Called one of America's "Unknown Greats" by Guitar Player magazine, Bruce Anderson is best known for his playing in MX-80, the hard-art combo he founded in 1975. Outside of the near constant 30 year activity of that group, Anderson has been active with MX-co-founder Dale Sophiea in the abstract O-Type, and the bleak dualilty of The Gizzards and Half Life. Labeled as avant garde and heavy metal, Anderson has described his playing as a "mathmatical modernist in mourning." His 1995 full-length album Brutality was a compilation of two late-'80s cassettes. Outside of related projects in the MX-orbit, Anderson has worked with The Residents, Angel Corpus Christi, Henry Kaiser, Screaming Gypsy Bandits during the early '70s, and most recently French Radio. Anderson lives in Berkeley, CA.