Wreckers of Civilisation: The Story of Coum Transmissions & Throbbing Gristle

by Simon Ford

"These people are the wreckers of civilisation", exclaimed the conservative Member of Parliament Nicholas Fairbairn in 1976. His outburst was meant to describe four artists and musicians - Genesis P-Orridge, Cosey Fani Tutti, Peter Christopherson and Chris Carter. What "these people" had done to deserve such an epithet, and what they were about to do, is the subject of this book.

Wreckers of Civilisation recalls a time which despite volumes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1911164732
• ISBN13: 9781911164739
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Black Dog Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.1" x 6.7"