Ever a fan of anything Genesis P-Orridge is part of, I can't wait to see one of the 3 performances next month by recently reunited UK industrial music/art performance group Throbbing Gristle.

Throbbing Gristle's confrontational live performances and use of often disturbing imagery, including pornography and photographs of Nazi concentration camps, gave the group a notorious reputation. However the group always maintained that their mission was to challenge and explore the darker and obsessive sides of the human condition rather than to make attractive music. Throbbing Gristle pioneered the use of pre-recorded tape-based 'samples', and made extensive use of special effects to produce a distinctive, highly distorted background, usually accompanied by lyrics or spoken-word performances by Cosey Fanni Tutti or Genesis P-Orridge.

In 1977 they released their debut single United/Zyklon B Zombie, followed by an album, Second Annual Report. Although pressed in a limited initial run of 786 copies on the band's own Industrial Records label, it was later re-released due to high demand on Mute records, however this later release was reversed with all tracks playing backwards and in reverse order.

On 29 May 1981, Throbbing Gristle performed at the Kezar Pavilion in San Francisco. This concert marked the end of the group and its mission. As Cosey succinctly put it, "TG broke up because me and Gen broke up".

Genesis went on to form the well-known Psychic TV, for which he is best known. Read Throbbing Gristle's full Wiki here. And while you're at it, check out Psychic TV's.

Throbbing Gristle is back big time, playing two shows in April at the Masonic Temple of Brooklyn, one as a benefit fundraiser for the X Initiative, and they're even playing the last day of Coachella.

Make sure to check out the band's MySpace and check out the video below of a live performance of Discipline in London from 2004. I hope Genesis has done some sit ups if he plans to wear that skirt and half shirt again. Very daring fashion choice, I must say.