Factrix Chronology:

1979:       

A musical partnership is formed by Bond Bergland [guitar/vocals] and Cole Palme [electronics/vocals].  They initially collaborate with Patrick Miller [electronics/vocals] and perform 3-4 shows using Miller's moniker Minimal Man. Tommy Tadlock (San Francisco's Joe Meek) assists with equipment, rhythm tapes, and live signal processing.  Back to being a duo, they choose the name Factrix and soon enlist a third member, Joseph T. Jacobs [bass/vocals]. Factrix begins rehearsing in the basement of San Francisco's premier punk store, "Supplies," and experiments with psychoactive chemicals, instrument processing, and unconscious composing methods.

1980:

▪         Factrix have their first high-profile show, the "Live at Target" videotape shoot w/Nervous Gender, Flipper, and Uns (aka Z'ev); two tracks from this show appear on the Subterranean Records compilation LP.

▪         They meet Ruby Ray and begin to incorporate slides/projections into live performances.  A show at the Savoy Tivoli also features onstage collaborations with Bachelors Even (featuring Christian Marclay, the soon-to-become-famous turntable virtuoso).

▪         Factrix also form lasting alliances with Monte Cazazza and Mark Pauline/Survival Research Laboratories -- these associations culminate in the notorious Kezar Pavilion show.

▪         They release the "Empire of Passion"/"Splice of Life" 7” on Adoles-cent Records, and record material for the Scheintot LP in the living room of label mate Slava Ranko (aka the late Donald Philippi, an eccentric linguist/scholar/musician who translated ancient Japanese and Ainu texts).

1981:

▪         Factrix perform shows in New York, Boston, and Chicago before returning destitute back to S.F.  They record four further songs at John Altmann Studios for an EP (never released), and perform shows with DNA, Cabaret Voltaire, SPK, and the Sleepers, among others.

▪         "Night of the Succubus," another self-promoted event (in collaboration with Monte Cazazza, Tana Emmolo-Smith, and Kimberly Rae), is recorded and videotaped for eventual release.

▪         “Scheintot”, a full-length LP, is released on Adolescent Records.  After pondering the inevitable, all three members part company.

1982:

▪         Bond and Cole reunite to record new material in home studio in Vermont, with Ruby Ray creating corresponding visuals for a proposed Spring tour of the East Coast with SPK; a few tracks are completed but desire to perform live dissipates and Factrix subsequently implodes.

▪         The Factrix/Cazazza “California Babylon” LP is released on Subterranean Records.

▪         Factrix members provide instrumentation to Monte Cazazza's single "Stairway to Hell"/"Sex is No Emergency" on Sordide Sentimentale,

▪         A year later the "Prescient Dreams" EP is released, featuring Monte Cazazza and Tana Emmolo-Smith along with Factrix member Joseph T. Jacobs.