Throbbing Gristle
Throbbing Gristle was a British band formed in London in 1975 by Genesis P-Orridge, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Peter Christopherson, and Chris Carter, emerging directly from the confrontational performance collective COUM Transmissions. They are widely regarded as the founders of industrial music, coining the term themselves and establishing their own label, Industrial Records, in 1976.
Their recordings — including the debut album The Second Annual Report (1977), 20 Jazz Funk Greats (1979), and Heathen Earth (1980) — combined tape manipulation, synthesizers, found sounds, and abrasive vocals to produce work that was as much a critique of mass media and social control as it was music.
In the archive
- Live At Death Factory, May 79 Not On Label — TG - 33033
- Final Muzak Dressed To Kill — MIDRO849
- Assume Power Focus Paragoric — PA16
- At the Highbury Roundhouse, London Industrial Records — IRLCD002
- Blood Pressure Dossier — DCD 9048
- Throbbing Gristle Mute — TGCD1
- Dimensia in Excelsis Dossier — DCD 9093
- D.o.A. The Third and Final Report Industrial Records — IRLCD002
- Funk Beyond Jazz Dossier — DCD 9050
- Giftgas Dossier — DCD 9058
- Grief Yeaah! — YEAAH 51
- Heathen Earth Industrial Records — IRLCD004
- In The Shadow Of The Sun The Grey Area — TGCD9
- Kreeme Horn Dossier — DCD 9090
- TG - Now Industrial Records — RETG1CD
- The Second Annual Report Industrial Records — IRLCD001
- The First Annual Report Yeaah! — YEAAH 50
- The Singles Industrial Records — IRLCD003
- Throbbing Gristle's Greatest Hits Industrial Records — IRLCD005
- 20 Jazz Funk Greats Mute — TGLP7
- Editions (Frankfurt-Berlin) S/Phonograph — SJAMS 31
- Once Upon a Time Casual Abandon — CAS I J
- Psychic Rally Italian Records — EX 23
- Sacrifice Dojo — DOJOLP 29
- Special Treatment Mental Decay Records — Mental Decay Records 01-1
- Thee Psychick Sacrifice Illuminated Records — KILL 1
- Discipline Fetish Records — FET 006
- Nothing Short of a Total War(un. 77-80) Cause For Concern — CFC 016
- Fuehrer der Menschh Bootleg (unofficial release)
- Live - Volume 1 (1976-1978) The Grey Area of Mute — TGCD10
- Live Volume 2, 1977-1978 The Grey Area of Mute — TGCD11
- Live Volume 3, 1978-1979 The Grey Area of Mute — TGCD12
- Live Volume 4, 1979-1980 The Grey Area of Mute — TGCD13
- Mission of Dead Souls. The Last Live Fetish — MIR 005
- Journey Through a Body The Grey Area — TGCD8
Played on
- Mixtape — 5 March 2026 Zyclon B Zombie
- Mixtape — 2 April 2026 Zyclon B Zombie
- Mixtape — 2 April 2026 Distant Dreams (Pt.2)
- Mixtape — 23 July 2026 Hamburger Lady