motel, Gossip Girl, Mr. Robot, The Mindy Project, Parenthood, Revenge, Riverdale, 13 Reasons Why, The 100, Baby, and Twin Peaks, as well as being featured in the films Drive (2011), Taken 2 (2012), Only You (2018), and The Perfection (2019). In December 2014, the band announced what would have been their fifth studio album, titled Dear Tommy. While Chromatics have released a number of singles from it, Dear Tommy had yet to be released when they instead issued the album Closer to Grey in October 2019. The band announced its break-up in August 2021.

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Peel played some tracks from the group on his shows in 2003 via the album, Chrome Rats Vs. Basement Ruts. He also played another group of the same name back in the early 80's, who were a rock band.

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2003
  • 30 April 2003: Washed Up On A Beach Of Infant (album - Chrome Rats vs. Basement Rutz) Gold Standard Laboratories
  • 27 May 2003: Copper Fence (LP - Chrome Rats vs Basement Rutz) Gold Standard Laboratories
  • 29 May 2003: 'Felt Tongue (LP- Chrome Rats vs Basement Rutz)' (Gold Standard Labratories)
  • May 2003 (FSK): Washed Up On A Beach Of Infants (CD - Chrome Rats Vs Basement Rutz) Gold Standard Laboratories
  • 05 June 2003 (Radio Eins): Copper Fence (album - Chrome Rats vs. Basement Rutz) Gold Standard Laboratories

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