Peter Martin Christopherson, a.k.a. Sleazy (27 February 1955 – 25 November 2010) was a musician, video director and designer, and former member of the influential British design agency Hipgnosis

Hipgnosis

Hipgnosis was a British art design group that specialized in creating cover art for the albums of rock musicians and bands, most notably Pink Floyd, T.Rex, The Pretty Things, UFO, 10cc, Bad Company, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Scorpions, Yes, The Alan Parsons Project, Genesis, Peter Gabriel, ELO and XTC...

.

He was one of the original members of the Industrial Records

Industrial Records

Industrial Records was a record label established in 1976 by art/music group Throbbing Gristle. The group, fronted by Genesis P-Orridge, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Chris Carter, and Peter Christopherson, were to release their experiments in non-entertainment sound and multimedia through the label; in...

 band, 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...

. After 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...

 he participated in the foundation of Psychic TV

Psychic TV

Psychic TV or PTV, is a video art and music group that primarily performs psychedelic, punk, electronic and experimental music...

 along with Geoffrey Rushton, aka John Balance

John Balance

John Balance , born in Mansfield, England, was the founder of the experimental music group Coil, along with his partner Peter Christopherson...

. After his short time in Psychic TV

Psychic TV

Psychic TV or PTV, is a video art and music group that primarily performs psychedelic, punk, electronic and experimental music...

, Christopherson formed Coil

Coil (band)

Coil were an English cross-genre, experimental music group formed in 1982 by John Balance—later credited as "Jhonn Balance"—and his partner Peter Christopherson, aka "Sleazy". The duo worked together on a series of releases before Balance chose the name Coil, which he claimed to be...

 along with Balance, which lasted just under 23 years, until Balance died of a fall in their Weston-Super-Mare home. Christopherson participated in the reuniting of Throbbing Gristle and he composed an album for his solo endeavour The Threshold HouseBoys Choir.

Biography

Prior to his musical career, Peter Christopherson was a commercial artist, designer

Designer

A designer is a person who designs. More formally, a designer is an agent that "specifies the structural properties of a design object". In practice, anyone who creates tangible or intangible objects, such as consumer products, processes, laws, games and graphics, is referred to as a...

, and photographer. Notably, he was one of the three partners of the album cover design group Hipgnosis

Hipgnosis

Hipgnosis was a British art design group that specialized in creating cover art for the albums of rock musicians and bands, most notably Pink Floyd, T.Rex, The Pretty Things, UFO, 10cc, Bad Company, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Scorpions, Yes, The Alan Parsons Project, Genesis, Peter Gabriel, ELO and XTC...

, which was responsible for many notable album covers of the 1970s. Christopherson remained involved with commercial art through his later musical career as a director of music videos and television commercials.

Born in Leeds

Leeds

Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 , making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial...

, Christopherson was a founding member of 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...

 who are credited with creating the 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...

 genre before disbanding in 1981. Throbbing Gristle members 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...

 and 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....

 formed their own group while Peter Christopherson and TG's other member 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,...

 formed Psychic TV

Psychic TV

Psychic TV or PTV, is a video art and music group that primarily performs psychedelic, punk, electronic and experimental music...

 along with other musicians. John Balance

John Balance

John Balance , born in Mansfield, England, was the founder of the experimental music group Coil, along with his partner Peter Christopherson...

 met Christopherson as a Throbbing Gristle fan and the two became partners. Christopherson worked on the first two Psychic TV albums, Force The Hand Of Chance

Force the Hand of Chance

Force The Hand Of Chance was the debut album of English group Psychic TV. The initial 5,000 pressings included Themes and a poster.The album spawned the single "Just Drifting".-Track listing:...

 and Dreams Less Sweet

Dreams Less Sweet

Dreams Less Sweet is the second proper album by Psychic TV. The album was released in Holophonic sound.-1983 12" vinyl pressing:Side A:#"Hymn 23"#*Synthesizer : Andrew Poppy#"The Orchids"#*Oboe: Jessica Ilbert#"Botanica"#"Iron Glove"...

, joined by Balance on the second one. The two performed live several times with Psychic TV

Psychic TV

Psychic TV or PTV, is a video art and music group that primarily performs psychedelic, punk, electronic and experimental music...

 then formed their own project, Coil

Coil (band)

Coil were an English cross-genre, experimental music group formed in 1982 by John Balance—later credited as "Jhonn Balance"—and his partner Peter Christopherson, aka "Sleazy". The duo worked together on a series of releases before Balance chose the name Coil, which he claimed to be...

. Along with 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...

, Christopherson has personally documented on his MySpace blog (with photographic evidence) of having played a custom-made (for him) keyboard-triggered sampler

Sampler (musical instrument)

A sampler is an electronic musical instrument similar in some respects to a synthesizer but, instead of generating sounds, it uses recordings of sounds that are loaded or recorded into it by the user and then played back by means of a keyboard, sequencer or other triggering device to perform or...

 before the first sampler (Fairlight

Fairlight

Fairlight is a digital audio company based in Sydney, Australia. In 1979 they created the Fairlight CMI, the first digital audio sampler, quickly used by artists such as Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush, and Jean Michel Jarre. They are now a manufacturer of media solutions tools such as digital audio...

) was available in UK. While not the first sampler, this was a major step towards the use of samplers in live performance, as noted by Christopherson himself.

Despite Christopherson's long and extensive history as a musical artist, he only released two tracks under the name Peter Christopherson. The first, "In My Head A Crystal Sphere Of Heavy Fluid", appeared on the compilation Foxtrot

Foxtrot (compilation)

Foxtrot benefit compilation release for John Balance's alcohol addiction. The album features tracks by Balance's close friends, including his group Coil and was released via their label Chalice....

, a benefit album for former partner John Balance's rehabilitation from alcohol addiction while the second, "All Possible Numbers", appeared eleven years later on Autumn Blood (Constructions).

In 2005, Christopherson relocated from England to Bangkok

Bangkok

Bangkok is the capital and largest urban area city in Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep , meaning "city of angels." The full name of Bangkok is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom...

, Thailand

Thailand

Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

 and undertook the project The Threshold HouseBoys Choir. He also released the final Coil CDs: The Ape of Naples

The Ape Of Naples

The Ape of Naples is the final album from Coil. It was released after the death of lead vocalist John Balance, who died on 13 November 2004. The title of this album was originally intended to be "Fire of the Mind"....

, The Remote Viewer

The Remote Viewer

The Remote Viewer was originally released in CD-R format by Coil. The three track album was released in 2002 May in an edition of 500 copies. The initial three copies were signed and numbered, then auctioned off. The album was later re-edited by Peter Christopherson and expanded to include a second...

, Black Antlers

Black Antlers

Black Antlers was originally released in CD-R format by Coil in 2004 in a limited edition. The album was later re-edited by Peter Christopherson and expanded to include a second CD of two new tracks, as well as a new track on the first disc. The second edition was released in 2006 August on the...

, The New Backwards

The New Backwards

Backwards was a studio bootleg recording by Coil. The origin of the source of "Backwards" is believed to have been a leak of the studio demo, in the form of a cassette . However, the entire demo was broadcast when Dutch Radio4, a radio station in Amsterdam, had Coil as in studio guests to coincide...

, and reissued Musick to Play in the Dark Vol. 1

Musick To Play In The Dark Vol. 1

Musick to Play in the Dark Vol. 1 is a CD in its third pressing, as well as a 12" vinyl, by Coil.Musick to Play in the Dark Vol. 1 was one of two albums attributed purely to a style called "moon music", which signified their change from a "solar" to a "moon" group. Musick to Play in the Dark Vol. 2...

 and Musick to Play in the Dark Vol. 2

Musick To Play In The Dark Vol. 2

Musick to Play in the Dark Vol. 2 is an album by Coil currently in its third pressing in CD format; it was also released in double 12" vinyl format....

, which were formerly being manufactured in England.

2005 also marked the reuniting of Throbbing Gristle for a few concerts. Throbbing Gristle announced a new album Part Two. The group announced several additional concerts in 2007 to promote the album.

In 2007 Christopherson released the debut album of his solo effort The Threshold HouseBoys Choir. The album, Form Grows Rampant

Form Grows Rampant

Form Grows Rampant is the debut release by Peter Christopherson's solo project The Threshold HouseBoys Choir. The set is a CD + DVD. The album was originally announced in the X-Rated: The Dark Files as Rampant. The set was originally planned to be released in Blu-Ray format...

, is broken down into five "parts" or songs, and includes a DVD of the album set to video of Thai

Thai people

The Thai people, or Siamese, are the main ethnic group of Thailand and are part of the larger Tai ethnolinguistic peoples found in Thailand and adjacent countries in Southeast Asia as well as southern China. Their language is the Thai language, which is classified as part of the Kradai family of...

 rituals in Krabi

Krabi

Krabi is a town on the west coast of southern Thailand at the mouth of the Krabi River where it empties in Phangnga Bay. As of 2005 the town has a population of 24,986. The town is the capital of Krabi Province and Krabi district...

. He was a guest and jury head of the 2007 Melbourne Underground Film Festival

Melbourne Underground Film Festival

The Melbourne Underground Film Festival was formed out of disagreements over the content and running of the Melbourne International Film Festival...

.

In 2008 Christopherson and Ivan Pavlov

CoH (musician)

CoH is the musical alias of Ivan Pavlov , a Russian-born sound artist and engineer. He has lived in Sweden since 1995. After Pavlov moved to Sweden, he adopted the alias CoH which can be read in Cyrillic as well as in Latin alphabet and means in Russian sleep or dream...

 (aka COH

CoH (musician)

CoH is the musical alias of Ivan Pavlov , a Russian-born sound artist and engineer. He has lived in Sweden since 1995. After Pavlov moved to Sweden, he adopted the alias CoH which can be read in Cyrillic as well as in Latin alphabet and means in Russian sleep or dream...

) started a new project called Soisong

Soisong

Soisong is the musical collaboration of Peter Christopherson and Ivan Pavlov-Releases:* Soi-Jin-No-Hi Octagonal CDEP / free download EP from www.soisong.com * xAj3z Octagonal CD housed in fold out custom sleeve with colour inlay...

. The band officially premiered in Tokyo on 9 March 2008 and later toured Europe with several shows, having self-released their debut EP. In April of the same year Christopherson and Pavlov, alongside David Tibet

David Tibet

David Tibet is a British poet and artist who founded the music group Current 93, of which he is the only full-time member. He had earlier collaborated with Psychic TV and 23 Skidoo...

, Othon Mataragas

Othon Mataragas

OTHON, a.k.a. Othon Mataragas , is a Greek composer, songwriter and pianist.-Early life:Othon Mataragas started to play the piano at the age of four and the following year he gave his first recital...

 and Ernesto Tomasini

Ernesto Tomasini

Ernesto Tomasini is an Italian actor/singer/writer living in Britain. Best known for his more recent forays into contemporary music, he has behind himself a 20 year career on the stage.-Early performances:...

, performed a live soundtrack for Derek Jarman

Derek Jarman

Michael Derek Elworthy Jarman was an English film director, stage designer, diarist, artist, gardener and author.-Life:...

's The Angelic Conversation

The Angelic Conversation (film)

The Angelic Conversation is a 1985 arthouse drama film directed by Derek Jarman. Its tone is set by the juxtaposition of slow moving photographic images and Shakespeare's sonnets read by Judi Dench...

 in Turin, Italy.

Christopherson died in his sleep on November 25, 2010. The cause of his death has not been revealed.

Solo as Peter Christopherson

• "In My Head A Crystal Sphere Of Heavy Fluid" on Foxtrot
  Foxtrot (compilation)
  Foxtrot benefit compilation release for John Balance's alcohol addiction. The album features tracks by Balance's close friends, including his group Coil and was released via their label Chalice....
  
   (1998)
• "All Possible Numbers" on Autumn Blood (Constructions) (2009)

Solo as The Threshold HouseBoys Choir

• ...It Just Is compilation contains the track "Mahil Athal Nadrach". (CD) (2005)
• X-Rated: The Dark Files compilation contains the track "So Young It Knows No Maturing". (CD) (2006)
• Form Grows Rampant
  Form Grows Rampant
  Form Grows Rampant is the debut release by Peter Christopherson's solo project The Threshold HouseBoys Choir. The set is a CD + DVD. The album was originally announced in the X-Rated: The Dark Files as Rampant. The set was originally planned to be released in Blu-Ray format...
  
   debut album. (CD+DVD) (2007)
• Brainwaves 2008 compilation contains "Cap Rot Taxi" (CD) (2008)
• Amulet Edition limited release (200 pcs) 4 mini-cds in Amulet package (CD) (2008)

With SoiSong

• Soijin-No-Hi Octagonal CDEP / free download EP from www.soisong.com from March (2008)
• xAj3z Octagonal CD housed in fold out custom sleeve with colour inlay (2009)

With Psychic TV

• Force The Hand Of Chance
  Force the Hand of Chance
  Force The Hand Of Chance was the debut album of English group Psychic TV. The initial 5,000 pressings included Themes and a poster.The album spawned the single "Just Drifting".-Track listing:...
  
  
• Just Drifting
  Just Drifting
  Just Drifting is a single by Psychic TV for their album Force The Hand Of Chance. It was on 7" and 12" vinyl.The B-side run-out groove reads: BREAKTHROUGH IN THE GREY ROOM.-Personnel:...
  
  
• Dreams Less Sweet
  Dreams Less Sweet
  Dreams Less Sweet is the second proper album by Psychic TV. The album was released in Holophonic sound.-1983 12" vinyl pressing:Side A:#"Hymn 23"#*Synthesizer : Andrew Poppy#"The Orchids"#*Oboe: Jessica Ilbert#"Botanica"#"Iron Glove"...
  
  
• Berlin Atonal Vol. 1
  Berlin Atonal Vol. 1
  Berlin Atonal Vol. 1 is a split 12" vinyl release between Psychic TV and Z'EV. Side A is Psychic TV performing live at the Berlin Atonal Festival on December 2, 1983. The rest of the Psychic TV set from this date can be found on Berlin Atonal Vol. 2...
  
  
• Berlin Atonal Vol. 2
  Berlin Atonal Vol. 2
  Berlin Atonal Vol. 2 is a split 12" vinyl between Psychic TV and La Loora.Both sides are live performances. The Psychic TV set came from their performance on December 2, 1983. The rest of the Psychic TV set from this date can be found on Berlin Atonal Vol...
  
  
• N.Y. Scum
  N.Y. Scum
  N.Y. Scum is a live album by Psychic TV. The album was released as a 12" vinyl record in a limited edition of 5,000 copies. It was later released on CD along with a performance in Tokyo performance as Thee City Ov Tokyo/Thee City Ov New York....
  
  
• Thee City Ov Tokyo/Thee City Ov New York
  Thee City Ov Tokyo/Thee City Ov New York
  Thee City ov Tokyo/Thee City ov New York is a live album by Psychic TV which combines two concerts on a single disc. The New York concert was originally released on N.Y...
  
  
• Mein-Goett-In-Gen
  Mein-Goett-In-Gen
  Mein*Goett*In*Gen is a live CD album by Psychic TV.Tracks 1 was recorded live in Gottingen, Germany on May 17, 1984. Tracks 2 was recorded at the Berlin Atonal Festival, Germany on December 2, 1983....
  
  

Other contributions

Date of release	Song title	Released on	Group name released under	Musical role
1980	"First/Last"	Something For Nobody	Monte Cazazza Monte Cazazza Monte Cazazza is an American artist and composer best known for his seminal role in helping shape the early landscape of industrial music through recordings with the London-based Industrial Records in the mid-1970s.-Career:...	featuring (technical supervision)
1982		Seven Songs	23 Skidoo	featuring (production)
1992	"First/Last"	The Worst Of Monte Cazazza The Worst of Monte Cazazza The Worst Of Monte Cazazza is compilation of tracks by Monte Cazazza and associated acts.-Track listing:#Bart Alberti, M.D.: "Psychiatric Review" - 2:10#Monte Cazazza: "To Mom On Mother's Day" - 3:26#*Featuring : Throbbing Gristle...	Monte Cazazza	featuring (technical supervision)
1993	"The Apocalyptic Folk In The Nodding God Unveiled"	The Nodding Folk The Nodding Folk The Nodding Folk was the name of an industrial music supergroup with members David Tibet, James Mannox, John Balance, Peter Christopherson, Sam Mannox-Wood, Simon Norris, and Steven Stapleton from the groups Current 93, Spasm, Nurse with Wound, Cyclobe and Coil...	performer
1996	"Videodrones; Questions"	Lost Highway soundtrack	Trent Reznor Trent Reznor Michael Trent Reznor is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, record producer, and leader of industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails. Reznor is also a member of How to Destroy Angels alongside his wife, Mariqueen Maandig, and Atticus Ross. He was previously associated with bands Option 30,...	production
1996	"Driver Down"	Lost Highway Soundtrack	Trent Reznor	production
2000	"Silence Is Golden"	Vox Tinnitus	CoH CoH (musician) CoH is the musical alias of Ivan Pavlov , a Russian-born sound artist and engineer. He has lived in Sweden since 1995. After Pavlov moved to Sweden, he adopted the alias CoH which can be read in Cyrillic as well as in Latin alphabet and means in Russian sleep or dream...	vocals
2001	"My Angel (Director's Cut)"	Love Uncut Love Uncut Love Uncut is a CD EP by CoH released in 2000 on Coil's Eskaton label, and features Coil members John Balance and Peter Christopherson as well as a Cyclobe member Stephen Thrower.-Track listing:#"My Angel [Director's Cut]"...	CoH	vocals
August 6, 2001		The Michel Publicity Window E.P. The Michel Publicity Window E.P. The Michel Publicity Window E.P. is a CD by Thighpaulsandra. The title track is a radio-friendly edit of the 27-minute epic from I, Thighpaulsandra, excising the ambient suites that bookend the rock midsection. The rest of the EP features forays into electronica and hard rock, and remains...	Thighpaulsandra Thighpaulsandra Thighpaulsandra is a Welsh experimental musician and multi-instrumentalist known mostly for performing on synthesizers and keyboards. As Tim Lewis, he began his career working with Julian Cope. A collaboration with Cope in 1993 followed, as the experimental duo Queen Elizabeth...	album artwork design
2002	"Autumn"	Seasons	CoH	uses field recordings by Christopherson
2005	"Unhealthy Red"	A Nature Of Nonsense	Aural Rage	written by
2008	"I'm In Black Out"	The Zsigmondy Experience	Sion Orgon	uses field recordings and vocals by Christopherson

Filmography

Music video as director

• The Almighty
  The Almighty (band)
  The Almighty are a hard rock/heavy metal band, from Glasgow in Scotland who formed in 1988. They have released seven studio albums, two anthologies and one live album.-1988-1993:...
  
   - "Wrench"
• Marc Almond
  Marc Almond
  Marc Almond is an English singer-songwriter and musician, who originally found fame as half of the seminal synthpop/New Wave duo Soft Cell...
  
   - "Waifs and Strays", "Stories Of Johnny", "Love Letter", "A Woman's Story", "Ruby Red", "Tainted Love '91", and "Say Hello Wave Goodbye '91"
• Ash
  Ash (band)
  Ash are an alternative rock band that formed in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland in 1992. The band has sold 8 million albums worldwide.-Band beginning, Trailer and 1977 :...
  
   - "Girl From Mars"
• Bad Company
  Bad Company
  Bad Company were an English rock supergroup founded in 1973, consisting of two former Free band members — singer Paul Rodgers and drummer Simon Kirke — as well as Mott the Hoople guitarist Mick Ralphs and King Crimson bassist Boz Burrell. Peter Grant, who, in years prior, was a key component of...
  
   - "Shake It Up"
• Bassomatic
  BassOmatic
  In cryptography, BassOmatic was the symmetric-key cipher designed by Phil Zimmermann as part of his email encryption software, PGP . Comments in the source code indicate that he had been designing the cipher since as early as 1988, but it was not publicly released until 1991...
  
   - "One With The Oil Rig"
• Big Big Sun - "Stop The World"
• Björn Again
  Björn Again
  Björn Again is a tribute show to the Swedish pop group ABBA founded in 1988 in Australia, but now involving multiple touring troupes performing under the Björn Again name...
  
   - "A Little Respect"
• Blue Mercedes
  Blue Mercedes
  Blue Mercedes were a pop music duo from London, England, comprising David Titlow and Duncan Millar. Titlow was known for wearing purple shorts onstage with the words "Funk Ass" printed on them, whilst Millar played a large portable synth with double keyboards — they dubbed their musical style...
  
   - "Love Is The Gun"
• Bomb The Bass
  Bomb the Bass
  Bomb the Bass is the umbrella title for the output of British musician and producer, Tim Simenon. The band, which has evolved its style over the years, has been classed as electronic or dance....
  
   - "Love So True", "Winter In July", "Air On The Train"
• Jerry Cantrell
  Jerry Cantrell
  Jerry Fulton Cantrell Jr. is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter best known for his work with the grunge/metal band Alice in Chains, as lead guitarist, backing and co-lead vocalist, and co-lyricist. He performs lead vocals on his solo projects, and is part of Alice in Chains' harmonizing...
  
   - "Cut You In"
• The Christians - "Forgotten Town"
• Coil
  Coil (band)
  Coil were an English cross-genre, experimental music group formed in 1982 by John Balance—later credited as "Jhonn Balance"—and his partner Peter Christopherson, aka "Sleazy". The duo worked together on a series of releases before Balance chose the name Coil, which he claimed to be...
  
   - "The Wheel", "Tainted Love", "Windowpane", "The Snow (Answers Come In Dreams II)", "Love's Secret Domain"
• The Crystal Method
  The Crystal Method
  The Crystal Method is an American electronic music duo that was created in Los Angeles, California by Ken Jordan and Scott Kirkland in the early 1990s. The Crystal Method's music has appeared in numerous TV shows, films, video games, and advertisements. The most prominent is the US television...
  
   - "Comin' Back"
• Danzig
  Danzig (band)
  Danzig is an American heavy metal band, formed in 1987 in Lodi, New Jersey. The band serves as a musical outlet for the singer/songwriter Glenn Danzig. Danzig can be seen as the third stage in Glenn Danzig's musical career, preceded by the horror punk bands The Misfits and Samhain...
  
   - "Until You Call on the Dark" (alternate version)
• Godsmack
  Godsmack
  Godsmack is an American heavy metal band from Lawrence, Massachusetts, formed in 1995. The band is composed of founder, frontman and songwriter Sully Erna, guitarist Tony Rombola, bassist Robbie Merrill, and drummer Shannon Larkin...
  
   - "Keep Away
  Keep Away (song)
  "Keep Away" is the second single by heavy metal band Godsmack. It was released on the band's first studio album Godsmack. It is also among one of the band's most popular songs to fans...
  
  "
• Gravity Kills
  Gravity Kills
  Gravity Kills is an American industrial rock band from Jefferson City, Missouri. Their music was described by one critic as "a blending of eerie industrial rock with a pop-infused melodic chorus and a bit of hard-core head banging."...
  
   - "Blame (L.A. Remix)"
• Erasure
  Erasure
  Erasure are an English synthpop duo, consisting of songwriter and keyboardist Vince Clarke and singer Andy Bell. Erasure entered the music scene in 1985 with their debut single "Who Needs Love Like That"...
  
   - "Chains of Love", "A Little Respect", "Stop"
• Deon Estus
  Deon Estus
  Deon Estus is an American bassist and singer, best known as the bass player of Wham! and as George Michael's bassist on all of the latter's subsequent projects.-Biography:...
  
   - (track unknown)
• Fairground Attraction
  Fairground Attraction
  Fairground Attraction were a British acoustic pop band. They are best known for their hit single "Perfect", and for helping to launch the career of lead vocalist Eddi Reader.-Career:...
  
   - "Find My Love"
• The Firm - "Radioactive", "All The King's Horses", "Satisfaction Guaranteed", "Live In Peace"
• Gavin Friday
  Gavin Friday
  Gavin Friday is an Irish singer and songwriter, composer, actor and painter.-Career:Gavin was born in Dublin and grew up in Finglas, a neighbourhood located on Dublin's Northside...
  
   - "Falling off the Edge of the World", "King Of Trash"
• Filter
  Filter (band)
  Filter is a rock group formed in 1993 in Cleveland by singer Richard Patrick and guitarist/programmer Brian Liesegang. Filter has released five studio albums, the most recent being The Trouble with Angels, which was released on August 17, 2010....
  
   - "Welcome to the Fold"
• Front 242
  Front 242
  Front 242 is a pioneering Belgian electronic music group that came into prominence during the 1980s. They are known for being the premier pioneer of electronic body music and as a major influence on the electronic and industrial music genres.-Formation:...
  
   - "Rhythm of Time"
• Diamanda Galás
  Diamanda Galás
  Diamanda Galás is an American avant-garde composer, vocalist, pianist, organist, performance artist and painter.Galás has been described as "capable of the most unnerving vocal terror", with her three and a half octave vocal range. She often screams, hisses and growls...
  
   - "Double Barrel Prayer"
• Galliano
  Galliano (band)
  Galliano were a London-based acid jazz group, which started in 1988. The group was the first signing to Eddie Piller and Gilles Peterson's Talkin' Loud label. The original members were Rob Gallagher , Constantine Weir , Michael Snaith , and Crispin Robinson...
  
   - "Twyford Down"
• Gemini - "Another You Another Me"
• Barry Gibb
  Barry Gibb
  Barry Alan Crompton Gibb, CBE , is a singer, songwriter and producer. He was born in the Isle of Man to English parents. With his brothers Robin and Maurice, he formed The Bee Gees, one of the most successful pop groups of all time. The trio got their start in Australia, and found their major...
  
   - "Now Voyager" (long form made-for-television music film)
• Hanson
  Hanson (band)
  Hanson are an American pop rock band formed in Tulsa, Oklahoma, by brothers Isaac , Taylor , and Zac Hanson . They are best known for the 1997 hit song "MMMBop" from their major label debut album Middle of Nowhere, which earned three Grammy nominations...
  
   - "I Will Come to You"
• Nona Hendryx
  Nona Hendryx
  Nona Hendryx is an American vocalist, producer, songwriter, musician, author, and actress.Hendryx is known for her work as a solo artist as well as for being one-third of the trio Labelle, who had a hit with "Lady Marmalade." Her music has ranged from soul, funk, dance, and R&B to hard rock, art...
  
   - (track unknown)
• Kyosuke Himuro
  Kyosuke Himuro
  is a popular Japanese singer. He was a member of the rock group Boøwy from 1981 to 1988. After the group disbanded he started a successful solo career. In 2003, HMV Japan ranked Himuro at number 76 on their list of the 100 most important Japanese pop acts...
  
   - "Misty", "Shuffle"
• Hue & Cry - "Labour Of Love"
• K's Choice
  K's Choice
  K's Choice is a Belgian rock band from Antwerp, formed in the mid-1990s. The band's core members are siblings Sarah Bettens and Gert Bettens . They are joined by Eric Grossman , Thomas Vanelslander , Reinout Swinnen and Koen Liekens...
  
   - "Not an Addict" (live version), "Everything for Free"
• Nik Kershaw
  Nik Kershaw
  Nik Kershaw is an English singer-songwriter. The one time jazz-funk guitarist was a mid-1980s teen idol. His 50 weeks on the UK Singles Chart in 1984 beat all other soloists...
  
   - "Nobody Knows", "Radio Musicola"
• Thomas Lang
  Thomas Lang
  Thomas Lang is an Austrian drummer, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and record producer. He is the founding member of the Los Angeles-based progressive/avant garde metal trio, stOrk.Lang took up drumming at the age of 5...
  
   - "The Happy Man"
• The Law
  The Law (band)
  For other bands named Law, see Law The Law were an English rock group formed in 1991 comprising drummer Kenney Jones and singer Paul Rodgers . The two teamed up with the idea of using different supporting musicians, in order to allow Paul Rodgers to pursue whatever musical style he felt like...
  
   - "We Are the Law"
• Level 42
  Level 42
  Level 42 are an English pop rock and jazz-funk band who had a number of worldwide and UK hits during the 1980s and 1990s.The band gained fame for their high-calibre musicianship—in particular that of Mark King, whose percussive slap-bass guitar technique provided the driving groove of many of the...
  
   - "To Be With You Again"
• Magnum
  Magnum (band)
  Magnum are a British progressive rock band from Birmingham, England. Formed as a four piece by Tony Clarkin , Bob Catley , Kex Gorin and Bob Doyle in order to appear as the resident band at The Rum Runner night club Birmingham...
  
   - (track unknown)
• Masters of Reality
  Masters of Reality
  Masters of Reality is a hard rock group formed in 1981 by guitarist and singer Chris Goss and Tim Harrington in Syracuse, New York. The band is sometimes associated with the "Palm Desert Scene", which includes bands like Kyuss, Queens of the Stone Age and many other stoner rock or "desert rock"...
  
   - (track unknown)
• Paul McCartney
  Paul McCartney
  Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...
  
   - "Going Home (From Rio to Liverpool)"
• Ministry
  Ministry (band)
  Ministry is an American industrial metal band founded by lead singer Al Jourgensen in 1981. Originally a synthpop outfit, Ministry changed its style to industrial metal in the late 1980s. Ministry found mainstream success in the early 1990s with its most successful album Psalm 69: The Way to...
  
   - "N.W.O.", "Just One Fix", "Over the Shoulder"
• Nine Inch Nails
  Nine Inch Nails
  Nine Inch Nails is an American industrial rock project, founded in 1988 by Trent Reznor in Cleveland, Ohio. As its main producer, singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist, Reznor is the only official member of Nine Inch Nails and remains solely responsible for its direction...
  
   - The Broken Movie ("Pinion", "Wish
  Wish (song)
  "Wish" is the second promotional single from Nine Inch Nails' Broken. The most successful song from the EP, "Wish" cemented Trent Reznor's image as a rage-fueled star to the public. "Wish" won the Best Metal Performance in the 1993 Grammy Awards. Reznor later joked that his epitaph should read:...
  
  ", "Help Me I Am in Hell", "Gave Up"), "March of the Pigs
  March of the Pigs
  "March of the Pigs" is a song written by Trent Reznor of American industrial rock act Nine Inch Nails. It was released in 1994 as the first single from The Downward Spiral , the second album by Nine Inch Nails.-The song:...
  
  " (two versions: one officially released, with clips of the scrapped version available on the Closure
  Closure (Nine Inch Nails VHS)
  Closure is a double VHS set by Nine Inch Nails released in 1997. Closure is the 12th official Nine Inch Nails release. It consists of one tape of live concert and behind-the-scenes footage from the Self-Destruct tour and one tape of music videos....
  
   DVD), Unreleased concert footage at The Forum (6/24/94)
• Pink Floyd
  Pink Floyd
  Pink Floyd were an English rock band that achieved worldwide success with their progressive and psychedelic rock music. Their work is marked by the use of philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, innovative album art, and elaborate live shows. Pink Floyd are one of the most commercially...
  
   - "Us and Them" (1994 version)
• Robert Plant
  Robert Plant
  Robert Anthony Plant, CBE is an English singer and songwriter best known as the vocalist and lyricist of the iconic rock band Led Zeppelin. He has also had a successful solo career...
  
   - "Tall Cool One", "Heaven Knows", "Calling To You", "I Believe"
• Rage Against the Machine
  Rage Against the Machine
  Rage Against the Machine is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1991, the group's line-up consists of vocalist Zack de la Rocha, bassist and backing vocalist Tim Commerford, guitarist Tom Morello and drummer Brad Wilk...
  
   - "Freedom", "Killing in the Name", "Bombtrack", "Bulls on Parade", "People of the Sun"
• Chris Rea
  Chris Rea
  Chris Rea is an English singer-songwriter, recognisable for his distinctive, husky voice and slide guitar playing. The British Hit Singles & Albums stated that Rea was "one of the most popular UK singer-songwriters of the late 1980s. He was already a major European star by the time he finally...
  
   - "Road To Hell"
• Vic Reeves
  Vic Reeves
  James Roderick Moir , better known by the stage name Vic Reeves, is an English comedian, best known for his double act with Bob Mortimer . He is known for his surreal and non sequitur sense of humour....
  
   - "Abide With Me"
• Rollins Band
  Rollins Band
  Rollins Band was an American rock band led by singer and songwriter Henry Rollins.They are best known for the songs "Low Self Opinion" and "Liar", which both earned heavy airplay on MTV in the early 1990s...
  
   - "Illumination"
• Vasco Rossi
  Vasco Rossi
  Vasco Rossi , also known as Vasco or with the nickname Il Blasco, is an Italian singer-songwriter. During his career, he has published 25 albums and has written over 150 songs, as well as lyrics for other artists...
  
   - "C'è chi dice no", "Liberi Liberi"
• Scorpions
  Scorpions (band)
  Scorpions are a heavy metal/hard rock band from Hannover, Germany, formed in 1965 by guitarist Rudolf Schenker, who is the band's only constant member. They are known for their 1980s rock anthem "Rock You Like a Hurricane" and many singles, such as "No One Like You", "Send Me an Angel", "Still...
  
   - (unknown concert film)
• Senser
  Senser
  Senser, a politically-charged UK band, originally formed in South West London from a group of friends in the late 1980s, Nick Michaelson , Heitham Al-Sayed , Kerstin Haigh , John Morgan , James Barrett and Alan "Hagos/Haggis" Haggarty and in 1992 they were joined by Spiral Tribe D.J, Andy Clinton...
  
   - "Age of Panic"
• Sepultura
  Sepultura
  Sepultura is a Brazilian heavy metal band from Belo Horizonte, formed in 1984. The band was a major force in the death metal, thrash metal and ultimately groove metal realms during the late 1980s and early 1990s, with their later experiments melding nu metal, hardcore punk and industrial.Sepultura...
  
   - "Refuse/Resist"
• Silverchair
  Silverchair
  Silverchair were an Australian rock band, which formed in 1992 as Innocent Criminals in Merewether, Newcastle with the line-up of Ben Gillies on drums, Chris Joannou on bass guitar and Daniel Johns on vocals and guitars. The group got their big break in mid-1994 when they won a national demo...
  
   - "Pure Massacre"
• Stabbing Westward
  Stabbing Westward
  Stabbing Westward was an American industrial rock and alternative rock band. They formed in 1985 in Chicago, Illinois and began recording in the 1990s. The band announced a dissolution in 2002.- Early years :...
  
   - "Lies"
• Curtis Stigers
  Curtis Stigers
  Curtis Stigers is an American jazz vocalist, saxophonist, guitarist, and songwriter.-Early life and career:Stigers was born in Boise, Idaho, and started his music career as a teenager, playing in jazz, rock and blues groups, as well as receiving formal training in clarinet and saxophone at high...
  
   - "This Time", (another unknown track)
• 10cc
  10cc
  10cc are an English art rock band who achieved their greatest commercial success in the 1970s. The band initially consisted of four musicians -- Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley, and Lol Creme -- who had written and recorded together for some three years, before assuming the "10cc" name...
  
   - (track unknown)
• Helen Terry
  Helen Terry
  Helen Terry is a British singer, known for her backing vocal work with Culture Club. As a solo performer, she scored a Top 40 hit single in 1984 with "Love Lies Lost", and released one album in 1986, Blue Notes....
  
   - "Black Floor Job"
• The The
  The The
  The The are an English musical and multimedia group that have been active in various forms since 1979, with singer/songwriter Matt Johnson being the only constant band member.-Early years :...
  
   - "Infected", "The Mercy Beat", "Heartland"
• Therapy?
  Therapy?
  Therapy? is an alternative metal band from Northern Ireland. The band was formed in 1989 by guitarist–vocalist Andy Cairns from Ballyclare and drummer-vocalist Fyfe Ewing from Larne, Northern Ireland. The band initially recorded their first demo with Cairns filling in on bass guitar...
  
   - "Stories"
• The Threshold HouseBoy's Choir
  The Threshold HouseBoy's Choir
  The Threshold HouseBoys Choir was a musical guise for Peter Christopherson, announced in 2005 as a follow up endeavor to his former group Coil. Despite the name, it was a solo project which relied heavily on computer generated vocals, of which he was formally credited as the "director." The name...
  
   - "Mahil Athal Nadrach", "So Young It Known No Maturing", and other videos from the album Form Goes Rampant.
• 3 lb. Thrill
  3 lb. thrill
  3 lb. Thrill was the reincarnation of the Atlanta band Uncle Green. Formed in Basking Ridge, New Jersey in 1980, Uncle Green consisted of Matt Brown , Jeff Jensen , Bill Decker , Pete McDade , and Danny Giordano...
  
   - "Something Will Come"
• The Wildhearts
  The Wildhearts
  The Wildhearts are a British rock group originally formed in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. The band's sound is a mixture of hard rock and melodic pop music, often described in the music press as combining influences as diverse as The Beatles and 1980s-era Metallica...
  
   - "Suckerpunch"
• Van Halen
  Van Halen
  Van Halen is an American hard rock band formed in Pasadena, California, in 1972. The band has enjoyed success since the release of its debut album, Van Halen, . As of 2007 Van Halen has sold 80 million albums worldwide and has had the most #1 hits on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart...
  
   - "Don't Tell Me", "Can't Stop Lovin' You"
• Van Morrison
  Van Morrison
  Van Morrison, OBE is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician. His live performances at their best are regarded as transcendental and inspired; while some of his recordings, such as the studio albums Astral Weeks and Moondance, and the live album It's Too Late to Stop Now, are widely...
  
   & Cliff Richard
  Cliff Richard
  Sir Cliff Richard, OBE is a British pop singer, musician, performer, actor, and philanthropist who has sold over an estimated 250 million records worldwide....
  
   - "Whenever God Shines His Light"
• Jah Wobble
  Jah Wobble
  Jah Wobble is an English bass guitarist, singer, poet and composer. He became known to a wider audience as the original bass player in Public Image Ltd in the late 1970s and early 1980s, but left the band after two albums...
  
   - "Becoming More Like God", "The Sun Does Rise"
• Yes
  Yes (band)
  Yes are an English rock band who achieved worldwide success with their progressive, art, and symphonic style of rock music. Regarded as one of the pioneers of the progressive genre, Yes are known for their lengthy songs, mystical lyrics, elaborate album art, and live stage sets...
  
   - "Owner of a Lonely Heart
  Owner of a Lonely Heart
  "Owner of a Lonely Heart" is a song by the progressive rock band Yes. It is the opening track of their 1983 album 90125. Written primarily by Trevor Rabin, the song reached number one on the United States Billboard Hot 100 — to date Yes's biggest chart success...
  
  "
• The Young Gods
  The Young Gods
  The Young Gods are a Swiss post-industrial band. The band's lineup has generally consisted of a vocalist, a sampler operator and a drummer. Their instrumentation often includes sampled electric guitars, drums, keyboards, and other samples. The lyrics are depicted in English, French and...
  
   - (track unknown)

Television commercials as director

• AA Insurance - 2 commercials (1991)
• Best Magazine (1988)
• Coca-Cola - "Tall Cool One" feat. Robert Plant (1988)
• Phil Collins & Richard Branson (1989)
• Gilette (1987)
• Konica (1987)
• Max Factor - "Le Jardin" feat. Jane Seymour (1983)
• McDonald's - "Space" (1987), "Submarine" (1987)
• Miller Lite (1989)
• NEC (1988)
• Nissan - "Ali Baba" (1988), "Snow Queen" (1988), "Cinderella" (1988)
• Pan-Am - "Ready" (1986), "Club" (1987), "Leisure" (1987)
• Prima Magazine (1988)
• Toshiba - "Idea" (1988)

Album artwork credits

This from Peter "Sleazy" Christopherson himself: "I worked as a free-lance photographer and contributor, then promoted to an assistant to Hipgnosis

Hipgnosis

Hipgnosis was a British art design group that specialized in creating cover art for the albums of rock musicians and bands, most notably Pink Floyd, T.Rex, The Pretty Things, UFO, 10cc, Bad Company, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Scorpions, Yes, The Alan Parsons Project, Genesis, Peter Gabriel, ELO and XTC...

 before becoming a partner, and continued to act also after I officially left the organization. So my contributions range from attempted but rejected artwork or design work, to partial contribution in either/both as an assistant, to being fully responsible for all design and artwork, such as the Peter Gabriel

Peter Gabriel

Peter Brian Gabriel is an English singer, musician, and songwriter who rose to fame as the lead vocalist and flautist of the progressive rock group Genesis. After leaving Genesis, Gabriel went on to a successful solo career...

 LPs. What you wish to document is up to you."

• A Certain Ratio
  A Certain Ratio
  A Certain Ratio are a Post-punk band formed in 1977 in Manchester, England. While originally part of the punk rock movement, they soon added funk and dance elements to their sound. They are sometimes referred to as "post punk funk"...
  
   - To Each...
• Dave Ball - In Strict Tempo
• Pink Floyd
  Pink Floyd
  Pink Floyd were an English rock band that achieved worldwide success with their progressive and psychedelic rock music. Their work is marked by the use of philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, innovative album art, and elaborate live shows. Pink Floyd are one of the most commercially...
  
   - A Nice Pair
  A Nice Pair
  A Nice Pair is a compilation album by Pink Floyd, re-issuing their first two albums—The Piper at the Gates of Dawn and A Saucerful of Secrets—in a new gatefold sleeve. The album was released in December 1973 by Harvest and Capitol in the United States and the following month in the United Kingdom...
  
   - "contributed photos as an assistant to Hipgnosis
  Hipgnosis
  Hipgnosis was a British art design group that specialized in creating cover art for the albums of rock musicians and bands, most notably Pink Floyd, T.Rex, The Pretty Things, UFO, 10cc, Bad Company, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Scorpions, Yes, The Alan Parsons Project, Genesis, Peter Gabriel, ELO and XTC...
  
   but did not do the design" – PC
• Pink Floyd
  Pink Floyd
  Pink Floyd were an English rock band that achieved worldwide success with their progressive and psychedelic rock music. Their work is marked by the use of philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, innovative album art, and elaborate live shows. Pink Floyd are one of the most commercially...
  
   - Animals (credited on LP and CD cover to Hipgnosis
  Hipgnosis
  Hipgnosis was a British art design group that specialized in creating cover art for the albums of rock musicians and bands, most notably Pink Floyd, T.Rex, The Pretty Things, UFO, 10cc, Bad Company, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Scorpions, Yes, The Alan Parsons Project, Genesis, Peter Gabriel, ELO and XTC...
  
  )
• Pink Floyd
  Pink Floyd
  Pink Floyd were an English rock band that achieved worldwide success with their progressive and psychedelic rock music. Their work is marked by the use of philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, innovative album art, and elaborate live shows. Pink Floyd are one of the most commercially...
  
   - Wish You Were Here (credited on LP and CD cover to Hipgnosis
  Hipgnosis
  Hipgnosis was a British art design group that specialized in creating cover art for the albums of rock musicians and bands, most notably Pink Floyd, T.Rex, The Pretty Things, UFO, 10cc, Bad Company, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Scorpions, Yes, The Alan Parsons Project, Genesis, Peter Gabriel, ELO and XTC...
  
  )
• Peter Gabriel
  Peter Gabriel
  Peter Brian Gabriel is an English singer, musician, and songwriter who rose to fame as the lead vocalist and flautist of the progressive rock group Genesis. After leaving Genesis, Gabriel went on to a successful solo career...
  
   - Peter Gabriel, aka "Peter Gabriel I" or "Car"
  Peter Gabriel (I)
  -Side Two:- Personnel :*Peter Gabriel – vocals, keyboards, flute, recorder*Allan Schwartzberg – drums*Tony Levin – bass, tuba, leader of the Barbershop Quartet*Jimmy Maelen – percussion, synthibam, bones...
  
    (credited on LP and CD cover to Hipgnosis
  Hipgnosis
  Hipgnosis was a British art design group that specialized in creating cover art for the albums of rock musicians and bands, most notably Pink Floyd, T.Rex, The Pretty Things, UFO, 10cc, Bad Company, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Scorpions, Yes, The Alan Parsons Project, Genesis, Peter Gabriel, ELO and XTC...
  
  )
• Peter Gabriel
  Peter Gabriel
  Peter Brian Gabriel is an English singer, musician, and songwriter who rose to fame as the lead vocalist and flautist of the progressive rock group Genesis. After leaving Genesis, Gabriel went on to a successful solo career...
  
   - Peter Gabriel, aka "Peter Gabriel II" or "Scratch"  (credited on LP and CD cover to Hipgnosis
  Hipgnosis
  Hipgnosis was a British art design group that specialized in creating cover art for the albums of rock musicians and bands, most notably Pink Floyd, T.Rex, The Pretty Things, UFO, 10cc, Bad Company, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Scorpions, Yes, The Alan Parsons Project, Genesis, Peter Gabriel, ELO and XTC...
  
  )
• Peter Gabriel
  Peter Gabriel
  Peter Brian Gabriel is an English singer, musician, and songwriter who rose to fame as the lead vocalist and flautist of the progressive rock group Genesis. After leaving Genesis, Gabriel went on to a successful solo career...
  
   - Peter Gabriel, aka "Peter Gabriel III" or "Melt"  (credited on LP and CD cover to Hipgnosis
  Hipgnosis
  Hipgnosis was a British art design group that specialized in creating cover art for the albums of rock musicians and bands, most notably Pink Floyd, T.Rex, The Pretty Things, UFO, 10cc, Bad Company, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Scorpions, Yes, The Alan Parsons Project, Genesis, Peter Gabriel, ELO and XTC...
  
  )

External links

• Coil
• Coil at Brainwashed
• Left Hand Path
• Myspace
• Throbbing Gristle
• SoiSong
• PeterChristopherson.com archive and forum
• Coil: The Million Dollar Altar (August 29, 2006)
• Sacred-Profane.com (Peter's new photography site)
• This Mortal Coil: A Final Report on Peter “Sleazy” Christopherson (November 29, 2010)