Corporate Christ is a gay singer/songwriter from Cardiff, UK."The Pornographer" is his debut album and with it he wanted to talk about his difficult past, growing up as a homosexual in a valleys town where that was not widely accepted, and about his battle with Schizophrenia, drug addiction and 5 years in a psychiatric hospital, as well as suffering from a serious bowel disease which almost killed him.Yet despite all this, he has come back stronger and more sure of himself and his place in the world. During the making of the album he said:"I got sick of people saying"I don't mind gay people as long as they don't shove it down my throat." - I thought why the hell shouldn't I shove it down their throats? I have to see heterosexuals kissing and holding hands. What's the difference? That's partly why the album is so in your face.""The Pornographer" is above all else a concept album. While he was in hospital for those 5 years he felt all he could do was watch the world from afar like the director of a porn movie who has to watch all the action but can never take part. It was a bleak time in his life yet he is strangely grateful that the ordeal finally helped him overcome his mental illness.Soon after being discharged from the psychiatric hospital he developed a serious bowel disease and needed emergency surgery to save his life. It took a long time to recover and whilst most people would despair at the endless bad luck, he instead focussed on his music. The first song to be recorded was"Emancipation" which explores the shallow, fickle nature of the gay scene. He feels the scene is too focussed on sex and body image."If it wasn't for the great friends I made, I would avoid the scene like a plague." He says.The sound of the album was very much inspired by bands like Marilyn Manson and Nine Inch Nails, yet takes a lot of influences from dance music and electro too which gives the songs an almost pop feel in places.When asked about how he feels now that the album is completed, he said:"Hopefully people will enjoy listening to it as much as I enjoyed making it. And if they don't... Well... F**k 'em"He burst into laughter at this point.