Peter Christopherson
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English musician, photographer, director (1955–2010)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Wings Tour USA
- Hands across the water
- The Photo designs of Hipgnosis
- Classic album covers of the 70s
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1975
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Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 7,990
- Total plays
- 44,003
Tags
experimentalindustrialelectronicavantgardedark ambient
Peter Martin Christopherson, a.k.a. Sleazy (February 27, 1955 - November 25, 2010) was best known as a member of the influential British avant-garde bands Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV and Coil. Besides producing music he was also a video director and designer, and former member of the influential British design agency Hipgnosis. In the 1970s, as a member of Throbbing Gristle, he was one of the founders of the infamous Industrial Records, which was instrumental in creating the genre known as In
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Martin
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Leeds
- Place of death
- Bangkok
- Occupation
- video artist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- industrial music
- Instrument
- sampler
- Image
- Peter Christopherson @ A2.jpg
- Work location
- London
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- Commons category
- Peter Christopherson
- date of birth
- 1955-02-27
- date of death
- 2010-11-24
- unmarried partner
- John Balance
- birth name
- Peter Martin Christopherson
- pseudonym
- The Threshold HouseBoys Choir
- start of work period
- 1975-00-00
- name in native language
- Peter Christopherson
- copyright representative
- PRS for Music
Sources (7)
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