punk.cat: KILLING JOKE

Monday 20 June 2016

KILLING JOKE

"idem"
Year: 1980
Country: UK
City: London
Label: Universal
Format: CD, LP
Tracks: 9
Time: 36 min.
Genre: rock
Style: Post Punk

Seminal post-punk band who have gone through numerous internal conflicts and line-up changes, as well as a variety of different styles and sounds. Formed in Notting Hill in 1979 by Jaz Coleman, Geordie Walker, Youth and Paul Ferguson, their dark experimental style provided one of the main steps on from punk rock. Massively influential on a range of different styles of music, they pioneered the industrial rock style with 90's Extremities, Dirt And Various Repressed Emotions. The band have inspired many industrial bands including Nine Inch Nails, Prong and Ministry. They have been cited by Trent Reznor, Nine Inch Nails 's leader, who mentioned his interest for their early material, saying that he studied their music. Al Jourgensen of Ministry has presented himself as a "big fan" of the group. Godflesh's Justin Broadrick was particularly influenced by their early releases containing dub versions. The band has also been cited by alternative music acts such as My Bloody Valentine and LCD Soundsystem. Shoegazing guitarist and composer Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine mentioned the band and praised more specifically Geordie's touch that he described as "this effortless playing producing a monstruous sound". In 2002, James Murphy of electro-punk band LCD Soundsystem sampled the music of "Change" on his debut single "Losing My Edge".

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"revelations"
Year: 1982
Label: Universal
Format: CD, LP
Tracks: 10
Time: 40 min.
Genre: rock
Style: Post Punk

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"bight time"

Year: 1985

Label: EG

Format: CD, LP

Tracks: 8

Time: 30 min.

Genre: rock

Style: Post Punk

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"extremities, dirt and various repressed emotions"

Year: 1990

Label: Noise

Format: CD, LP

Tracks: 10

Time: 40 min.

Genre: rock

Style: Post Punk

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"democracy"
Year: 1996
Label: Sony
Format: CD
Tracks: 10
Time: 60 min.
Genre: rock
Style: Alternative Rock

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"idem"
Year: 2003
Label: Sony
Format: CD, LP
Tracks: 10
Time: 60 min.
Genre: rock
Style: Post Punk

Killing Joke is the eleventh studio album by English rock band Killing Joke, released on 28 July 2003 by record label Zuma Recordings. Recording for the album in 2002 marked the end of a six-year hiatus that began in 1996 and it was Killing Joke's first studio album in seven years. Produced by Andy Gill of Gang of Four, the album featured former Nirvana drummer and Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl, who is also a long-time Killing Joke fan, on drums. This is also Killing Joke's second self-titled album, following their first in 1980, as an effect of the hiatus. The album was produced by Andy Gill of Gang of Four.

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