Throbbing Gristle evolved from the performance art group COUM Transmissions, which was formed in Kingston upon Hull by a group of performers centered on Genesis P-Orridge and Cosey Fanni Tutti.
Many performers are linked to this contamination between flesh and technology: from Chris Burden, Vito Acconci, COUM Transmissions, Leigh Bowery, Stelarc, Marcel.lì Antunez Roca and Matthew Barney.