Killing Joke
Killing Joke are an influential English post-punk rock band named after a Monty Python sketch (see:The Funniest Joke in theWorld). Jeremy"Jaz" Coleman - who sings, performs keyboards and synthesizers, and composes and conducts strings andorchestral parts when used - frontsthe band. Guitarist Geordie Walker and Coleman have been the constant members. They areregarded as one of the most significant bands tohave emerged from the post-punk/new wave era of the late-1970s/early-1980s, having strongly influenced bands such as Nirvana, Metallica,Ministry, Soundgarden and Korn, all of whom have at some ...read more
Killing Joke are an influential English post-punk rock band named after a Monty Python sketch (see:The Funniest Joke in theWorld). Jeremy"Jaz" Coleman - who sings, performs keyboards and synthesizers, and composes and conducts strings andorchestral parts when used - frontsthe band. Guitarist Geordie Walker and Coleman have been the constant members. They areregarded as one of the most significant bands tohave emerged from the post-punk/new wave era of the late-1970s/early-1980s, having strongly influenced bands such as Nirvana, Metallica,Ministry, Soundgarden and Korn, all of whom have at somepoint have cited a substantial debt of gratitude to 'The Joke'.Original drummer "Big Paul" Ferguson once described their music as "the sound of the earth vomiting". Essentially, Killing Joke'smusic consistsof thick-sounding guitars, often down tuned a whole step, and often with plenty of distortion and chorus; drumsand distorted electric basspounding beats that are heavy, tribal, funky, and danceable, usually all at once; keyboards andsynthesizers with sounds typical of New Wavemusic; and Coleman either singing in an aural voice, singing in a talk-sing style, orshouting in a malevolent-sounding growl.source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_Joke « hide |
