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Psychic Hi-Fi: Genesis Breyer P-Orridge's Favourite Albums
Joseph Burnett , March 15th, 2020 06:53

The Quietus catches up with Genesis Breyer P-Orridge to hear about the albums that forced the hand of h/er record player (this piece was republished on the event of GPO's death on 14th March 2020)

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Dr. Strangely Strange - Heavy Petting And Other Stories
The second album has the guitarist from Phil Lynott’s wonderful band.

Thin Lizzy? Really?

Yes! He does the guitar on my favourite track on there. It’s very different to the first, it’s a little bit more rocky. There’s a drum kit in there, but they also sing some church hymns. That whole thing that the ISB and Dr. Strangely Strange did, with sudden shifts. You’d think you’d know where [a song was] going and then it would stop dead and something completely different would happen. We always loved surprises and novelty and chaos happening that reprograms the brain to stop assuming things.