A Ton of Killing Joke News!!!! 2008-02-29 by Trey STAFF | 6 Comments | - Original Killing Joke lineup re-unite for Tour and Album
After numerous lineup changes through the years, all original Killing Joke members have reunited for a new album and world tour.
Drummer Paul Ferguson has rejoined the band for the first time since 1987, enabling a whole new generation of fans to see Killing Joke's legendary original formation. Diehard fans have been waiting for this moment for two decades! Bassist Martin "Youth" Glover also steps back into the live arena after a near-15-year hiatus, having not played live with Killing Joke since 1994's Pandemonium tour.
The tour will see Killing Joke take up a two night residency in most venues offering a different set on each evening. On the first night, they will play their first two albums in their entirety, 1980's self-titled album followed by the LP "What's This…For!" Their second performance in each city will treat fans to 1994's "Pandemonium" and the Island Records singles of '79 to '80.
Once described by Ferguson as "the sound of the earth vomiting," Killing Joke is anthemic and grandiose in its evocation of nightmare visions. Taking a sarcastic jab at authority and perceived reality to a sonically charged mixture of post punk and metal, Killing Joke's heavy guitars and pounding tribal drums conjure a primitive atmosphere of doom, gloom and resistance.
Notorious for their use of inflammatory imagery, a backlash against a world they perceived as ever more materialistic, unjust and conservative, Killing Joke, railed against the establishment and created a unique sound from their very conception.
-EMI Releases Four Classic Killing Joke Albums
EMI will release remastered versions of Fire Dances, Brighter Then A Thousand Suns, Night Time and Outside The Gate with bonus tracks and previously unreleased material.
For Track Listings Go Here:
http://www.killingjoke.com/killingjoke_home.html
-Killing Joke back-catalog to be Released on Vinyl through 2008
Release Dates:
FEBRUARY
Pandemonium - 11 02 08
Democracy - 11 02 08
Killing Joke - 25 02 08
Whats This For? - 25 02 08
MARCH
Revelations - 03 03 08
Fire Dances - 03 03 08
APRIL
Night Time - 07 04 08
Outside The Gate - 07 04 08
MAY
Brighter Than A 1000 Suns - 05 05 08
Order Here:
http://www.golfrecords.co.uk/letthemeatvinyl.com/LETV-catalogue.htm
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I'll probably end up getting most these re-releases and the vinyl editions... I'm a sucker for these guys.
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never would have guessed. night time is the one with love like blood on it, right?
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night time is the one with love like blood on it, right? Correct
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Night Time is their best.
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Killing Joke are a joke that never died. This is cool news.
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A classic band. I'm excited.
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