Special Episode: Coil (with Hannah Pezzack)

Today, we welcome music writer Hannah Pezzack to talk about the experimental electronica band Coil – namely, its two frontmen and only consistent members: vocalist Geoff Rushton, who performed under the stage name John Balance, and Peter Christopherson, nicknamed “Sleazy." At the heart of it all was an intense interest in the occult: in magic, alchemy, and esoteric symbolism. But just as central was their homosexuality: a queerness expressed through sexualised violence, the taboo, bodily fluids — blood, sweat, and scat — and an obsession with self-annihilation.

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Special Episode: Coil (with Hannah Pezzack) is an episode from Bad Gays by Huw Lemmey & Ben Miller.

This episode is 59:48 long.

This episode was published on Aug 12, 2025.

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