― donut bitch (donut), Saturday, 11 January 2003 06:59 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 11 January 2003 07:05 (twenty-one years ago) link
― paulc, Monday, 13 January 2003 21:42 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 13 January 2003 21:54 (twenty-one years ago) link
I just got Psychopharmacology though, Alex. I love it.
― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Monday, 13 January 2003 22:08 (twenty-one years ago) link
Killing Joke wise, I'm not going to get all winded about it. Seek out the first album......
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc300/c309/c309332s0t8.jpg
....and if that doesn't grab ya, don't bother pursuing it further.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 13 January 2003 22:13 (twenty-one years ago) link
If I'd only heard the version _without_ he rap I'd probably have liked it.
I've heard the rap. Aaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrgggggggghhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!
And what Alex said about the first album, even though I prefer the second one myself.
― mei (mei), Monday, 13 January 2003 22:15 (twenty-one years ago) link
KILLING JOKE ACTUALLY MENTIONED IN THE N.M.E!!!!!
http://www.nme.com/news/103951.htm
Whoohoo!
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 16 January 2003 18:58 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Thursday, 16 January 2003 19:07 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 16 January 2003 21:32 (twenty-one years ago) link
― John Bullabaugh, Saturday, 8 March 2003 16:24 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Saturday, 8 March 2003 16:27 (twenty-one years ago) link
Tom chirped: "And is it just me or are they not anywhere near as heavy-sounding as they're made out to be." I dare say that without Killing Joke, most of your precious "heavy sounding" bands wouldn't even exist. Killing Joke have indulged in a myriad of different musical styles and sounds well beyond the monochromatic "heavy," yet when they choose to go that route, there is no one mightier. To judge Killing Joke by one or two tracks is an excercise in blind-sighted stupidity. Do your homework before submitting an opinion! Moreover, if you're put off by the conceptual/lyrical content of Killing Joke, why not toddle home and slap on a Pixies or Cheap Trick album and celebrate the meaningless and banal. At least Killing Joke have something to say. You may not like it, agree with it...or even understand it....but at least there something of substance there. Killing Joke credit their audience with higher standards and a modicum of intelligence. Try getting that from Korn.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 8 March 2003 22:28 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 8 March 2003 22:30 (twenty-one years ago) link
― webb, Friday, 14 March 2003 18:59 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Bryan (Bryan), Friday, 14 March 2003 19:07 (twenty-one years ago) link
― webb, Friday, 14 March 2003 19:14 (twenty-one years ago) link
― webb, Friday, 14 March 2003 19:15 (twenty-one years ago) link
note: i agree that Big Black owe A LOT to KJ.
― webb, Friday, 14 March 2003 19:24 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Bryan (Bryan), Friday, 14 March 2003 19:48 (twenty-one years ago) link
― webb, Friday, 14 March 2003 19:56 (twenty-one years ago) link
― webb, Friday, 14 March 2003 19:57 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Bryan (Bryan), Friday, 14 March 2003 19:59 (twenty-one years ago) link
These bands weren't predecessors of Killing Joke, they were peers.
i find it extremly hard to beleave that Jaz Dosen't even Like New Order, what about their synth rock/pop tracks? they weren't the first.
Whoever said the Joke don't like New Order? Jaz has gone on record a few times saying Joy Division were one of the few of their fellow bands he actually liked and respected. Moreover, Peter Hook actually filled in on bass detail for Killing Joke for a very brief spell.
shur they were inspirational!
Awfully big of you.
... but i don't see them as the most inspirational Post Punk band.
Who said they were? My point, however, is that they don't get the recognition they rightfully deserve.
There were lots of Post punk bands that were far more inspirational for the "heavy sound" today than KJ, doesn't anyone see that?
Post-Punk in itself wasn't exactly a wellspring of 'heavy,' though. The Joke paired the fresher, spartan approach of what was turning into "post-punk" and paired it with a heavier sound that owed more to the more conventional Punk Rock and Metal before it. I defy you to name a post-punk band who were heavier than Killing Joke. Gang of Four? No. Joy Division? Not quite. Public Image Ltd.? No.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 14 March 2003 20:01 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 14 March 2003 20:02 (twenty-one years ago) link
"I defy you to name a post-punk band who were heavier than Killing Joke"i woun't argue with you on who's heavier, but just trieng to slagg of someone with a different opinion then you is revoulting.
― webb, Friday, 14 March 2003 20:22 (twenty-one years ago) link
― webb, Friday, 14 March 2003 20:28 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Bryan (Bryan), Friday, 14 March 2003 20:49 (twenty-one years ago) link
hahaha yeah, sorry for getting carried away there.
― webb, Friday, 14 March 2003 21:14 (twenty-one years ago) link
And I'd still disagree with you about the Birthday Party being "heavier" (which is in absolutely no way to disparage the Birthday Party). I'm merely speaking of these two bands' respective sounds. The Birthday Party's rather brooding demeanor may rival Killing Joke's, but their literal sonic output doesn't match the sheer weight and brute force of the Joke's.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 14 March 2003 22:35 (twenty-one years ago) link
http://www.an-irrational-domain.net/images/geordie/geordie16.JPG
― Geordie K. Walker (vassifer), Friday, 14 March 2003 22:47 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dr. C (Dr. C), Saturday, 15 March 2003 10:11 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 15 March 2003 10:52 (twenty-one years ago) link
― webb, Saturday, 15 March 2003 13:37 (twenty-one years ago) link
In any event, here's a shot of Jaz with the Foo Fighters onstage recently in Auckland. HE LIVES!
http://www.foofighters.com/blackbox/pictures/2003_01_16_auckland/images/FF_2003_AUCKLAND_GALATOS0066.jpg
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 15 March 2003 22:04 (twenty-one years ago) link
Ah, yes, Dave "Put Me In Your Band Please!!!" Grohl. What the hell? Does he go thru cash MC Hammer-style or something?
― Ally (mlescaut), Saturday, 15 March 2003 22:29 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 16 March 2003 00:45 (twenty-one years ago) link
― webb, Sunday, 16 March 2003 10:07 (twenty-one years ago) link
What is there to like about New Order? Apart from their name, obviously.
― mei (mei), Sunday, 16 March 2003 11:19 (twenty-one years ago) link
Personally, I fuckin' love New Order, but y'know....whatever.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 16 March 2003 21:13 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ally (mlescaut), Sunday, 16 March 2003 21:34 (twenty-one years ago) link
The wife's favorite song of theirs, actually.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 16 March 2003 23:06 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ally (mlescaut), Sunday, 16 March 2003 23:12 (twenty-one years ago) link
'My Love of this Land' was a great single.
― russ t, Monday, 17 March 2003 11:12 (twenty-one years ago) link
― girl scout heroin (iamamonkey), Monday, 17 March 2003 14:12 (twenty-one years ago) link
http://www.killingjoke.com/
http://www.maliciousdamage.co.uk/
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 3 April 2003 12:56 (twenty-one years ago) link
So that'll be my special limited edition original 1980 cassette version devalued by about 99% then!
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Thursday, 3 April 2003 13:32 (twenty-one years ago) link
ME BIG HAPPY!
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 3 April 2003 13:43 (twenty-one years ago) link
Forgot to say thanks for this. I've now read I think every article they've got on both of those.It's certainly put a new spin on the music for me.
Great to see how their behaviour in interviews has evolved over the years and how they, Jaz in particular, have changed.
Looks like there'll be a new album sort of soon too, which I'm equally aprehensive and excited about.
― mei (mei), Thursday, 3 April 2003 14:01 (twenty-one years ago) link