Bruce Anderson

Guitarist Bruce Anderson was a founder of art-rockers MX-80 Sound, who later changed their name to <a href="spotify:artist:6ZKL1eD3kFh3lIFiYEGSNV">MX-80</a>. He was also a member of that group's offshoots, O-Type and the Gizzards. Anderson co-founded MX-80 Sound in Indiana in the mid-'70s, along with bassist Dale Sophiea and drummer Jeff Armour. Flying the banner of <a href="spotify:artist:2ebK4ueGwhVaXUm060m1BS">Beefheart</a> weirdness, the group put out several releases during the remainder of the '70s and into the early '80s. When <a href="spotify:artist:6ZKL1eD3kFh3lIFiYEGSNV">MX-80</a> dissolved for a time, Anderson kept busy with O-Type and the Gizzards, ventures in which Sophiea joined him. Sophiea also played a valuable role in Anderson's solo work, producing his albums of densely layered guitar experimentation and <a href="spotify:artist:5HKpBHDxIDNdtmEAGXGntl">Robert Fripp</a>-like improvisation. Anderson's 1995 full-length, Brutality, collected tracks from his two late-'80s cassette releases and also featured some new material. Meanwhile, the members of <a href="spotify:artist:6ZKL1eD3kFh3lIFiYEGSNV">MX-80</a> had reunited in 1987, remaining active well into the '90s. Bruce Anderson died on January 11, 2022. ~ Erik Hage