Lady Jaye Breyer P-Orridge
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Lady Jaye Breyer P-Orridge (July 1, 1969 – October 9, 2007) was the chosen name of Jacqueline Mary Breyer, an American
nurse, keyboardist
and singer with PTV3 (a revamped version of Psychic TV
) and Thee Majesty
. She married Genesis P-Orridge
in 1993 and took the name Lady Jaye Breyer P-Orridge as part of their Pandrogyne project to mutate into a new gender
as a single being they called Breyer P-Orridge.
After marrying, Breyer P-Orridge lived in Brooklyn, New York and began collaborating on art and music projects. In 1995, Genesis was badly injured escaping a fire at the home of Rick Rubin
, and they used money from the legal settlement to undergo a series of surgical procedures to look like each other, including breast implants and cosmetic facial surgery.
"We view Breyer P-Orridge as a separate person who is both of us," Lady Jaye explained. "Neither of us take credit for the work, the work is a melding of both of our ideas which we would not have had singly. Both of us are in all of our art. That third being, Breyer P-Orridge, is always present."
Breyer P-Orridge died in October 2007 of stomach cancer
. Breyer P-Orridge is the subject of the 2011 film The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye.
United States
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nurse, keyboardist
Keyboardist
A keyboardist is a musician who plays keyboard instruments. Until the early 1960s musicians who played keyboards were generally classified as either pianists or organists. Since the mid-1960s, a plethora of new musical instruments with keyboards have come into common usage, requiring a more...
and singer with PTV3 (a revamped version 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...
) and Thee Majesty
Thee Majesty
In 1998, Genesis P-Orridge was ending his association with the name Psychic TV, the band he created after the termination of Throbbing Gristle. At the same time, he began conceptualizing Thee Majesty as a spoken word-based project springing from his Splinter Test project with PTV alumnus Larry...
. She married 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,...
in 1993 and took the name Lady Jaye Breyer P-Orridge as part of their Pandrogyne project to mutate into a new gender
Gender
Gender is a range of characteristics used to distinguish between males and females, particularly in the cases of men and women and the masculine and feminine attributes assigned to them. Depending on the context, the discriminating characteristics vary from sex to social role to gender identity...
as a single being they called Breyer P-Orridge.
Life and career
After attending a Catholic school, Breyer became a nurse, primarily caring for children with terminal illnesses or incurable disabilities. She moved to the United States and also did voluntary work for animal charities in New York.After marrying, Breyer P-Orridge lived in Brooklyn, New York and began collaborating on art and music projects. In 1995, Genesis was badly injured escaping a fire at the home of Rick Rubin
Rick Rubin
Frederick Jay "Rick" Rubin is an American record producer and the co-president of Columbia Records. Along with Russell Simmons, Rubin was the co-founder of Def Jam Records and also established American Recordings...
, and they used money from the legal settlement to undergo a series of surgical procedures to look like each other, including breast implants and cosmetic facial surgery.
"We view Breyer P-Orridge as a separate person who is both of us," Lady Jaye explained. "Neither of us take credit for the work, the work is a melding of both of our ideas which we would not have had singly. Both of us are in all of our art. That third being, Breyer P-Orridge, is always present."
Breyer P-Orridge died in October 2007 of stomach cancer
Stomach cancer
Gastric cancer, commonly referred to as stomach cancer, can develop in any part of the stomach and may spread throughout the stomach and to other organs; particularly the esophagus, lungs, lymph nodes, and the liver...
. Breyer P-Orridge is the subject of the 2011 film The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye.