She is a pillar of industrial music who was called a “wrecker of civilisation” in the UK parliament because of her subversive and boundary-pushing art, and who wrote one of the best music memoirs of recent years. Now, with a new album due for release, Cosey Fanni Tutti will be answering your questions.
Born Christine Carol Newby in 1951, she was a founding member of the music and performance art collective Coum Transmissions. Their 1976 exhibition Prostitution prompted the aforementioned parliamentary commentary, plus plenty more controversy besides: it featured explicit photography of Tutti – who also worked as a stripper and in the adult film industry – alongside rusty knives, syringes, bloodied hair and used sanitary towels.
