PSF's origins trace back to New York freelance writer Jason Gross,[2] who began a now-defunct website called Furious Green Thoughts (from the noted Noam Chomsky quote).
The name Perfect Sound Forever originated in an early 1980s [3] ad campaign about the first generation of CDs, promising the highest fidelity possible, and that the discs would outlive their owners.
Laboring as a staff of one, Gross eventually folded Furious Green Thoughts and Assorted Realities, simplifying the zine's name to Perfect Sound Forever by the mid-1990s.
[7] PSF has also published work by several noted writers including Robert Christgau (who also edited the June 2008 issue[8]), Jim DeRogatis, Vivien Goldman, Barney Hoskyns, Dave Marsh, Richard Meltzer, Simon Reynolds, David Toop and Richie Unterberger.
There have also been articles, stories and literature from several musicians including Colin Newman (Wire), Peter Stampfel (The Holy Modal Rounders), Lydia Lunch, Chris Cutler, Alan Bishop (Sun City Girls), Holger Czukay (Can), DJ Spooky, Richard Hell, Moondog and Tuli Kupferberg (The Fugs).