Gay For Today (Free subscription) | 02/27/2008
Peter Christopherson born 27 February 1955 Peter Martin Christopherson, aka Sleazy is a musician, video director and designer, and former member of the influential British design agency Hipgnosis. He was one of the original members of the infamous Industrial Records band, Throbbing Gristle . Along with Chris Carter, Christopherson claims to have custom made a keyboard-triggered sampler before the first...
The KEXP Blog (Free subscription) | 02/25/2008
Throbbing Gristle, 1981 [photo by Industrial Records Ltd.] When I first learned of Throbbing Gristle, in the early ’80s, I immediately disliked them. No matter that my sole exposure was a scant entry in the book The New Music by Glenn A. Baker and Stuart Coupe. Gristle, the connective tissue, had turned me into a teenage [...]
Gay For Today (Free subscription) | 02/16/2008
John Balance born 16 February 1962 (d. 2004) John Balance - first name later spelled Jhon and Jhonn; born Geoff Burton, later Rushton following his mother's remarriage, in Mansfield, England, was the founder of the experimental music group Coil , along with lover Peter Christopherson . They met while working together as members of Psychic TV. He was responsible for vocals, lyrics, chants, synthetics...
Technoccult (Free subscription) | 10/19/2007
Dear PTV fans, Due to the recent tragic events of the death of Lady Jaye and canceled European tour that have befallen the PTV family, we are making a great effort to get organized and get caught up with all of the financial downfall both tragedies have caused. With this being said, the webshop at www.genesisp-orridge.com [...]
