Peter Christopherson

Born in Leeds on 27 February 1955, he began his career at Hipgnosis, the design studio responsible for many Pink Floyd album covers, before co-founding Throbbing Gristle in the mid-1970s and helping define what became known as industrial music. He subsequently co-founded Psychic TV and then Coil, the duo he sustained with John Balance across two decades of recordings weaving drone, electronics, and occult imagery. He directed the Nine Inch Nails film Broken (1993). After Balance's death in 2005 he moved to Bangkok, founding the solo project Threshold HouseBoys Choir. He died in his sleep on 25 November 2010.