Throbbing Gristle’s Peter ‘Sleazy’ Christopherson Dies at 55 – Spinner: “Throbbing Gristle founder Peter ‘Sleazy’ Christopherson died in his sleep on Nov 24 at the age of 55.
Born in Leeds, England, the industrial music pioneer was also a founding member of Coil and Psychic TV after Throbbing Gristle disbanded in 1981, as well as recording solo work under the name The Threshold HouseBoys Choir. Most recently he founded SoiSong in 2007 with Ivan Pavlov.
The news was made official today when Throbbing Gristle bandmates Cosey Fanni Tutti and Chris Carter tweeted: ‘Our dearest beautiful Sleazy left this mortal coil as he slept in peace last night.words cannot express our grief.’ Other artists, like Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor also took to Twitter to express their grief: ‘I awake to sad news. RIP Peter Christopherson – friend and huge inspiration.'”