History Music / ThrobbingGristle

* AuthorExistenceFailure: Peter Christopherson died in his sleep on November 24, 2010, pretty much putting a end to the band for good.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: "Something Came Over Me," "Five Knuckle Shuffle"

* DoingItForTheArt: .

* ObligatoryBondageSong: Played with on "Discipline".

* RefugeInAudacity:

* {{Xenophone}}: Or as they called it, the Gristleizer.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: "Something Came Over Me".

* DoingItForTheArt: TurnedUpToEleven.

* RefugeInAudacity: [[SerialEscalation Oh]] [[BeyondTheImpossible yes.]]

* Peter "Sleazy" Christopherson (tapes, found sounds, horns, vibraphone, synthesizer; also a member of the Creator/{{Hipgnosis}} studio)

* RealLifeWritesThePlot:"Slug Bait" and "Very Friendly" were both inspired by actual killings, and "Hamburger Lady" was based off a medical letter the band read. On a lighter note, "I. B. M." was inspired by an old data cassette that somebody sent them.

Widely recognized as the {{UR example}} of the genre, {{Throbbing Gristle}} was an avant-garde {{industrial}} band from England, originally active from [[TheSeventies 1975]] to [[TheEighties 1981]]. They reunited in 2004, only to disband again in 2010 after the death of Pete Christopherson. Though they are oft overlooked these days, the group was notorious in the [[TheSeventies 70s]] for their transgressive, gruesome live shows and extremely dark lyrical content, which covered (among other things) [[SerialKiller serial killers]], cynical political/social commentary, and feelings of angry helplessness that followed the [[TheSixties 1960s]]; this effectively set the tone for future industrial bands, whose subject matter rarely strayed far from these themes. They also founded Industrial Records, the label which gave the {{industrial}} genre its name, and published many of its earlier exponents.

* Peter "Sleazy" Christopherson (tapes, found sounds, horns, vibraphone, synthesizer)

Widely recognized as the {{UR example}} of the genre, {{Throbbing Gristle}} ([[IshkursGuideToElectronicMusic What a]] [[SarcasmMode great]] [[FailOSuckyname name]]!) was an avant-garde {{industrial}} band from England, originally active from [[TheSeventies 1975]] to [[TheEighties 1981]]. They reunited in 2004, only to disband again in 2010 after the death of Pete Christopherson. Though they are oft overlooked these days, the group was notorious in the [[TheSeventies 70s]] for their transgressive, gruesome live shows and extremely dark lyrical content, which covered (among other things) [[SerialKiller serial killers]], cynical political/social commentary, and feelings of angry helplessness that followed the [[TheSixties 1960s]]; this effectively set the tone for future industrial bands, whose subject matter rarely strayed far from these themes. They also founded Industrial Records, the label which gave the {{industrial}} genre its name, and published many of its earlier exponents.

[[caption-width-right:246:[[RefugeInAudacity This is]] [[CrossesTheLineTwice just one]] [[ThoseWackyNazis of their]] [[BattlePope album covers]].]]

* {{Gorn}}: "Slug Bait".

Widely recognized as the {{UR example}} of the genre, {{Throbbing Gristle}} was an avant-garde {{industrial}} band from England, originally active from [[TheSeventies 1975]] to [[TheEighties 1981]]. They reunited in 2004, only to disband again in 2010 after the death of Pete Christopherson. Though they are oft overlooked these days, the group was notorious in the [[TheSeventies 70s]] for their transgressive, gruesome live shows and extremely dark lyrical content, which covered (among other things) [[SerialKiller serial killers]], cynical political/social commentary, and feelings of angry helplessness that followed the [[TheSixties 1960s]]; this effectively set the tone for future industrial bands, whose subject matter rarely strayed far from these themes. They also founded Industrial Records, the label which gave the {{industrial}} genre its name, and published many of its earlier exponents.

* BlackComedy / DeadBabyComedy

* ADateWithRosiePalms: "Something Came Over Me"

* StealthParody: "United."

* ADateWithRosyPalms: "Something Came Over Me"

* ADateWitRosyPalms: "Something Came Over Me"

* ObligatoryBondageSong: "Discipline," although other songs (such as "Zyklon-B Zombies") had bondage themes as well.

* ObligatoryBondageSong: "Discipline".

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Much of TG's earliest cassette material is almost impossible to find. For a while, the CDs of their early vinyls were also difficult to locate.

''"Industrial culture? There has been a phenomena; I don't know whether it's strong enough to be a culture. I do think what we did has had a reverberation right around the world and back."''
-->-- '''Genesis P. Orridge'''

* Genesis P. Orridge (bass, violin, vocals, vibraphone)

* CarefulWithThatAxe: P. Orridge dips into this very, very frequently.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Much of TG's earliest cassette material is almost impossible to find.

* {{Industrial}}: The TropeCodifier and arguable TropeMaker.

* ObligatoryBondageSong: "Discipline."

* RefugeInAudacity: [[BeyondTheImpossible Oh yes.]]