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Billie Ray Martin interview: The Opiates & Hollywood under the knife (2012)

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Chelsea Butkowski, R.J. Preece (ADP) - 14 Jan 12

...Throbbing Gristle) and XHK. Through all of its vivid artistic elements, each song on Hollywood under the knife allows listeners to step into a seemingly insane, but surprisingly relatable world. Billie Ray Martin is well known for her number one solo hit Your loving arms, her previous work in...

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The Opiates (Billie Ray Martin & Robert Solheim): “Hollywood under the knife” (2011) (press release)

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ADP staff - 02 Sep 11

...Throbbing Gristle) and XHK, plus the single “Rainy Days and Saturdays”. HOLLYWOOD UNDER THE KNIFE: CD & DIGITAL ALBUM Hollywood Under The Knife is an album of real substance, both musically and visually. Artist Wolfgang Tillmans supplies nine previously unseen and unpublished images for the...

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The Opiates (Billie Ray Martin & Robert Solheim): “Rainy Days and Remixes EP” (2011) (press release)

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ADP staff - 02 Sep 11

...Throbbing Gristle, are a dream come true. The Results are Magnetic. The XHK Mix with its hard Dubstep flavour completes the picture and gives the song a completely new voice and vibe. With the single ‘Rainy Days and Saturdays’, The Opiates live up to their ‘Carpenters of Electro’ title and hope...

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Cosey Fanni Tutti vs. Donna Summer’s
Love to love you baby (Automated music)

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R.J. Preece (ADP) - 22 May 10

Cosey Fanni Tutti vs. Donna Summer’s Love to love you baby (Automated music) Around the time of Cosey’s breakthrough artwork in the middle-late 1970s, Love to love you baby was on heavy rotation in the artist’s life. Donna Summer. Love to love you baby. R.J. Preece: Is there...

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"Art and Rock and Roll Since 1967" at Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal (2008-09) (press release)

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ADP staff - 12 Nov 08

...Throbbing Gristle are also presented. Jim Lambie—artist, DJ and ex-member of the band The Boy Hairdressers (which became Teenage Fanclub)— skilfully captures the energy and spirit of rock music with his spectacular new sculptural installation. Art and Rock and Roll Since 1967: 1 |...

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John A. Walker (Cross-overs) - 20 Mar 87

Throbbing Gristle Excerpt from John A. Walker’s book, Cross-Overs: Art into Pop, Pop into Art. Throbbing Gristle Having burnt their boats in the art world in spectacular fashion, P-Orridge and his friends turned their attention to the music business. "Throbbing Gristle" was the deliberately...

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COUM Transmissions to Psychic TV (1987)

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John A. Walker (Cross-overs) - 20 Mar 87

...Throbbing Gristle (1976-81) and Psychic TV (1981- ). Genesis P-Orridge (originally Neil Andrew Megson) was born in Manchester in 1950. He came from a middle-class background, went to a grammar school in Stockport and then, in 1968, to Hull University to study social administration. In his...

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COUM Transmissions. Prostitution flyer (1976)

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COUM Transmissions. Prostitution flyer (1976) COUM Transmissions. (1976). Prostitution. Flyer for exhibition at the ICA, London. 29.6 x 21 cm, with photo of Cosey Fanni Tutti from Curious magazine. J.A. Walker collection.

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