Throbbing Gristle
Naming their label Industrial Records, this English four-piece christened an entire genre.
Growing out of the performance art group COUM Transmissions, they assaulted audiences with abrasive noise, tape loops, homemade electronics and confrontational imagery, while 20 Jazz Funk Greats slipped eerie synth-pop and mock-exotica under its deadpan title.
Following a 1981 split, Chris & Cosey, Psychic TV and Coil carried their ideas forward. They reunited in 2004, released Part Two: The Endless Not in 2007 and ended in 2010 after Peter Christopherson's death, and Genesis P-Orridge died in 2020.
If you like Throbbing Gristle you should check out: Chris & Cosey, Coil, Cabaret Voltaire, Einstürzende Neubauten, Current 93, Swans, Skinny Puppy, Ministry, Nine Inch Nails, The Young Gods
