D.o.A. The Third And Final Report - Throbbing Gristle

Vinyl L.P - Industrial Records - IR0004.

1978 - U.K.

Cover design: HIPGNOSIS.

Photography: Peter Christopherson.

Model cover: Kama Brandyk.

Back cover

Labels

Calendar

Postcard

Postcard

Censored cover:

Reissue 2019 - Europe

Vinyl L.P:

Fetish Records - FR2004.

Reissue 1981 - U.K (Made in France).

Back cover

Labels

Memorabilia:

Industrial Records

Industrial Records

Throbbing Gristle

      About the artist and the album:

Throbbing Gristle was an english music and visual arts group formed in Kingston upon Hull by Genesis P-Orridge, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Peter "Sleazy" Christopherson, and Chris Carter. They are widely considered pioneers of industrial music. They emerged from the experimental performance group COUM Transmissions, an extreme performance art collective. Their exhibition Prostitution (1976) at the Institute of Contemporary Arts caused such a scandal that a British Member of Parliament called them "the destroyers of civilization."

They founded their own label to operate outside the mainstream industry. The slogan "Industrial Music for Industrial People" gave the genre its name, as detailed by Industrial Records. Chris Carter designed homemade synthesizers and sequencers, while Christopherson pioneered the use of primitive samplers (magnetic tapes).

In 1981, the band announced their end with the message "The mission is over." From their ashes rose Psychic TV, Coil, and Chris & Cosey. They returned in 2004, releasing new material and touring until Christopherson's death in 2010 and Genesis P-Orridge's death in 2020.

D.o.A: The Third and Final Report is their second studio album, released in December 1978. It includes live tracks, studio experiments, and a solo track from each member to highlight their individual styles. The album is famous for its unsettling and varied atmosphere, blending computer noise, binaural recordings, and captured conversations.

The first 1,000 mail-order copies included a calendar with a color photograph of a girl in bed and a black-and-white postcard from Industrial Records, which were removed from later reissues.