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Genesis P-Orridge

ジェネシス・P・オリッジ　/　じぇねしす・P・おりっじ

Singer from United Kingdom

February 22, 1950 – March 14, 2020　・　Victoria Park, United Kingdom

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My Take

Genesis P-Orridge is the kind of figure that leaves me muttering, just what are you. Singer, poet, writer, visual and performance artist, founder of COUM Transmissions and frontline of Throbbing Gristle, the band credited with pioneering industrial music. P-Orridge refused every box from the start and treated their own life as the artwork. Genesis died in 2020, but it's exactly these convention-smashing renegades who quietly redraw the cultural map. I can't claim to fully understand the work, yet it unmistakably rattles something loose. A truly bottomless, unclassifiable presence.

Overview

Genesis Breyer P-Orridge (born Neil Andrew Megson; 22 February 1950 – 14 March 2020) was an English singer-songwriter, musician, poet, performance artist, visual artist, and occultist who rose to prominence as the founder of the COUM Transmissions artistic collective and lead vocalist of seminal industrial band Throbbing Gristle.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Genesis P-Orridge
Name (Japanese): ジェネシス・P・オリッジ
Reading: じぇねしす・P・おりっじ
Born: February 22, 1950 – March 14, 2020
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Pisces / Tiger
Origin: Victoria Park, United Kingdom
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: singer / writer / poet / actor / video artist

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: University of Hull

3. Relationships

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Children: Private
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4. Personality

Motto

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