Psi Com was an American post-punk band of the early 1980s, consisting of Perry Farrell (vocals), Aaron Sherer (drums and percussion), Vince Duran (guitar) and Kelly Wheeler (bass).
The tape, consisting of "Hopeful", "Them" and "Psi Com Theme", was produced by the band and Tony Cahill, and engineered by Glenn Feit.
By 1985, the group had realized that they needed a bass player to fill out the bottom end of their sound, and they recruiting their friend Wheeler, who moved into a house with Farrell near the University of Southern California.
Just after Wheeler joined, the quartet performed on January 5, 1985 at the Gila Monster Jamboree in the middle of the Mojave Desert, opening for Sonic Youth, Redd Kross and the Meat Puppets.
The band entered Radio Tokyo Studios in Venice, California that spring and recorded the songs "Xiola," "Human Condition," "Ho Ka Hey", "Winds" and "City of Nine Gates."
It was rumored that the demise of Psi Com was a result of Sherer and Duran becoming Hare Krishnas, but this assertion was declared to be false by both men in an interview with American magazine Musician.
[1][6] Several live bootleg tracks by Psi Com also circulated around the fan community, the most notable being "Silhouette", "Greedy Was the Beggar" and "Follow the Insated".