Factrix was a pioneering Industrial music group from San Francisco, formed in 1978 by members Bond Bergland, Cole Palme, and Joseph T. Jacobs.

As Factrix, the group released a number of subversive and 'dangerous' recordings in the early 1980s. The incredible 'Scheintot' LP was a document of morbid, moody, and subtle experimental rock that is as eerily unsettling today as it must have been way back in 1981 when it was initially released. The live LP 'California Babylon' (1982) was a collaboration with Monte Cazazza that remains a rough and violent selection of guitar-noise deconstructions and primitive machine-noise rumblings. Conversely, the 'Empire Of Passion/Splice Of Life' 7" single was a marvelously sinister bit of apocalyptic sound-poetry and industrial soundscaping..."

- Excerpt from "Industrial Nation" magazine

Discography

• Scheintot (LP) (Adolescent Records, 1981)
• California Babylon (LP) (Subterranean Records, 1982) - from a live performance with Monte Cazazza. This performance -which included Anabel Lee, Tana Emmolo, and a robotic pig named "Piggly Wiggly" (made by Mark Pauline, of Survival Research Labs/SRL)- was videotaped and entitled "Night of the Succubus".
• Empire Of Passion / Splice Of Life (7" single) (Adolescent Records)
• Artifact (2-CD) (Tesco/Storm label, 2003) - A double-CD retrospective of both studio and rare live/previously unreleased tracks.

• "Live at Target" Comp. (VHS/LP) (Target Video/Subterranen, 1980)- Starts with two tracks from Factrix ("Night to Forget" & "Subterfuge"); Video/LP compilation of Post-punk/Industrial bands featuring Factrix, Flipper, Nervous Gender, and Uns (aka Z'ev ).

External links

• Factrix (fan site)
• Factrix MP3s
• Tesco USA - (Factrix: "Artifact" CD)