THROBBING GRISTLE The World Is A War Film - Oundle School 80

[Proxylfc]

sleazy. good man

[bobozeeclown]

kunst...eep...fwoodle....ha ha....

[Trgr66]

Im still in shock after Sleazy's passing....

[Trgr66]

jjjjjj



[Trgr66]

Im still in shock after Sleazy's passing... it took me nearly three years to accept that Jhonn went....

Ciao from oslo.

[Trgr66]

im still in shock.... from sleazy's passing. It took me a few years to realize that Jhonn had passed....... May they rest in peace with absinth in their cups.

Ciao from industryman trgr66

[Trgr66]

im still in shock.... from sleazy's passing. It took me a few years to realize that Jhonn had passed....... May they rest in peace with absinth in their cups.

Ciao from industryman trgr66

[millbrook79]

this is just great. its just so strange. i would love to see simon cowell judgjng this on the x factor. lol

[complacentnation]

This is really amazing... can we get an embed enabled on this? Please?

[pj67oldskool]

@ millbrook79

coulda just been cos TG were fulla perverts, (me included)!

[mickeybaumann]

ha ! what a shock for the underage pupils....i like tg so much....

[michaelphibes]

throbbing g is the best band ever. I love most of their music. raw music like it should be. they are not promoting war at all and using imagery to disgust u unless u are too cynical for ur own good

[millbrook79]

i went to a tg gig once and about six people lost control of their bowels because of the volume

[Brock2097]

percussion sounds like Brian Eno's "In Dark Trees"

[rockgod111]

@Brock2097 Well observed. Just for a side note i think if you considered TG to be a few steps ahead of time, brian eno took a walk to Cambodia.

[kpm1969]

If nothing else, TG were at the vanguard of deconstructing the reality of popular society of the late 70's and in doing so created an awareness of the negativity that pervaded it. They were truly brilliant, but at times could not be considered "music". Perhaps audio/visual sculpture better describes what they did. That and performance art.

[curifin3]

Shouldn't amaze me that people post negative comments about TG without even educating themselves as to what they were about...research COUM Transmissions, etc. Cool if you're not into the scene and that's fine, but some of the comments here are just downright ignorant and clueless...great stuff here and not for everyone...

[defacedstatue27]

I wonder...like...a....

[sPdotk]

This is total garbage.

[tedzodd]

That's funny...it doesn't look like "America's Got Talent" to me....perhaps you'd be more comfortably entertained watching COPS on your cable TV brain.

[d33dr0]

Why is there an SS skull behind the main video? It's known to be related to the Nazi's and their movement.

[ssjblind]

TG is pro nazi dude where have you been.

[nightwatch01]

TG is NOT pro Nazi, definetely!!!

[Lovertits9]

TG, in the words of lead singer Genesis P-Orridge was a project dedicated to uninhibited exploration of the "dark side."

Thus, a lot of strange and/or potentially offensive imagery and subject matter (i.e. Nazi symbolism, serial killer culture, suicide, etc.,) finds its way into their videos, album covers and lyrics.

but TG is definitely not pro-Nazi.

[d33dr0]

Answer given, thanks.

[nik418]

@d33dr0 Cos it's about the human activity of 'war' you dim wit - how are you supposed to make art about war without using the imagery of war? It's not promoting or validating it - in fact just the opposite.

[miguelisms]

Anybody ever hear of Old Lady Drivers or simply O.L.D. a late eighties grindcore band that has since disbanded in 1995. Were also light years ahead of their time. They took you to another dimension musically so to speak. I was 2 when TG did this performance. So I never got to appreciate what they did to launch the industrial wave.

[4878656]

wtf? 0.o What is he saying? I keep finding these videos and all he does is scream some made up word alot and acts really young or you can barely hear him saying " Yah my Ummmmm Gra do cheyyyy " @-@ thats all i can make out of this weird wtf performance.

[theenside]

WhAtagreATsoNg

[Sojoboro]

Out of all the musicians I listen to, Gen is the one I want to interview the most. And, probably the one I am least likely to ever meet.

[denshiblocks]

hang out in bushwick

[nik418]

@Sojoboro I've met him!! At a 'Music and the Sacred' symposium in Preston a few years back. He came over to talk to me and a couple of mates and my dull witted compatriot asked him if he was 'going to the gig'!! ha ha. I said, er 'He is the gig!'. He then suggested my mate 'go back to sleep' ha ha ha ha ha ha - larff? I nearly went to Ethiopa - second class of course...

[CytoplasmicNanobots]

...brilliant stuff...well ahead of its time...even today.

[pollywarrior]

This particular version of "The Word Is A War Film" performed at Oundle School can be found on TG+ which is the last ten gigs Throbbing Gristle did before they disbanded.

[TEMPmichaelhansen]

this is on heathen earth? I have a store bought tape? the ending on here souhjnds like its from "You never walk alone" which was incorporated into a PINK FLOYD Song. i knew this sounded familiar......

[zemechanism]

the end is the sound of the students in attendance singing jerusalem, u can hear Genesis P Orridges thoughts at the end if you listen. The floyd song ure thinking of is fearless, my favourite pink floyd song :)

[MYDEMISE10]

i search a video it was here it was a part of something live industrial (cold meat/maschinenfest?) it sounded like a sewer with severe grunt voice with dark and flash light if any1 knows mail me

[shaneboltz]

can anyone tell me which recording might I find this on?

[ctspf]

You can find it on "Heathen Earth". Don't be afraid because although on the back cover you'll see the songs have no titles, it's actually the fourth track. It's an EXCELLENT industrial album.

[pollywarrior]

This version of the song is available on TG+ which is a box set containing the last ten gigs they played. The Oundle School gig is part of the box-set.

[Scarecrow901]

pearls before swine

[nightwatch01]

Who is Diamond Head???

[NewWaver80014]

An early metal band from the West Midlands (UK). Huge influence on later bands - their singer actually was offered s spot in Metallica at one point but turned it down.

[ketaminemeltdown]

@nightwatch01 Diamond is a NWOBHM band from Stourbridge - good stuff mate. Heavily influenced Metallica

[davethecrow]

good on yer !

[NewWaver80014]

Yes, indeed.

As I recall, TG were booked to perform at Oundle at the urging of a student who told his teacher that they "sounded like John Cage".

Wow, the staff must have $#!+ themselves when they heard this - especially the applause!

[MCKRUSH]

Killer T/G.

This video seems like it may have inspired Death in June's [excellent] "Death Books" video. Very similar.

[keoma76]

It reminds me William Bennett saying how disappointed he was when he saw this video and those wreckers of civilization... playing war game like children in their backyard. Anyway, thanks a lot for posting TG!

[gofuserect]

Cosey told Gen to sing that!! and the crowd singing Jerusalem at the end was pretty funny!!