Formed in Arkansas, Faxx recorded their debut in 1977 as a private press record, meaning it was independently produced without a major label's backing. This status turned the original vinyl into a sought-after rarity for collectors of 70s hard rock and early AOR (Adult Oriented Rock).
At midnight, the stream cut to a single title card:
In the spring of 1978, Faxx recorded seven tracks in a decommissioned water tower. The master tape was rumored to contain:
In the deep archives of underground music, there are names that surface only as whispers—cassette hiss on a broken Walkman, a blurred photograph in a zine no one remembers, or a 7-inch single wrapped in plain brown paper. One such enigma is .
The music itself was a blend of proto-punk aggression and the emerging sound of New Wave. While they had the speed of '77 punk, there was an underlying art-school sensibility—a hallmark of the Amsterdam scene—that gave their songs a structural depth often missing from the three-chord thrash of lesser bands.
Their sound was primitive, glacial, and unnerving. Not quite punk—too slow. Not yet industrial—too organic. They used a malfunctioning reel-to-reel tape deck as an instrument. Anja’s synth was a second-hand Korg that only played three notes. Kris played a snare drum with a single chain.
"Forty-two years past the first refrain / The signpost splintered, the exit’s the same / 1977 called, but I let it ring / At the crossroad, I don’t choose—I just stand."