Genesis P and the Chili Pepper’s Pee
Dave Thompson, Alternative Press, 1994
GENESIS P-ORRIDGE left the UK almost two years ago, hounded out by one of those peculiarly English sexsational witch-hunts that the home authorities apparently relish. It's odd; the Brits are known worldwide for their cold-fish sexual prudishness, but show me two courgettes and some sticky-backed plastic, and I'll show you an Englishman who knows exactly what to do with them. And, while they're world-renowned for being Bad in Bed, put them in the torture chamber....
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