Factrix

The Profile

San Francisco–based experimental group active in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Core participants named in the reviews are Bond Bergland, Cole Palmer and Joseph (T.) Jacobs; performances included mechanical/visceral happenings devised with Mark Pauline.

Reviews on DeBaser identify Bond Bergland, Cole Palmer (Palme) and Joseph T. Jacobs as central figures. Mark Pauline (Survival Research Laboratories) and Tommy Tadlock are mentioned as collaborators/creatives involved in the group's live machine/happening work. The album Scheintot is referenced as an original 1981 vinyl edition in one review.

Two DeBaser reviews praise Factrix's Scheintot for its extreme, experimental industrial/post‑punk sound and disturbing live theatrics. Reviewers highlight radio‑guitar textures, morbid performance art and occult/astral themes. Both reviews rate the work highly and describe it as seminal for its scene.