Throbbing Gristle SECOND ANNUAL REPORT

Throbbing Gristle: Genesis P-Orridge (vocals, violin, bass); Cosey Fanni Tutti (guitar); Peter "Sleazy" Cristopherson (trumpet); Chris Carter (keyboards).Includes liner notes by Genesis P-Orridge and Cosey Fanni Tutti.Following a small quantity of limited cassette releases, 1977's The Second Annual Report was the formal debut of British industrial pioneers Throbbing Gristle. (The First Annual Report was shelved by the group, and has only surfaced via unauthorized releases and bootlegs.) As with most of TG's output, and certainly everything prior to the 1978 single "United," this stuff is harsh, bleak, and utterly uncompromising. The most immediate comparison would be something like the early free-form experiments of Kluster/Cluster, but with a malicious, emphatically anti-musical intention, and partially obscured by black clouds of soot. The group's four members are credited with playing instruments such as clarinet, violin, trumpet, and guitar in addition to electronics, but nothing h