Genesis P-Orridge

Biography

Genesis Breyer P-Orridge (born Neil Andrew Megson 22 February 1950) is an English singer-songwriter, musician, writer and artist. His early confrontational performance work in COUM Transmissions in the late 1960s and early 1970s along with the industrial band Throbbing Gristle, which dealt with subjects such as prostitution, pornography, serial killers, occultism and his own exploration of gender issues, generated controversy. Later musical work with Psychic TV received wider exposure, including some chart-topping singles. P-Orridge is credited on over 200 releases.

He has two daughters, Caresse and Genesse, with his former wife, Paula P-Orridge (née Alaura O’Dell).

P-Orridge is now represented by the New York gallery, Invisible-Exports. —Wikipedia

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JESCIE

30Apr11

"All kinds of people float past. I almost smile as I hear them go past. It's very much like being in a trance and channelling whatever's out there. It makes it more exciting because I can watch it like a film. A lot of the time, I actually close my eyes and watch an idea of what I want to talk about and I visualise it as a movie. Then, I just describe what I see."

Grey Daisies

20Oct10

'Here's three chords, now start a band' conceded far too much to traditional musicality. 'It starts with chords. They're saying "Be like everyone else, you gotta learn to play". You can start with _no chords_. Why not just say, "Form a band and it doesn't matter what it sounds like or whether you even make a noise, if you just stand there silent for an hour, just do what you want."' - Genesis P-Orridge, 1977

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