an s6k Arts Interview w/Genesis P. (Throbbing Gristle)

In winter 2001/2002, Genesis P-Orridge, renowned performance art legend and person who coined the phrase "industrial music," had Darryl Hell visit his home for a conversation about the state of industrial music and much more. A must-see for Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV fans, or industrial music culture enthusiasts.
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[@DJJSerpico]

The REAL deal. The definition of art.

[@ivanazepeda4289]

RIP and thanks for all the amazing music

[@fusox]

...a real and raw interview with Gen with great sounds.....a rare find!

[@s6kMedia]

Thank you. It's one of Gen's faves. Gen gave me incredible access to their archives and such. It really helped me get a better understanding about the works, even though I had been a long time fan. I wanted the flow of the doc to function like our conversations did.

[@darkChristian]

RIP, GENESIS P. ORRIDGE would have loved to meet Gen can't now unless I die but we all have our death day set in stone, make the best of it, it goes fast. take names and kick dragon, THE PSYCHICK ARMY LIVES...AMEN

[@disposableutopia]

Great music, furniture, shots.. just great job and interview... Kubrikesque feel. ty for posting!

[@s6kMedia]

Thank you. It was really important to me to create something that fit Gen's art. Glad that came across in the final edit.

[@s6kMedia]

You are so welcome. I wish I had the footage from when he played HELLLab in 2002. I can't post the link here, because of their screwed up rules, but you can search "HELLlab 2" and the event will come up. Below is the description. Genesis will be performing a sound collage set he's titled "Glambient". This is the debut of this performance, which is a revisiting of his earlier sonic performance devices of Coum and Throbbing Gristle. We have a surprise for the end of his set for you.

[@ColonPal]

I always thought it was Monte Cazazza who described Throbbing Gristle as 'Industrial music', and the name just stuck. In fact, it was Genesis who I remember explaining this.

[@Juanfifarek]

Robert Judd Gen always told me the first Industrial show he ever saw was Pink Floyd where they built a table on stage with contact microphones and drank tea from it in 68? I believe. I remember him telling me that

[@ColonPal]

Pink Floyd were doing the most experimental stuff back in those days, their first few albums show it. Especially Ummagumma and Atom Mother, they were great, especially Syd Barrett, who I think was the most talented member then. Genesis is a huge fan of all psychedelic music and has quite a collection. He turned me on to the Incredible String Band with my favorite song by them 'A Very Cellular Song'.

[@ohtheglamourmusic]

This is the best "interview" with Genesis I have seen, yet. I can't stop pausing it and rewinding and pausing it again, to quote him correctly on Friend-face.

[@s6kMedia]

Thank you. It was also one of Gen's fave interviews. Since GEN had been interviewed thousands of time over the 5 decades of their career, it was an amazing compliment.

[@fugyamofug]

@@s6kMedia was the cut up edit and camera work that made it different than most

[@s6kMedia]

@@fugyamofug Good question... I believe it was the combination of those elements and my interview style. Over the years, I have primarily focused on interviewing people in the front of social movements and those dedicated to human rights. Also, as the founder of one of the longest continually active industrial bands, I come to these interviews as a comrade and not a fan. This is very clear when I interviewed F.M. Einheit and Alec Empire. The overall combination made it one of Gen's fave interviews. As I have said before, the reality that Gen had been interviewed so many times over the decades, and really liked the experience with me, was greatly flattering. My editing style for that comes from the experimental work that I had created in the mid/late 1980's.

[@dixgun]

A very easy-to-understand explanation of it all. Thanks for the pupils closeups. Green/grey/blue/hazel.

[@s6kMedia]

I focused on close-ups and weird perspective shots because I felt that captured his/their intensity.

[@dixgun]

Darryl Hell excellent work

[@yourmom9828]

Is he tripping?

[@yourmom9828]

@@s6kMedia A little LSD maybe??

[@s6kMedia]

@@yourmom9828 We just had a number of enjoyable conversations and ate food. Gen was not wasted and was very clear.

[@GMDark]

Awesome interview.

[@gasperdivjak6747]

Good stuff amazing background music

[@acarney5247]

It's "Catalan" by Psychic TV 21:46

[@morleysuffer]

thank you! Gen is such an amazing soul.

[@jillmartin8687]

Yes, he is!

[@TerekkiTerekki]

This is great

[@escherita]

Cool eyeshadow!

[@Unsubscribedd]

excellent! thanks for uploading this!

[@s6kMedia]

Thank you.

[@s6kMedia]

I think it was one of the tracks Gen gave me that was an unreleased experiment. Sorry, I don't remember exactly. But we had gone through endless music and such and Gen supplied me with a bunch of raw materials.

[@ikergonzalez14]

This is invaluable thank you

[@jillmartin8687]

Genesis P Orridge- great interview 4:24

[@cmasseylynch]

Narcissistic personality disorder - one of several types of personality disorders - is a mental condition in which people have an inflated sense of their own importance, a deep need for excessive attention and admiration, troubled relationships, and a lack of empathy for others. But behind this mask of extreme confidence lies a fragile self-esteem that's vulnerable to the slightest criticism.

[@blindmelonlemonjello]

You are bonkers gen invented most types of music we all listen to daily.

[@RayZappa]

Now THAT'S bonkers @@blindmelonlemonjello

[@tomthejunkie6895]

this left me feeling very unsatisfied and in need of expensive counseling

[@Z00N13]

Mission accomplished.

[@KaliFissure]

❤

[@gregbroadhead6085]

blurring art and coronation street character

[@jillmartin8687]

He is talking about William S Burroughs- and his " cut-up" method.

[@bendoverboy1]

really would love to meet her-where does she hang out in NY these days?

[@ColonPal]

Lower east side

[@DJJSerpico]

Brooklyn

[@daviddeida]

The gutter

[@hesolex7674]

POSSIBLY Insane to all you normie nay sayer new schoolers… but DEFINITELY Fearless,Sharp and Powerful to me! Though I’m not too into industrial I LOVE Genesis for her uncompromising ATTITUDE alone!!! REST IN POWER!!!!!!

[@hesolex7674]

His/Her* forgive me posthumously Genesis. Now I know.

[@tanilorn]

the cd pictured at 21.34. i will recomend. 4 compilations of 60s acid punk. the psychedelic experience 1 to 4

[@ScriptionScience]

genesis wore grills first

[@escherita]

He makes it sound like it was all this big mission to overturn the rules. Maybe it partially was. But maybe they just dropped something when it stopped being fun. you can criticize the British government but you have to hand it to them to giving for giving them a mainstream broadcast early on!

[@SuperstarNeilC]

Really enjoyed that!! Ta :-)

[@gregbroadhead6085]

pat butcher is back

[@TockTockTock]

Genesis wasn't the one who coined the term "industrial music" -- that was Monte Cazazza. Either way, thanks for the video!

[@CarlaMerguez]

For worsShippers of GPO :) This benefit compilation will be released on february 06, 2018 hivmusic1.bandcamp.com/album/a-tribute-to-genesis-breyer-p-orridge-upr-082-cd Musical pioneer, cultural engineer, wrecker of civilization, anti-Pope of the Temple ov Psychic Youth and also merry prankster - Genesis Breyer P-Orridge is arguably one of the most important icons of Alternative Culture of the latter quarter of the 20th century and beyond. With Unknown Pleasures Records and some great artists, amazing musicians and true fans we want to pay homage to the work of Genesis P-Orridge and provide unreleased covers of cult songs of THROBBING GRISTLE & PSYCHIC TV. hivmusic1.bandcamp.com/album/a-tribute-to-genesis-breyer-p-orridge-upr-082-cd

[@nodarkthings]

He's basically describing being part of the MKULTRA programme. Not sure he would even be aware of this

[@turbinerocks]

mkultra mkultra blah blah. not everything is mkultra *rolls eyes*

[@nicoladouglas3270]

Almost everything is MK ULTRA!!! We are constantly being programmed!!!!

[@nodarkthings]

@@turbinerocks very naive response...

[@nofi1836]

Elabourate

[@orchestraglobola]

You are so aware instead, since you wear that nice tin foil hat.

[@ohtheglamourmusic]

You're welcome.

[@morleysuffer]

hey darryl what is the track from at the end?

[@cmasseylynch]

Check out Coil.music.

[@celiacaldas9968]

when was this filmed?

[@s6kMedia]

I did that in late 2001/early 2002.

[@celiacaldas9968]

Darryl Hell thanks!

[@Lily007-t3v]

Is this around the time he met Lady Jaye?

[@s6kMedia]

I am not sure. We didn't talk about relationships. They were living together when I was going to their home.and already had been together for a while...it seemed. We all had fun talking and eating food when we weren't filming.

[@Jack-uz9li]

about 8 years after Gen met Jaye and about 6 years after Gen married Jaye

[@s6kMedia]

@@Jack-uz9li Thanks.

[@throneofcrap]

You were given new programming, you didnt erase anything. I admire some of the songs, but this gnostic attitude was inherited. And Im pretty sure it will spiral downwards. Sure, be whatever you wanna be, but when youre a propaganda artist for gender blending, its a cause of inspection of your connections.

[@princekermit0]

Well look way downstream from Throbbing Gristle and you get Marilyn Manson and many other occult deviants.

[@MissPerriwinkle]

eyes so pinned,,,,,what she on? K ?

[@s6kMedia]

I was with Gen for a few days of a bunch of filming. Gen was never fucked up and was crystal clear throughout that time. If he [before the transition], was fucked up, the interview would have gone drastically different. I had seen Gen high before, so I knew the difference.

[@MarthaColburn]

eon eyeliner

[@JosephLouis85]

Thanks for the background music that ruined the interview

[@s6kMedia]

FYI - The background music is rare and unreleased sounds from Gen's extensive archive going back to his early sound experiments with Coum prior to Throbbing Gristle. As many people have thanked me for presenting these rare sonic treats over the years, I understand everyone may not be as interested in them.

[@tanilorn]

i was wanting to know about the back ground music. if you dislike it, why are you watching

[@jamesjackson-df1hi]

Is this person on drugs?

[@tanilorn]

this person is drugs.

[@furthermoore1863]

looks smacked up

[@s6kMedia]

To be clear and respond to this comment... I can tell you 100% that Gen wasn't wasted during the days I spent at their home filming. We had many hours of having great conversation, off camera, and then almost 2 hours on camera.

[@s6kMedia]

Thank you.