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Monday 22 August 2022

Psychic TV / Current 93 / Coil - Christian Documentary Expose

Psychic  TV, Coil, Current 93, Wyrd Britain
This is a small clip from a US Christian documentary from 1989 that took issue with the prevalence of 'rock' music in US culture called 'Hell's Bells - The Dangers Of Rock & Roll' if you're interested you can watch it here but be warned at three and half hours it's very long and often both very dull and very dumb.  

This small 6 minute extract focuses primarily on Genesis P-Orridge of Throbbing Gristle and at this point Psychic TV taking about his belief in music as a transcendent medium but also gives passing mention to Coil and Current 93 too but the longer doc features all the usual suspects that were enraging the so-called moral majority of the time along with the likes of Diamanda Galas, Patti Smith, Crass, Lydia Lunch and The Birthday Party and apparently it did manage to unintentionally introduce many kids in Christian households, youth groups and schools across the US to musicians they'd otherwise have missed so we'll call it a success although not in the same way the makers would probably claim it to be.

 

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2 comments:

  1. Genesis was a recurring visiting artist at The Byam Shaw School of Art in the 80's. I was a student there in the mid 80's and experienced one of his 'performances' which included his partner with dancing naked with what looked like ritual scarification on her labia whilst he put a catheter down his penis. All I remember is waking up on one of the stairwells after leaving and passing out. Can you imagine students today being introduced to even pictures of that let alone a live audience participation event!!!

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    1. sounds fabulous but yes very much a world away from where we find ourselves now.

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