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MX-80 Sound

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MX-80 Sound

MX-80, also known as MX-80 Sound, is an eclectic American art-rock band founded in 1974 in Bloomington, Indiana, United States, by guitarist Bruce Anderson. Considered “one of the most out of step but prescient bands of its time", MX-80's signature sound consisted of breakneck metallic guitar combined with atonal chord structure, cross-rhythmic percussion and dispassionate vocals. Notoriously difficult to categorise—the band has been labeled noise rock, post-punk, acid punk, and heavy-metal—MX-80's sonic melange set the stage for bands such as Swans, Sonic Youth,  Codeine, and Shellac.

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Peel played tracks from the group on his radio programmes between the late 70's and early 80's, but after 1981, didn't seem to play any tracks from them on his shows. He had three of their albums in his Record Collection: M. The band came to be associated with the Ralph Records label of the Residents.

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MX-80 SOUND man on the move 1977

1977
1979
1980
1981

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  1. ↑ See comment on 22 October 1979.
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