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A revealing memoir from a pioneering industrial musician and visual artist who inspired generations of outsiders, rebels, and risk-takers
In a memoir spanning decades of artistic risk-taking, Genesis P-Orridge, the inventor of "industrial music," founder of Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV, and world-renowned fine artist takes us on a journey through creativity and destruction, pleasure and pain. Genesis's unwillingness to be stuck-in one place, in one genre, or in one gender-will be an inspiration to the newest generation of trailblazers and nonconformists. It's for an audience that cannot and will not be ignored. Nonbinary has far-reaching potential because of Genesis's remarkable body of work. It is full of great stories about Genesis's experiences with icons like William S. Burroughs and Ian Curtis.
A revealing memoir from a pioneering industrial music and visual artist who inspired generations of outsiders, rebels, and risk takers.
About the Author
Genesis P-Orridge is a founder of artistic collectives, the inventor of industrial music and a maker of experimental music in Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV, with more than 200 musical releases. Genesis was called a "wrecker of civilization" during a session of British Parliament, is the co-instigator of the Pandrogeny Project, and is a global icon in the avant-garde art scene. Their archives were recently acquired for the permanent collection of London's Tate Modern. They live in New York City. Tim Mohr has cowritten bestselling memoirs by Gil Scott-Heron, Paul Stanley, and Duff McKagan, as well as a forthcoming memoir with Joe Walsh of the Eagles. His own book, Burning Down the Haus, a history of East German punk rock, earned praise from Rolling Stone, Billboard, NPR, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and others. He lives in New York City.
Reviews
"Genesis had a profound impact on me as an artist and then a dear friend. Reading this illuminating and radically open memoir is an honor. The echoes of such a strong creative voice unveiling the experiences of the proverbial climb to becoming a true artist and later cultural icon is mesmerizing." -- Asia Argento * actor, director, and author *
"Genesis was continually breaking new ground and developing new projects with the aim of short circuiting received ideas, chipping a hole in the carapace, questioning everything: religion, education, nationality, sexual identity to find the reality behind the society of the spectacle. Gen was always going forwards. It is fascinating to read the back story, finally told." -- Barry Miles * bestselling author *
"Genesis P-Orridge-a mystifying vanguard with a gift of prophecy. Nonbinary is thee definitive oracle from the heart of the indefinable." -- Wesley Eisold * musician, poet, and author *
"An entertaining and thoughtful book about a remarkable life that consistently embraced transformation." * Kirkus Reviews *
"Part narrative, part philosophy, this outre memoir is a remarkable experience." * Booklist *
Book Information
ISBN 9781419743863
Author Genesis P-Orridge
Format Hardback
Page Count 352
Imprint Abrams Press
Publisher Abrams
In a memoir spanning decades of artistic risk-taking, Genesis P-Orridge, the inventor of "industrial music," founder of Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV, and world-renowned fine artist takes us on a journey through creativity and destruction, pleasure and pain. Genesis's unwillingness to be stuck-in one place, in one genre, or in one gender-will be an inspiration to the newest generation of trailblazers and nonconformists. It's for an audience that cannot and will not be ignored. Nonbinary has far-reaching potential because of Genesis's remarkable body of work. It is full of great stories about Genesis's experiences with icons like William S. Burroughs and Ian Curtis.
A revealing memoir from a pioneering industrial music and visual artist who inspired generations of outsiders, rebels, and risk takers.
About the Author
Genesis P-Orridge is a founder of artistic collectives, the inventor of industrial music and a maker of experimental music in Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV, with more than 200 musical releases. Genesis was called a "wrecker of civilization" during a session of British Parliament, is the co-instigator of the Pandrogeny Project, and is a global icon in the avant-garde art scene. Their archives were recently acquired for the permanent collection of London's Tate Modern. They live in New York City. Tim Mohr has cowritten bestselling memoirs by Gil Scott-Heron, Paul Stanley, and Duff McKagan, as well as a forthcoming memoir with Joe Walsh of the Eagles. His own book, Burning Down the Haus, a history of East German punk rock, earned praise from Rolling Stone, Billboard, NPR, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and others. He lives in New York City.
Reviews
"Genesis had a profound impact on me as an artist and then a dear friend. Reading this illuminating and radically open memoir is an honor. The echoes of such a strong creative voice unveiling the experiences of the proverbial climb to becoming a true artist and later cultural icon is mesmerizing." -- Asia Argento * actor, director, and author *
"Genesis was continually breaking new ground and developing new projects with the aim of short circuiting received ideas, chipping a hole in the carapace, questioning everything: religion, education, nationality, sexual identity to find the reality behind the society of the spectacle. Gen was always going forwards. It is fascinating to read the back story, finally told." -- Barry Miles * bestselling author *
"Genesis P-Orridge-a mystifying vanguard with a gift of prophecy. Nonbinary is thee definitive oracle from the heart of the indefinable." -- Wesley Eisold * musician, poet, and author *
"An entertaining and thoughtful book about a remarkable life that consistently embraced transformation." * Kirkus Reviews *
"Part narrative, part philosophy, this outre memoir is a remarkable experience." * Booklist *
Book Information
ISBN 9781419743863
Author Genesis P-Orridge
Format Hardback
Page Count 352
Imprint Abrams Press
Publisher Abrams
