“You can only be a Godstar when you’ve passed on” Genesis P-Orridge has left us. Genesis - the wrecker of civilisation, the parent of industrial music, the new social order priest/ess, the singer, the artist, the poet, the philosopher. Someone who literally cut himself up, William Burroughs-style, to live their life as an art experiment and prove unconditional love. Categories, styles or pronouns couldn’t define h/er/them. The sound of Throbbing Gristle and Psychic tv (two of their most significant musical projects) was often intentionally unlistenable and Gen’s musical legacy will likely remain dear to his devoted order of followers only. But it is when they spoke that the magic happened and it was convincing and accessible to many. H/er interviews were like sermons, articulate, relevant and educational, which told the story of a non-binary, non-exploitative, infinitely free better world. A world based on love, trust and (comm)unity. "It is courage, courage, courage, that rai