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Wreckers of Civilisation: The Story of Coum Transmissions & Throbbing Gristle.
London: Black Dog Publishing, 1999. First edition. Large 8vo. Wrps., (336pp.).
SIGNED by all four members of Throbbing Gristle - Genesis P-Orridge, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Chris Carter and Peter Christopherson - on the blank first page.
Foreword by Jon Savage. Photo-illustrated throughout.
Taking its title from Tory MP Nicholas Fairbairn’s outburst (headlined in The Daily Mail, October 19, 1976), Ford’s history provides a detailed narrative of COUM’s history, beginning with its conception in Hull in 1969, the landmark ‘Prostitution’ show at the ICA that provoked Fairbairn’s diatribe, and its metamorphosis into Throbbing Gristle and their eventual split in 1981.
The final section prints a chronology of COUM and TG actions, concerts and exhibitions, and a discography, filmography and selected bibliography.
Minor bump to lower corner of spine, o/w a tight and clean, very Near Fine copy (spine uncreased).
