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Throbbing Gristle

Real Name:Genesis P-Orridge, Chris Carter, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Peter Christopherson
Profile:The first real industrial group, the founders of Industrial Records and one of the most important electronic music innovators of all time. Growing out of the extreme performance art group Coum Transmissions, TG redefined music and laid a large part of the groundwork for all electronic music that followed.

From their first performances in 1976 to their last gig in San Francisco in 1981 (recorded and released as "Mission Of Dead Souls"), they challenged and threatend so-called "normal", society - denounced from the floor of the House of Commons as "Wreckers of Civilisation" as the Coum Transmissions "Prostitution" art show in London's ICA (at which TG played their third show) came close to causing riots and set the stage for the punk revolution.

Musically, they were extreme and uncompromising, using technology to make anti-music, which redefined music for all time. Their experimentation led them to pioneer sampling and looping techniques adopted by many of those who came after.

They split in 1981, with Genesis and Peter forming Psychic TV (and Peter later forming Coil) and Chris and Cosey becoming, well, Chris & Cosey. However, they came back together 23 years later in 2004 to plan an ill-fated weekend festival, which became a one-off recording session in London when the festival fell through, releasing a limited TGNOW album of the recordings.
URLs:http://www.throbbing-gristle.com
http://www.brainwashed.com/tg
http://www.myspace.com/throbbinggristle
Members:C.C. Newby, Chris Carter (2), Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Peter Christopherson
Name Variations: All | Throbbing Gristle | T.G. | TG | Trobbing Gristle
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Releases:
At The Air Gallery Winchester (Cass, C60)   Industrial Records 1976
At The ICA London (Cass)   Industrial Records 1976
Best Of.... Volume I (Cass)   Industrial Records 1976
Best Of.... Volume II (Cass)   Industrial Records 1976
Music From The Death Factory © By Throbbing Gristle June 76 (Cass)   Reflection Press 1976
At Nuffield Theatre, Southampton (Cass)   Industrial Records 1977
At The Art School Winchester (Cass)   Industrial Records 1977
At The Brighton Polytechnic ◄ (2 versions)   Industrial Records 1977
At The Highbury Roundhouse (Cass)   Industrial Records 1977
At The Nag's Head, High Wycombe (Cass)   Industrial Records 1977
At The Rat Club (Cass)   Industrial Records 1977
At The Rat Club The Valentino Rooms (Cass)   Industrial Records 1977
The Second Annual Report (Album) ◄ (7 versions)   Industrial Records ... 1977
At Goldsmith's College ◄ (2 versions)   Industrial Records 1978
At The Architectural Association (Cass)   Industrial Records 1978
At The Crypt Club (Cass)   Industrial Records 1978
At The Industrial Training College (Cass)   Industrial Records 1978
At The London Film Makers Co-Op (Cass)   Industrial Records 1978
D.o.A. The Third And Final Report (Album) ◄ (7 versions)   Industrial Records ... 1978
United / Zyklon B Zombie ◄ (3 versions)   Industrial Records 1978
20 Jazz Funk Greats (Album) ◄ (9 versions)   Industrial Records ... 1979
At Ajanta Cinema (Cass)   Industrial Records 1979
At Butlers Wharf (Cass)   Industrial Records 1979
At Centro Iberico (Cass)   Industrial Records 1979
At Guild Hall (Cass)   Industrial Records 1979
At Now Society (Cass)   Industrial Records 1979
At The Factory (Cass)   Industrial Records 1979
At The Y.M.C.A. (Cass)   Industrial Records 1979
Pastimes / Industrial Muzac (Cass)   Industrial Records 1979
We Hate You (Little Girls) / Five Knuckle Shuffle ◄ (2 versions)   Sordide Sentimental ... 1979
24 Hours (26xCass, Ltd)   Industrial Records 1980
Adrenalin / Distant Dreams (Part Two) ◄ (2 versions)   Industrial Records 1980
At Leeds Fan Club (Cass)   Industrial Records 1980
At Oundle Public School (Cass)   Industrial Records 1980
At Scala Cinema (Cass)   Industrial Records 1980
At Sheffield University (Cass)   Industrial Records 1980
Greatest Hits - Entertainment Through Pain (Comp) ◄ (6 versions)   Rough Trade (US) ... 1980
Heathen Earth (Album) ◄ (6 versions)   Industrial Records ... 1980
Recording Heathen Earth (VHS)   Industrial Records 1980
Subhuman / Something Came Over Me ◄ (2 versions)   Industrial Records 1980
Beyond Jazz Funk (Cass)   Rough Trade (UK) 1981
Discipline (12")   Fetish Records 1981
Five Albums (5xLP)   Fetish Records 1981
Mission Of Dead Souls (Album) ◄ (5 versions)   Fetish Records ... 1981
Nothing Short Of A Total War ◄ (2 versions)   Total War Tapes ... 1981
Journey Through A Body ◄ (2 versions)   Walter Ulbricht Schallfolien ... 1982
Best Of.... Volume II (Cass, RE, C60)   Industrial Records, CHMS 1983
Editions Frankfurt-Berlin (LP)   Svensk Illuminated, S/Phonograph 1983
Recording Heathen Earth / Live At Oundle School (VHS)   Doublevision 1983
In The Shadow Of The Sun (Album) ◄ (5 versions)   Illuminated Records ... 1984
CD1 (CD, Album)   The Grey Area 1986
Sacrifice (LP)   Dojo 1986
Destiny (VHS)   Jettisoundz 1990
Live At Oundle School (VHS)   Jettisoundz 1991
Mission Of Dead Souls – The Last Live Performance Of TG (VHS)   Jettisoundz 1991
Music From The Death Factory Box 1-2-3 (3xCD, Ltd, Album)   The Grey Area 1991
Music From The Death Factory Box 4-5-6 (3xCD, Album, Ltd + Box)   The Grey Area 1991
Recording Heathen Earth (VHS)   Jettisoundz 1991
Live Volume 1, 1976 - 1978 (CD)   The Grey Area 1993
Live Volume 2, 1977 - 1978 (CD, Album)   The Grey Area 1993
Live Volume 3, 1978 - 1979 (CD, Album)   The Grey Area 1993
Live Volume 4, 1979 - 1980 (CD, Album)   The Grey Area 1993
TG Box 1 (4xCD)   The Grey Area 1993
The First Annual Report Of (CD, Album)   Thirsty Ear 2001
TG24 (25xCD)   The Grey Area 2002
TG24 (24xCD + Box)   The Grey Area 2002
TG24 - 1 Hour Sample (CD)   The Grey Area 2002
Live December 2004 - A Souvenir Of Camber Sands (2xCDr)   Industrial Records, Mute Records Ltd. 2004
Mutant Throbbing Gristle ◄ (3 versions)   NovaMute ... 2004
TG Now ◄ (2 versions)   Mute Records Ltd. ... 2004
TG+ (10xCD + Box)   The Grey Area 2004
The Taste Of TG ◄ (2 versions)   Mute Records Ltd. ... 2004
Untitled (CDr, Mini, Ltd)   Not On Label 2005
Desertshore Installation (12xCDr, Ltd)   Industrial Records 2007
Part Two - The Endless Not (Album) ◄ (5 versions)   Mute Records Ltd. ... 2007
TGV - The Video Archive Of Throbbing Gristle (7xDVD + Box, Ltd)   Industrial Records, Mute Records Ltd. 2007
Thirty-Second Annual Report (Album) ◄ (3 versions)   Industrial Records 2008
The Third Mind Movements (CD, Album)   Industrial Records 2009
Live At 10, Martello St, Hackney, London (Cass)   Kinky Beaux Arts  
Music From The Death Factory (Cass)   Reflection Press  
Time Zones (VHS, PAL)   Jettisoundz  
Production:
Business Unusual (The Other Record Collection) (Comp) ◄ (4 versions) United Cherry Red ... 1978
Appears On:
To Mom On Mother's Day (7", Ltd)   Industrial Records 1979
Discordia Una Recopilacion De Illuminated Records (LP, Comp) Adrenalin DRO 1984
nEGAPADRÉS.3.3. (LP) Convincing People Circle Records 1987
20 Years In Blue Movies And Yet To Fake An Orgasm (LP, Album, Ltd) Blood On The Floor Not On Label 1988
The Tyranny Of The Beat - Original Soundtracks From The Grey Area (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) See You Are (Live At ... The Grey Area ... 1991
Tonal Evidence (USA) (CD) Subhuman Elektra 1991
Nervous Systems (LP, Comp) Hot On The Heels Of Love Mute Records Ltd. 1992
The Worst Of Monte Cazazza (CD) To Mom On Mother's Day... The Grey Area 1992
One Of Twenty-Four Hours: A North Carolina Radio Tribute To Throbbing Gristle (Cass, C60) Hamburger Lady Wifflefist, Nontology 1993
Geteert & Gefedert (CD, Album, Dig) Hot On The Heels Of Love Disko B, Disko B 1994
Do Not Open ◄ (2 versions) Discipline Gymnastic Records 1995
Buttmower (Cass, MiniAlbum) What A Day Musicus Phÿcus 1996
Disko B. (CD, Comp, Mixed) Hot On The Heels Of Love Disko B 1999
In Formation: A Tribute To Throbbing Gristle (Comp) ◄ (2 versions)   Attention Deficit Recordings ... 2000
Machine Soul: An Odyssey Into Electronic Dance Music (2xCD, Comp) Adrenalin Rhino Entertainment Company 2000
Advance! 2002.1 (CD, Promo) Hot On The Heels Of Love Mute Records Ltd. 2002
Rough Trade Shops - Electronic 01 (12") Hot On The Heels Of Love Mute Records Ltd. 2002
Friendly People Making Noise (CD, Comp) Something Came Over Me Friendly Noise 2003
Hooray For Everything (CD, Album, Dig) Hot On The Heels Of Love Disko B 2003
CD Side 21 (CD, Smplr) HotHeelsUnited (Carter... D-Side 2004
Chain Reaktion (File, MP3, Album) Hot_On_The_Heels_Of_Love* Chain Re-akords 2004
Elegy Sampler 33 (CD, Smplr) United (Two Lone Sword... Elegy 2004
Global Underground #027: Miami (Comp) ◄ (3 versions) Hot On The Heels Of Lo... Global Underground Ltd. 2005
Optimo Present Psyche Out (CD, Sli) Hot On The Heels Of Lo... Eskimo Recordings 2005
Live In Krems April 07 (LP, Ltd, Gat)   Editions Mego 2007
This Is For You Shits (CD, Ltd) Persuasion (Motor Remix) Warp Records 2007
Le Mix (CD, Comp, Mixed) Hot On The Heels Of Love International Deejay Gigolo Records 2008
United (7", Ltd, S/Sided, Blu)   Important Records (2) 2008
The Best Of New Wave Club Class•X Vol. 2 (YY) (2xCD) United Antler-Subway  
Tracks Appear On:
Business Unusual (The Other Record Collection) (Comp) ◄ (5 versions) United Cherry Red ... 1978
23 Drifts To Guestling ◄ (2 versions) Want You To Kill - T.G... Iham Products ... 1983
The Last Testament (LP, Comp) Discipline (Live) Fetish Records 1983
Discordia Una Recopilacion De Illuminated Records (LP, Comp) Adrenalin DRO 1984
The Industrial Records Story (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) We Hate You (Little Gi... Illuminated Records ... 1984
The Tyranny Of The Beat - Original Soundtracks From The Grey Area (Comp) ◄ (3 versions) See You Are (Live At ... The Grey Area ... 1991
The Tyranny Of The Beat: Original Soundtracks From The Grey Area ◄ (2 versions) Discipline The Grey Area ... 1991
Tonal Evidence (USA) (CD) Subhuman Elektra 1991
Nervous Systems (Comp) ◄ (4 versions) Hot On The Heels Of Love Mute Records Ltd. ... 1992
Electrocity Vol. 4 (CD) United Ausfahrt 1993
Industrial Revolution (2xCD) Hot On The Heels Of Love CEMA Special Markets, Cleopatra 1993
One Of Twenty-Four Hours: A North Carolina Radio Tribute To Throbbing Gristle (Cass, C60) E-Coli (Excerpt)) Wifflefist, Nontology 1993
Industrial Revolution First Edition (VHS) Discipline Cleopatra 1995
Mute Bank Compilation (2xCD) Hot On The Heels Of Love Mute Records Ltd. 1995
Industrial Revolution: 3rd Edition Rare & Unreleased (2xCD) Final Musak Cleopatra 1996
Hollows Hill Compilation 1998 Volume 1 (CD, Promo) A Debris Of Murder Hollows Hill Sound Recordings 1998
Industrial Strength Machine Music (CD) Hamburger Lady Rhino Entertainment Company 1999
Postpunk Chronicles: Going Underground (CD) Adrenalin Rhino Entertainment Company 1999
Gothic Industrial Madness (DVD, NTSC) Discipline Music Video Distributors 2000
Industrial: Music Of The Shadows Vol. 3 (CD, Comp) United K-Tel International (USA), Inc. 2000
Machine Soul: An Odyssey Into Electronic Dance Music (2xCD, Comp) Adrenalin Rhino Entertainment Company 2000
Stumm 2000 (CD, Promo) United Mute Tonträger (Germany) 2000
Assume Nothing (CDr, Mixed, Promo) Hot On The Heels Of Lo... Mute Records Ltd. 2001
In The Beginning There Was Rhythm (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) 20 Jazz Funk Greats Soul Jazz Records 2001
Muzik Presents Mute: Assume Nothing (CD, Comp, Mixed) Hot On The Heels Of Lo... Muzik Magazine 2001
Punk. (2xCD) Zyklon B Zombie Columbia 2001
Rough Trade Shops - 25 Years (4xCD) United Mute Records Ltd. 2001
Advance! 2002.1 (CD, Promo) Hot On The Heels Of Love Mute Records Ltd. 2002
Goth - The Ultimate Collection (2xDVD) Discipline Music Video Distributors, Cleopatra 2002
Live Laptop DJ Set At Open Air, NYC (CDr, Mixed, Ltd) Hot On The Heels Of Love Interdimensional Transmissions 2002
Rough Trade Shops - Electronic 01 (2xCD, Comp) Hot On The Heels Of Love Mute Records Ltd. 2002
Rough Trade Shops - Electronic 01 (12") Hot On The Heels Of Love Mute Records Ltd. 2002
Friend Of Mute: "EVIDENCE" Winter 2003 (CD) Adrenaline Mute Corporation (US) 2003
New Religion Presents A Secret History (CD) Hot On The Heels Of Love New Religion 2003
Riow Arai's Graffiti Edit Style (Cass) 20 Jazz Funk Greats, H... Spotlight Records (3) 2003
CD Side 21 (CD, Smplr) HotHeelsUnited (Carter... D-Side 2004
Death Disco - Songs From Under The Dance Floor 1978-1984 (CD, Comp) United EMI Records 2004
Elegy Sampler 33 (CD, Smplr) United (Two Lone Sword... Elegy 2004
Left Of The Dial: Dispatches From The 80s Underground (4xCD, RM + Box, Comp) Adrenalin Rhino Entertainment Company 2004
Space Lab Yellow Phase 4 (2xLP) Hot On The Heels Of Love Ibadan 2004
U60311 Compilation House Division Vol. 3 (2xCD) Hot On The Heels Of Lo... V2 Records, Inc. 2004
Fear And Loathing 2 ◄ (2 versions) Hot On The Heels Of Lo... Resist Music 2005
Global Underground #027: Miami (Comp) ◄ (4 versions) Hot On The Heels Of Lo... Global Underground Ltd. 2005
Optimo Present Psyche Out ◄ (2 versions) Hot On The Heels Of Lo... Eskimo Recordings 2005
Play, Pause And Play (2xCD) Hot Heels United (Cart... Sublime Records (3) 2005
Remixes (CDr, Promo) Persuasion NovaMute 2005
Rough Trade Shops - Counter Culture 04 Best Of 2004 (2xCD) United (Two Lone Sword... Mute Records Ltd. 2005
A Life Less Lived - The Gothic Box (3xCD + DVD) Hamburger Lady Rhino Entertainment Company 2006
Brainwaves (3xCD, Ltd, Comp) Convincing People (Tur... Brainwashed Recordings 2006
Catalog Vs. Catalog Round 2 (CD, Promo, Ltd) United Caroline Records 2006
Collectors Series Pt.2 - Danse, Gravité Zéro (Comp, Album) ◄ (2 versions) Hot On The Heels Of Love Faith Recordings ... 2006
Rare Trax Vol. 44 - The Dark Stuff (CD, Comp, Car) United Rolling Stone (Germany) 2006
CD Side 39 (CD, Smplr) Wow Of Silence (D-Side... D-Side 2007
D-I-Y Do It Yourself ◄ (2 versions) Distant Dreams (Part Two) Soul Jazz Records 2007
Mix#2 (File, MP3) Persuasion Autres Directions In Music 2007
The Wire Tapper 17 (CD, Sli) How Do You Deal? (Excl... Wire Magazine 2007
This Is For You Shits (CD, Ltd) Persuasion (Motor Remix) Warp Records 2007
Walkabout (CD) Walkabout Endless Flight 2007
Electric Brain Storms Vol.2 (File, MP3, Mixed, 320) Lyre Liar The Pod Room 2008
Mix#4 (File, MP3) Don’t Do As You’re... Autres Directions In Music 2008
Sound Postcards (CD, Comp) Sixty Seconds @ Taste ... The Bookmakers Ed. 2008
RA.140 (File, MP3, Mixed, Pod) Hot On The Heels Of Love Resident Advisor 2009
Kranke Musique Ist Schön (LP) Hot On The Heels Of Love Kranke Musique  
Kranke Musique Ist Schön (Volume Two) (LP) Adrenaline Kranke Musique  
Music, Noise, Sound & Beat (Cass) Discipline Music For Midgets  
The Best Of New Wave Club Class-X Vol. 2 (YY) ◄ (2 versions) United Antler-Subway  
Zeitkratzer (CD) Hamburger Lady (Record... Volksbühne Recordings  
Unofficial Releases:
Live At Death Factory, May 79 (LP, Pic)   Not On Label (Throbbing Gristle) 1980
The Second Annual Report (LP)   Celluloid 1980
Funeral In Berlin (LP)   Zensor 1981
Führer Der Menschheit (10", Ltd, Cle)   Bundestagdrucksache 1981
Führer Der Menschheit (10", Ltd, Gre)   Bundestagdrucksache 1981
S.O. 36 Berlin: Führer Der Mensheit (10", RE)   American Phonograph 1981
The Kill (Cass, Ltd)   Not On Label (Throbbing Gristle) 1981
Assume Power Focus (LP)   Power Focus 1982
New T.G. (Cass, C60)   Not On Label 1982
New T.G. 2 (Cass, C60)   Not On Label 1982
New T.G. 2 (Cass, Album, C60)   Flowmotion 1982
Rafters (LP)   Expanded Music 1982
Thee Psychick Sacrifice (2xLP)   Illuminated Records, Karnage Records (2) 1982
Editions Frankfurt Berlin (LP)   Illuminated Records 1983
Foreplay (Cass, Ltd)   Party Sound Tapes 1983
Live In San Francisco At Kezar Stadium (VHS)   Target Video 1983
Mission Is Terminated / Nice Tracks (2xLP) You Dont No, Damaru Su... Nice Label 1983
Nothing Short Of A Total War (LP)   Cause For Concern 1984
Once Upon A Time... (LP)   Casual Abandon 1984
Special Treatment - Live At The Cryptic One London 1978 (LP)   Mental Decay Records 1984
The Kill: Live At Scala Cinema (LP)   Not On Label (Throbbing Gristle) 1984
Very Friendly (LP)   Spurt Records 1987
Live From The Death Factory (LP, Pic)   Tesco Organisation 1990
Once Upon A Time (LP)   Obsession 1990
Once Upon A Time (CD)   Obsession 1990
RRR-Taste Test 1991 - Vol 6 (Cass, Smplr, Promo, C48) Nuffield Theatre RRRecords 1991
Funk Beyond Jazz (CD)   Dossier 1993
Very Friendly (The First Annual Report Of Throbbing Gristle) (CD)   Genetic Terrorists 1993
Giftgas (CD, Album)   Dossier 1994
Assume Power Focus (CD, Album)   Paragoric 1995
Assume Power Focus (CD)   Hollows Hill Sound Recordings 1995
Blood Pressure (CD)   Dossier 1995
Kreeme Horn (CD)   Dossier 1997
Kreeme Horn (CD)   ArsNova 1997
Dimensia In Excelsis (CD)   Dossier 1998
Dimensia In Excelsis (LP)   Tesco Organisation 1998
Once Upon A Time 1984 (Cass, C40)   Flint Records 1998
20 Jazz Funk Greats (CD, Ltd)   ArsNova 1999
D.o.A. The Third And Final Report (CD, Album) I.B.M., Hit By A Rock,... ArsNova 2000
Rafters: Throbbing Gristle Psychic Rally (CD, Ltd)   Tin Toy 2000
1st Annual Report (LP)   Get Back 2001
Grief (Album) ◄ (5 versions)   Get Back ... 2001
Heathen Earth (CD)   ArsNova 2001
The First Annual Report Of Throbbing Gristle (CD)   Yeaah! 2001
Final Muzak (CD)   Dressed To Kill 2002
Mission Of Dead Souls (CD)   ArsNova 2002
Full 12" Mixes & Re-Edits Volume 5 (12") Hot Music Box 2003
Eit Mjukt Handverk - Ein Mixtape (CDr) Hot On The Heels Of Love Healthy Boy Records 2005
Rvng Prsnts MX3 (CD, Mixed) Hot On The Heels Of Love Rvng Intl. 2005
CutOFF (A Noisy Mix Of Synthesized Punk Music 1979/1983) (CDr, Mixed) Death Threats Not On Label (C-34 Self-released) 2006
23 Drifts To Guestling (CD, Comp) Want You To Kill - T.G... Iham Products, FOPI 2008
United - The 7"-Singles (LP, Comp, Ltd) United, Zyklon B Zombi... Not On Label (Throbbing Gristle Bootlegs) 2009
23 Drifts To Guestling (Cass, Ltd)   Chronozon's Area  
Assume Power Focus (Cass)   Not On Label (Throbbing Gristle)  
At The Highbury Roundhouse, London (CD)   Not On Label (Throbbing Gristle)  
Best Of... Volume II (LP)   Allegoria  
Hamburger Lady (Flexi, 5", S/Sided, Mono, Blu)   Буд Кон  
His Arm Was Her (Flexi, 5", S/Sided, Mono, Blu)   Буд Кон  
Live At Kezar S.F. (VHS)   Not On Label (Throbbing Gristle)  
Live At Leeds (Cass)   TOPY  
Live At Oundle School 80 (Cass)   Not On Label (Throbbing Gristle)  
Live At Sheffield 80 (Cass)   Not On Label (Throbbing Gristle)  
Live From Death Factory (LP)   Death Records (2)  
Live In SO36 Berlin 07-11-80 (Cass)   Not On Label (Throbbing Gristle)  
Music From The Death Factory (3xCass)   Not On Label  
Non-Discipline (Flexi, 5", S/Sided, Mono, Gre)   Буд Кон  
The Nazi Suicides (3xCass)   Not On Label (Throbbing Gristle)  
User Reviews:
Zmacko, Oct 26, 2004

Between 1976-1981, Throbbing Gristle troubled eardrums, shatterd preconceptions and changed lives-young Andrew Weatherall`s among them.They advocated total musical and personal freedom, founded Industrial Records; name adopted from Monte Cazazza´s phrase "Industrial Music For Industrial People", to describe their extraordinary blend of art, philosophy and ungodly racket.

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