by Steve HueyPhysics was a San Diego-based collective heavily indebted to German minimalism, from the electronic trances of Klaus Schulze and Tangerine Dream to the hypnotic repetition of Krautrockers like Can, Neu!, and Kraftwerk. Unlike many of their influences, however, they habitually performed at top volume, crediting avant-garde composer and guitarist Glenn Branca with significant inspiration as well. Founded by guitarist John Goff (who also played drums and bagpipes in Crash Worship) in 1993, Physics began life as a loose-knit group of local musicians who grew out of a previous aggregate dubbed Johnny Superbad & the Bullet Catchers. Physics' early live gigs found them jamming on the same single, droning chord for the duration of the performance. The early core contributors -- among many others -- included guitarists Jason Soares (also of Rice, Stacatto Reads, and later Thingy), Rob Crow (also of Heavy Vegetable, Thingy, Optiganally You...