# RIP Peter "Sleazy" Christopherson

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 30, 2010, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-peter-sleazy-christopherson/562383 "2010-11-30T06:22:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-peter-sleazy-christopherson/562383/1 "2010-11-30T06:22:01Z")

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In case you hadn’t seen the news: Peter Christopherson, of Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV, and Coil, passed away on Nov. 24.

He was a seminal figure in the early development of industrial music.

[RIP](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjhGXjSK4Ik).  
[Obituary](http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/peter-christopherson-musician-and-designer-who-worked-with-throbbing-gristle-and-the-hipgnosis-agency-2146127.html).

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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-peter-sleazy-christopherson/562383/2 "2010-11-30T06:34:59Z")

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Damn. I hate when we lose a good one.

I was never much of a fan of Coil, but I love me some [Throbbing](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPrTUC7BDn4) [Gristle](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8klW9trVTQ).

ETA: [Psychic TV](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49FlVvyQGKo) too.

C ya on the flipside, Sleazy.

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**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-peter-sleazy-christopherson/562383/3 "2010-11-30T06:51:36Z")

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> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#):
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> ETA: [Psychic TV](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49FlVvyQGKo) too.
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> C ya on the flipside, Sleazy.

Damn. Yeah, I shoulda posted that link too. I seem to have something in my eye…

☹

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**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-peter-sleazy-christopherson/562383/4 "2010-11-30T12:04:08Z")

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Damn, that sucks; what a loss. ☹ I was more into Coil than the others, at the time. Industrial music was the first “harder” music that I got into.