Peter Christopherson RIP
Influential electronic musician, designer and video director Peter “Sleazy” Chistopherson, a founding member of Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV & Coil, has passed away at the age of 55.
Read some reflections here.
To give an idea of the scope of Sleazy’s many-faceted sound & video work, I want to share 3 different videos.
First, one of countless live performances of Throbbing Gristle’s “Discipline”, a fine piece of audience provocation, circa 1980:
Here’s a live performance of Coil’s “What Kind of Animal Are You?” live in Moscow. Intense & haunting.
Finally, a track from Coil’s drone masterpiece Time Machines. Sublime minimal synthesizer explorations by Christohperson & company:
Ah, but that’s not all… Christopherson is also responsible for some well-known album artwork during his stint with Hipgnosis, including Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here”:
As if that weren’t enough, he is also responsible for a few of my favorite music videos.
Nine Inch Nails “March of the Pigs”:
He also did the notorious full-album video for “Broken” – look it up!
Ministry “Just One Fix” with memorable appearance by William S Burroughs:
It amuses me to reflect that I first encountered his work via Beavis & Butthead! Even they dug the Ministry video, though, like much of his work, some may consider it “beyond the limits of good taste”.
Rage Against The Machine “Freedom”:
RIP Sleazy!!! Yr work will continue to inspire & provoke…
Filed under: electronic, RIP, youtube | Leave a Comment
Tags: album artwork, broken video, coil, freedom, hipgnosis, march of the pigs, ministry, nine inch nails, peter christopherson, pink floyd, psychic tv, rage against the machine, RIP, sleazy christopherson, throbbing gristle, video director, william s burroughs, wish you were here
No Responses Yet to “Peter Christopherson RIP”