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Established in 1998,
Nostalgia Central is your one stop reference guide through five decades of music, movies, television, pop culture
and social history
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THE BAND
Chris Carter
Keyboards
Cosey Fanni Tutti (Christine Newby)
Vocals, guitar
Genesis P-Orridge
Bass, clarinet
Peter Christopherson
Effects
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Throbbing Gristle
Throbbing Gristle's drone marathons assimilated white noise,
electro dance rhythms, distorted bass and spoken word cut-ups
liberated from news reports, government shorts and porn films. To
top it all, front man Genesis P-Orridge would quote from Burroughs
and Manson, recount murderous tales in grisly detail, and
soliloquise about sex, conspiracy and his menstruating pet dog,
Tanith.
Although Throbbing Gristle followed no formulas - producing
many unpredictable albums and hundreds of live tapes in just a few
years - the pop aspects of industrial dance music became an
identifiable mainstream genre.
Throbbing Gristle disbanded on 23 June 1981 with the
members splitting into two entities, with Chris and Cosey (real
name Christine Newby) following the dance trend, while Genesis P-Orridge
took the underground route in Psychic TV.
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