Biography
Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, born Neil Andrew Megson, is an English singer-songwriter, musician, poet, writer and performance artist. In the latter capacity he was the founder of the COUM Transmissions artistic collective, which operated from 1969 through to 1975, while as a musician, P-Orridge fronted the pioneering industrial band Throbbing Gristle from 1975 through to 1981, and then the acid house band Psychic TV from 1981 through to 1999. An occultist, he is also a founding member of Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth.