MX-80 Sound

MX-80 Sound is an American art-rock band formed in 1974 in Bloomington, Indiana, by guitarist Bruce Anderson and bassist Dale Sophiea. The group moved to San Francisco in 1978 and was signed by The Residents to their label Ralph Records, which issued two of its albums. MX-80 Sound debuted with Hard Attack (1977), licensed by Island and released only in Europe. Rich Stim, who sang and played guitar and saxophone, wrote most of the songs with Anderson. On Ralph the band issued Out of the Tunnel (1980) and Crowd Control (1981).