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ISBN: 1901033600 - Wreckers of Civilisation: The Story of Coum Transmissions & Throbbing Gristle

Title:	Wreckers of Civilisation: The Story of Coum Transmissions & Throbbing Gristle
Author:	Simon Ford
Publisher:	Black Dog Publishing
Type:	Book / Paperback
Publication Date:	01 June, 1999
ISBN / ISBN-13:	1901033600 / 9781901033601
List Price:	$29.95
Amazon Price:	$69.99 (via Amazon marketplace seller)

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Performance artists Coum Transmissions and the music group Throbbing Gristle are subjects of the first major book by critic and art historian Simon Ford. The four key members of the groups, led by Genesis P-Orridge and Cosey Fanni Tutti, were shocking and controversial, exposing the physical and emotional truths that were at the core of the political and social makeup of England in the 1970s. Paving the way for the onslaught of the punk movement, Coum and TG extended the boundaries of both art and music, where the profane was provocative and private acts became public display. P-Orridge exposed the groups' essential credo when he exclaimed, "When in doubt-be extreme." Tory MP Nicholas Fairbain responded by calling groups like Coum and TG "the wreckers of civilisation."

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