COUM Transmissions
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COUM Transmissions was a music and performance art collective who operated in the United Kingdom from 1969 through to 1976. The collective was influenced by the Dada and surrealism artistic movements,
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Genesis P-Orridge, the founder of COUM Transmissions, in Japan during the 1980s or 1990s.
"Yes COUM are fab and kinky" (1971), an example of the artwork which P-Orridge produced to advertise the artistic-musical group; the primary image is of himself as a child. Underneath L to R Tim Poston, Spydeee Gasmantell, Genesis, Haydn Robb, John Smith, Menzies.
The building of 10 Martello Street, London, where COUM established their studio in 1973.
Throbbing Gristle
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Throbbing Gristle were an English music and visual arts group formed in Kingston upon Hull by Genesis P-Orridge and Cosey Fanni Tutti, later joined by Peter "Sleazy" Christopherson and Chris Carter. T
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…Busck (John Lacey). Late-joining member Peter "Sleazy" Christopherson, together with P-Orridge and Tutti went on to found the pioneering industrial band Throbbing Gristle in 1976. COUM (an acronym of Cosmic Organicism of the Universal Molecular) had a rotating membership, and included both intellectual and criminal…
Throbbing Gristle performing in 2009. From left to right: Cosey Fanni Tutti, Peter Christopherson, Chris Carter, Genesis P-Orridge.