How Silver Apples Harnessed World War II Oscillators to Create the First Electronic Rock Record | In Sheeps Clothing

At the end of World War II, the US military loaded up all the equipment it used for communication and warfare against the Nazis and brought it back to the US. Included within all that decommissioned surplus — which was auctioned off, repurposed for civilian use and sold in surplus stores — was a feast of radio gear and audio oscillators. Used to jam Nazi communications by beaming disruptive audio frequencies at enemy channels, oscillators started flooding the market in the 1950s and 1960s. Your average citizen c...