When our bodies breathe their last breaths, we typically refer to it as death. Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, an early proponent of non-binary identity, who shed h/er mortal vessel on 14 March 2020, would not have viewed h/er own passing as such. H/er work—and life on earth, in the most general sense—was a study of transition. Whether that meant clawing at the established norms of rock ’n’ roll to create industrial music with Throbbing Gristle, experimenting with drugs and the occult to move between states of consciousness and existence, or, with h/er partner, Lady Jaye Breyer, surgically modifying their bodies in an attempt to become the same person, changing shape and form was woven into Genesis’ DNA. It’s impossible to get at the full breadth of the British-born artist, and how s/he shaped underground culture. A survey of h/er recorded output, no matter how far-reaching, can only scratch the surface. But the range is something to marvel at: TG's “Hamburger Lady” is a flat-out terrifying Burroughs/Gysin-style audio collage. The thrumming “Hot on the Heels of Love” is a blueprint for what techno would become nearly a decade later. And just within one project, Psychic TV could swing from pastoral psychedelia to almost jaunty rock (Genesis claimed the riff from “Godstar” was written by Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones' spirit when s/he summoned him in a seance) to squelchy acid house.