Artist page

Crash Course In Science is a Post Punk/Minimal Synth band formed in 1979 in Philadelphia. The band members met while attending art school and began experimenting with crude electronics and off-beat writing. They avoid conventional instrumentation by using toy instruments and kitchen appliances to complement their distorted guitar, drums, and synthesized beats. Their first single was released in 1979, followed by a 4-song 12" EP titled "Signals From Pier Thirteen" in 1981. The title references Pier 13, an abandoned coal-loading pier along the Delaware River where the band often rehearsed and drew inspiration from the silent machinery, shapes, shadows, ghosts, and debris. The songs "Cardboard Lamb" and "Flying Turns" quickly became club favorites in the early '80s. This EP's raw, percussive sound influenced both techno and industrial music in later years. While CCIS feels a strong connection to other music movements, they consider themselves to be working in a parallel universe rather than being directly influenced by them.

For any edit requests, please reach out to info@rovr.live