D.o.A: The Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle is an album by industrial music

Industrial music

Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...

 pioneers Throbbing Gristle

Throbbing Gristle

Throbbing Gristle were an English industrial, avant-garde music and visual arts group that evolved from the performance art group COUM Transmissions...

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Vinyl notes

First 1000 on Industrial enclosed a card calendar with color photo of little girl on bed. Another pressing of 1000 copies was recut with false track markers (the "bands" visible on a vinyl disc) to give it the appearance of having 16 tracks all of exactly equal length. The single "United

United/Zyklon B Zombie

United/Zyklon B Zombie is a 7" vinyl single by industrial group Throbbing Gristle. The original pressing by Industrial Records had cream centre labels with very blurred Death Factory Logo and picture sleeve...

," which had garnered some popularity due to its relatively accessible style, was included on the album sped up to last 16 seconds from its original length of just over four minutes, an effect produced by fast-forwarding the tape.

The sleevenotes included the following information:

"A few words about this record: for various reasons we have decided to include a solo track by each of the four individual group members. We think you may find this illuminating [...] Explanatory details about individual tracks are as follows:

"Side One: "I.B.M. was inspired by a found cassette sent to us by Mark Eyles. "Hit by a Rock" was recorded at the Highbury Roundhouse, North London in September 1977. "Valley of the Shadow of Death" was recorded and arranged by Peter Christopherson. "Dead on Arrival" was recorded live at A.T.C., Goldsmiths College, London in May 1978. "Weeping" uses four types of acoustic violin through a space-echo

Roland RE-201

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 played and arranged by Genesis P-Orridge, the lyrics are co-written by Genesis P-Orridge and Ewa Zajac (the mother of the girl used on the album cover).

"Side Two: "Hamburger Lady" was inspired by a section of a letter from Dr. Al Ackerman

Blaster Al Ackerman

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 of Portland, Oregon

Portland, Oregon

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, U.S.A. reproduced elsewhere on this sleeve. "Hometime" was played, recorded and arranged by Cosey Fanni Tutti. "Death Threats" was taken unaltered off our telephone answering machine. "Walls of Sound" was recorded live at five locations during the last year. "Blood on the Floor" was recorded live at the Highbury Roundhouse in September 1977.

"The remaining material was gathered on location or recorded at the studios of Industrial Records, to whom, as ever, our thanks are due."

12" release

Side A:

1. "I.B.M." - 2:35
2. "Hit by a Rock" - 2:32
3. "United
   United/Zyklon B Zombie
   United/Zyklon B Zombie is a 7" vinyl single by industrial group Throbbing Gristle. The original pressing by Industrial Records had cream centre labels with very blurred Death Factory Logo and picture sleeve...
   
   " - 0:16
4. "Valley of the Shadow of Death" - 4:01 (Peter Christopherson
   Peter Christopherson
   Peter Martin Christopherson, a.k.a. Sleazy was a musician, video director and designer, and former member of the influential British design agency Hipgnosis....
   
    solo)
5. "Dead on Arrival" - 6:08
6. "Weeping" - 5:31 (Genesis P-Orridge
   Genesis P-Orridge
   Genesis Breyer P-Orridge is an English singer-songwriter, musician, writer and artist. P-Orridge's early confrontational performance work in COUM Transmissions in the late 1960s and early 1970s along with the industrial band Throbbing Gristle, which dealt with subjects such as prostitution,...
   
    solo)

Side B:

1. "Hamburger Lady" - 4:15
2. "Hometime" - 3:46 (Cosey Fanni Tutti
   Cosey Fanni Tutti
   Cosey Fanni Tutti is best known as a performance artist and for her time in Throbbing Gristle and Chris & Cosey....
   
    solo)
3. "AB7/A" - 4:31 (Chris Carter
   Chris Carter (musician)
   Chris Carter was born on January 28, 1953 in London, England and educated at the Friern Barnet Grammar School. He is best known for being a synthesist and member of Throbbing Gristle and Chris & Cosey...
   
    solo)
4. "E-Coli" - 4:16
5. "Death Threats" - 0:41
6. "Walls of Sound" - 2:48
7. "Blood on the Floor" - 1:07

CD release

1. "I.B.M." - 2:35
2. "Hit by a Rock" - 2:32
3. "United" - 0:16
4. "Valley of the Shadow of Death" - 4:01
5. "Dead on Arrival" - 6:10
6. "Weeping" - 5:31
7. "Hamburger Lady" - 4:15
8. "Hometime" - 3:46
9. "AB/7A" - 4:31
10. "E-Coli" - 4:17
11. "Death Threats" - 0:41
12. "Walls of Sound" - 2:49
13. "Blood on the Floor" - 1:06
14. "Five Knuckle Shuffle
    We Hate You (Little Girls)/Five Knuckle Shuffle
    We Hate You /Five Knuckle Shuffle is a single by Throbbing Gristle.The A-side is 33 rpm, B-side is 45 rpm. The single came in double gatefold A4 size sleeve. Enclosures of text by Jean Pierre Turmel, collages by G. P-Orridge. Cover artworks by Yves Surlemont and Lou Lou Picasso. The center labels...
    
    " - 6:43
15. "We Hate You (Little Girls)
    We Hate You (Little Girls)/Five Knuckle Shuffle
    We Hate You /Five Knuckle Shuffle is a single by Throbbing Gristle.The A-side is 33 rpm, B-side is 45 rpm. The single came in double gatefold A4 size sleeve. Enclosures of text by Jean Pierre Turmel, collages by G. P-Orridge. Cover artworks by Yves Surlemont and Lou Lou Picasso. The center labels...
    
    " - 2:08

Personnel

• Chris Carter – synthesizer, keyboards, electronics, digital remastering, tapes
• Peter Christopherson – synthesizer, tapes
• Genesis P-Orridge – bass guitar, clarinet, violin, guitar, vocals
• Cosey Fanni Tutti – guitar, vocals, effects, tapes