Genesis Breyer P-Orridge

Profile of the performer Genesis Breyer P-Orridge: English singer-songwriter, musician, writer and artist, born 22 February 1950 in Manchester, England, UK. He legally changed his name by deed poll to Genesis P-Orridge on 5 January 1971.



Cultural engineer, merry prankster, wrecker of civilisation, anti-Pope of the Temple ov Psychic Youth, musical pioneer - s/he is arguably one of the most important icons of alternative culture of the latter quarter of the 20th Century and beyond. With Coum Transmissions, s/he challenged social boundaries with art; with Throbbing Gristle, s/he played a part in fundamentally redefining music; as the core of Psychic TV, s/he brought this challenge to the mainstream, ultimately becoming a seminal influence on the dance music sub-culture in the UK. S/he courted controversy with pictures of h/er piercings in the RE:Search book "Modern Primitives", experimental video projects led to h/er eight-year exile from the UK, a near-death experience led to h/er engaging in extreme body modification, along with h/er new wife Lady Jaye, to become the pandrogyne. For over 30 years, Genesis has done the unexpected, challenged everything and s/he continues to do so.



In 2003, Genesis P-Orrdige changed h/er identity to Genesis/Djin Breyer P-Orridge along with life partner Lady Jaye Breyer P-Orridge (a.k.a. Mother Jack/Miss Jackie). S/he began a performance series called Breaking Sex that was initiated by both h/er and Lady J. Breyer. This project was about re-union and re-solution of male and female to a perfecting hermaphroditic state and had been named Pandrogeny by Genesis Breyer P-Orridge. The project included having surgeries that blur the lines between their sexes and bring them nearer to being one physically. S/he also relaunched Psychic TV as PTV3 in 2003.

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