Throbbing Gristle

Throbbing Gristle were an English music and visual arts group formed in 1976 in Kingston upon Hull. The band comprised Genesis P-Orridge (born Neil Megson; bass guitar, violin, vocals, vibraphone), Cosey Fanni Tutti (born Christine Newby; guitars, cornet, vocals), Peter "Sleazy" Christopherson (tapes, found sounds, horns, piano, vibraphone, synthesizer) and Chris Carter (synthesizers, tapes, electronics). Evolving from the experimental performance art group COUM Transmissions, Throbbing Gristle are widely viewed as early pioneers of industrial music. They disbanded in 1981, but the individual members went on to participate in other projects, and reformed in 2004 for a second stint before disbanding again in 2010 after the death of Christopherson.

Links To Peel
Peel played tracks from the group in the 70's and 80's including their previous group COUM Transmissions and revealed on his 12 December 1979 show that singer Genesis P-Orridge gobbed on his back in 1968:

"'That Genesis P. Orridge, always a man well ahead of his time, in fact. I remember him gobbing on me back in 1968.'"

Genesis P-Orridge in an interview with Nardwuar on YouTube also described how he spat on Peel when he first met him, although his date of recollection was early 70's, whilst Peel was 1968:"'Yes, we did that, he wrote about that, yes the first time we met him, yeah that was long before punk too, that was 72' - 71'. John Peel came into Hull in Yorkshire where we were at the time and we thought how do we get him to talk to us without just saying we like what you do, so we went up to him and said we like what you do, we spat on him, and said don't worry that's the way we show our love. So he nicknamed us as Goz Rock, because Goz means spit in England.'"

Peel once received a letter from singer Genesis P-Orridge, where he read out the contents on his 08 January 1980 show in which Genesis mentioned that NON's Mode Of Infection single can be  'played at any speed; 16, 33, 45, 78 and it's got two holes, although the one that's off-center, at 78 can throw the stylus clear off the record,' we found the same at 45.'

Peel admitted on his 10 December 1983 (BFBS) show that he wasn't a big fan of the group's material except for the 20 Jazz Funk Greats album, which he played a track from for a listener's request called What A Day.

Shows Played

 * THROBBING GRISTLE - "What a Day"
 * 11 July 1978: 'United (7 inch)' (Industrial)
 * 1979
 * 09 January 1979: AB/74 (LP–D.o.A: The Third And Final Report) Industrial Records
 * 10 January 1979: Dead On Arrival (LP-D.o.A: The Third And Final Report) Industrial Records
 * 11 January 1979: E-Coli (LP – D.O.A. - The Third And Final Report) Industrial
 * 17 January 1979: Dead On Arrival (LP – D.o.A. The Third And Final Report) Industrial
 * 27 November 1979: 20 Jazz Funk Greats (LP - 20 Jazz Funk Greats) Industrial
 * 12 December 1979:  Convincing People (LP - 20 Jazz Funk Greats) Industrial
 * 1980
 * 07 February 1980: 20 Jazz Funk Greats (LP – 20 Jazz Funk Great) Industrial
 * 20 May 1980: United (7”) Industrial
 * 1983
 * 10 December 1983 (BFBS): What A Day (album - 20 Jazz Funk Greats) Industrial