Genesis Breyer P-Orridge died this morning (March 14) after a battle with chronic myelomonocytic leukemia first diagnosed in 2017.
P-Orridge was 70 years old. Collaborators, labels, and friends of the the avant garde icon and founding member of cult experimental bands Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV posted remembrances and condolences on social media.
Find reactions from Matmos’ Drew Daniel, Machinedrum’s Travis Stewart, Cold Cave’s Wesley Eisold, Scanner’s Robin Rimbaud, Dais Records co-founder (and P-Orridge’s manager) Ryan Martin, and more.
P-Orridge’s daughters Caresse and Genesse gave the following statement to Pitchfork: Read the transcript from Pitchfork’s In Sight Out interview with Genesis P-Orridge.
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