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Killing Joke are an English rock band formed in Notting Hill, London, in 1979 by Jaz Coleman (vocals, keyboards), Paul Ferguson (drums), Geordie Walker (guitar) and Youth (bass). Their first album, Killing Joke, was released in 1980. After the release of Revelations in 1982, bassist Youth was replaced by Paul Raven.
Geordie Walker, the Killing Joke guitarist and co-founder admired by everyone from Jimmy Page to Dave Grohl, has died aged 64. News of Walker’s death was confirmed by the band in a statement ...
Jim Harper of AllMusic felt the album was "hardly a worthy substitute for a studio album, but it does showcase Killing Joke at their finest." Harper criticized the production, saying that "most of the show sounds as if it's been recorded in a rehearsal room, since the audience appears to be almost entirely lifeless", but added that "the band members give it their best effort, however, and ...
Extremities, Dirt and Various Repressed Emotions saw a return to prominent guitars after the synthesised sound on previous album Outside the Gate. Trouser Press wrote, "Perhaps inspired by all the new industrial bands aping their early style, Killing Joke reformed for a tour, demonstrating new resolve to recapture the old formula", describing it as having "all the intoxicating intensity and ...
Killing Joke guitarist/co-founder Kevin "Geordie" Walker died yesterday morning (Nov. 26) in Prague after suffering a stroke. He was 64. Kevin ‘Geordie’ Walker, Killing Joke Guitarist, Dies At 64
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He had never played in a band before. [2] His first release with Killing Joke, the Turn to Red EP came out in December 1979. [4] Their debut self-titled album was released in October 1980. [5] He recorded fifteen studio albums with the band between 1980 and 2015. Walker and Coleman were the only constant members of the group until Walker's ...
Absolute Dissent is Killing Joke's first studio album in twenty-eight years to feature the band's original line-up, Jaz Coleman (vocals), Kevin "Geordie" Walker (guitar), Martin "Youth" Glover (bass guitar) and Paul Ferguson (drums), and also their first album following the death of their long-time bassist Paul Raven in 2007.