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Real Name:
Genesis Breyer P-Orridge (formerly Neil Andrew Megson)
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Born February 22, 1950 in Manchester, England as Neil Andrew Megson.

Cultural engineer, merry prankster, wrecker of civilisation, anti-Pope of the Temple ov Psychic Youth, musical pioneer, bizarre man/woman hybrid - Genesis P-Orridge is arguably one of the most important icons of alternative culture of the latter quarter of the 20th Century and beyond. With Coum Transmissions, he challenged social boundaries with art; with Throbbing Gristle, he played a part in fundamentally redefining music; as the core of Psychic TV, he brought this challenge to the mainstream, ultimately becoming a seminal influence on the dance music sub-culture in the UK. He courted controversy with pictures of his piercings in the RE:Search book "Modern Primitives", experimental video projects led to his eight-year exile from the UK, a near-death experience led to him engaging in extreme body modification, along with his new wife Lady Jaye, to become the pandrogyne. For over 30 years, Genesis has done the unexpected, challenged everything and he continues to do so.

In 2003, Genesis P-Orrdige changed his identity to Genesis/Djin Breyer P-Orridge along with life partner Lady Jaye Breyer P-Orridge (a.k.a. Mother Jack/Miss Jackie). He began a performance series called Breaking Sex that was initiated by both he and Lady J. Breyer. This project is about re-union and re-solution of male and female to a perfecting hermaphroditic state and has been named Pandrogeny by P-Orridge. The project includes having cosmetic surgeries that blur the lines between their sexes and bring them nearer to being one physically. He also relaunched Psychic TV as PTV3 in 2003.
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Discography

Appears On:
Guerilla Artists Singles '93 No. 3 (CD, Maxi) Persuasion (D.O.P. Dub... TRIBAL America 1993
Persuasion (Maxi) (2 versions)   Guerilla 1993
Selections From Septic Cuts - A Sabres Of Paradise Compilation (2x12", Maxi, Promo) Untitled FFRR 1993
Septic Cuts - A Sabres Of Paradise Compilation (2x12", Pro) Untitled FFRR 1993
Trance Europe Express (2xCD, Comp + Box) Persuasion (Exclusive ... Volume, Volume 1993
Truth Will Out (CD, Album) Can You Feel Pain? Invisible 1993
Dub House Disco The Third (Comp) (3 versions) Persuasion (Original M... Guerilla ... 1994
Septic Cuts - A Sabres Of Paradise Compilation (CD) Untitled FFRR 1994
TEXtures (2xCass, Mixed, Comp + Box) Persuasion Volume 1996
Unknown Deutschland - The Krautrock Archive Volume 1 (CD, Comp) Orion Awakes Virgin 1996
Fook (Limited Edition 3-CD Re-Issue) (3xCD, Album, RE) Can You Feel Pain? Invisible, Underground, Inc. 2005
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Merzbow & Genesis P-Orridge (A perfect pain)