Dorothy Max Prior

English drummer, exotic dancer, sound artist, performance artist, installation maker, writer, journalist, teacher and workshop leader. Born in 1953. Married to James Foster with whom she has 3 children. Best known for a pop single released on Industrial Records, which claimed she was 19 when in fact she was already 27. The song was performed with Alex Fergusson who was shortly to form Psychic TV with Peter Christopherson and Genesis P-Orridge. Though a close associate of Psychic TV, she didn't join the group until the mid-1980s when she was credited under her alias, Max. Prior only stayed in Psychic TV for about a year. In the early 1980s she was in punk-pop rockabilly band first called The Weekend Swingers (originally with Marco Pirroni and Andy Warren), later renamed The El Trains. She also used to do performance work under the name Dorothy's Shoes.

Became editor of Total Theatre Magazine and Animations Online. Currently director of UK based arts company Aurelius Productions and former co-director of The Ragroof Players. He has published two biographical books, 69 Exhibition Road: Twelve True-Life Tales from the Fag End of Punk, Porn & Performance (2023) and Sex Is No Emergency: Adventures in a Post Punk Wonderland (2025).