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Genesis P-Orridge

real name Neil Andrew Megson

Genesis P-Orridge is credited on 518 releases across 224 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1977–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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British singer/songwriter, musician, writer, and artist. (use new identity Genesis Breyer P-Orridge for releases credited so.)
Born: 22 February 1950 in Manchester, England, UK.
Died: 14 March 2020 in NYC, New York, USA (aged 70).
Neil Andrew Megson legally changed their name by deed poll to Genesis P-Orridge on 5 January 1971.
With band COUM Transmissions they challenged social boundaries with art; with Throbbing Gristle they played a part in fundamentally redefining music; as the core of Psychic TV they brought this challenge to the mainstream, becoming influential on the dance music sub-culture in the UK.
They courted controversy with pictures of piercings in the RE:Search book "Modern Primitives"; experimental video projects led to an eight-year exile from the UK; and a near-death experience led to engaging in extreme body modification, along with new wife Lady Jaye, to become the 'pandrogyne'.
In 2003, Genesis P-Orridge changed identity to Genesis/Djin Breyer P-Orridge.

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