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My Take
Peter Christopherson, or Sleazy, is the sort of restless creative I find endlessly fascinating. The same person designed iconic album art at Hipgnosis, co-founded boundary-pushing bands like Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV and Coil, and directed Nine Inch Nails' notorious Broken film. That range tells me he was never content sitting in one medium. I respect artists who treat photography, design, video and music as one continuous vocabulary rather than separate careers. His work was confrontational and clearly not for everyone, but that's exactly what I value about it. Losing him in 2010 at 55 feels early for someone whose influence on industrial and experimental culture still lingers.
Overview
Peter Martin Christopherson (27 February 1955 – 25 November 2010), also known as Sleazy, was an English musician, music video director, commercial artist, designer, and photographer. He was best known as a member of design agency Hipgnosis and a co-founder of the bands Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV, and Coil. He also directed the Nine Inch Nails short musical horror film Broken (1993).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Peter Christopherson
- Name (Japanese)
- ピーター・クリストファーソン
- Reading
- ぴーたー・くりすとふぁーそん
- Born
- February 27, 1955 – November 25, 2010
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Goat
- Origin
- Leeds, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- photographer / director / film director / record producer / graphic designer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University at Buffalo
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.