Glam? Thank you, ma'am: gender blenders Genesis Breyer P-Orridge and Toilet Boys return with new releases.

Godstar: Thee Director's Cut *Psychic TV * Voiceprint 

Early Years * Toilet Boys * Ozit Morpheus

Androgyny in rock is nothing new, from Little Richard's powder and pomade to that tightly corseted terror Marilyn Manson. But genuine drag queens and transgendered individuals who achieve musical notoriety are rarer. Sylvester, RuPaul, Jayne (ne Wayne) County. But with the release of a pair of archival CDs, two more artists can be added to that list.

Genesis Breyer P-Orridge tins been a counterculture icon for three decades. His band Throbbing Gristle, formed in London in the mid '70s, minted the genre known as industrial music, setting the template for later acts like Nine Inch Nails. After the dissolution of Throbbing Gristle, Porridge launched Psychic TV, an '80s ensemble whose output ranged from white noise odysseys to early forays into acid house.

In recent years, Genesis and his spouse, Lady Jaye Breyer P-Orridge, have garnered attention by undergoing medical procedures to eliminate their physical differences. The two hope to create a new gender, the pandrogyne, similar to the hermaphroditic ancient people mentioned in Hedwig and the Angry Inch.

So, anyway, Psychic TV: In 1986 the band scored a U.K. hit with "Godstar," a psychedelic dance track inspired by Rolling Stones founder Brian Jones. That song was intended as the centerpiece of a Jones biopic and accompanying soundtrack. Now, Godstar: Thee Director's Gut brings the complete musical half of that unrealized work to light. The music doesn't always measure up to the project's ambitious, but it frequently comes close, particularly throughout the first of its two CDs.

This fall a newly reformed Psychic TV (PTV3), fronted by the Breyer P-Orridges, is touring North America. Instrumental in convincing Genesis to reactivate the band was drummer Eddie O'Dowd of New York ensemble the Toilet Boys. O'Dowd, who also plays in PTV3, is no stranger to artists who confound gender roles: The Toilet Boys are fronted by Miss Guy, the whippet-thin drag queen who DJ'd at New York City's long-running queer rock club, Squeezebox.

While Psychic TV drew inspiration from the '60s on Godstar, the Toilet Boys--who have played with big acts like Rancid and the Red Hot Chili Peppers--look to a later generation of rebels for theirs. On Early Years, a retrospective of out-of-print, live, and unreleased tracks, Guy's love for Bowie and Blondie is married to hard-driving riffs and sudden tempo shifts, yielding classic punk with metal overtones. "Good Girl" celebrates the transformative power of makeup; "Paul Stanley (Was a Lady)" is a love letter to the Kiss guitarist; and "Squeezebox Baby" name-checks the individuals who made that defunct party such a hot spot. Too bad Breyer P-Orridge isn't among them, just to bring things full circle.