Genesis P-Orridge (born Neil Andrew Megson in Manchester on 22 February 1950; died 14 March 2020) was an English singer-songwriter, musician, poet, performance artist, and occultist. P-Orridge rose to notability as the founder of the COUM Transmissions artistic collective and lead vocalist of seminal industrial band, Throbbing Gristle and fronted the experimental band Psychic TV. Born to parents involved in theatre and music, Megson's father, Ron, was a Jazz musician who liked Bebop and Nat King Cole.