Throbbing Gristle
United Kingdom, 1975–2010
English group formed in 1976 by Genesis P-Orridge, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Peter Christopherson and Chris Carter, who founded Industrial Records and gave the genre its name.
MusicRoots documents 2 artists who influenced Throbbing Gristle and 8 artists Throbbing Gristle influenced in turn. Every connection cites a published source.
Who influenced Throbbing Gristle?
- The Velvet Underground — The Velvets' transgressive art-rock was the acknowledged precedent for TG's fusion of performance art and sonic assault.
- Karlheinz Stockhausen — TG's tape manipulation and electronics drew on the Stockhausen school — the avant-garde toolkit turned against itself.
Which artists did Throbbing Gristle influence?
- Laibach — Laibach's confrontational industrial noise and provocation descend from the industrial genre Throbbing Gristle founded.
- Coil — Coil grew directly from the TG family — Christopherson was a TG member and Balance its devoted disciple before founding their own vision.
- SPK — SPK formed in 1978 in the immediate wake of TG's Industrial Records — the documented model of their clinical shock aesthetic.
- Current 93 — Tibet emerged from the industrial circle around TG and Psychic TV — the documented scene that birthed Current 93's early tape works.
- Merzbow — The first industrial wave reached Tokyo through TG's records — the documented catalyst of Akita's turn to pure noise.
- Whitehouse — Bennett stated his goal outright: a sound more extreme than TG's — Whitehouse was founded as industrial's escalation.
- Lustmord — Williams entered music through the TG orbit — Industrial Records released his first work, and dark ambient grew from that seed.
- Nine Inch Nails — Reznor has named TG among the foundations of the industrial genre NIN carried into arenas.