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Goofle 04-06-2012 10:58 AM

Yep, its ****ing great.

Screen13 04-07-2012 06:00 AM

Still great after all these years! Although I was a little worried around the time of Outside the Gate, they have retained their style and power. They have outlived a lot of bands, hands down.

I have been a listener since The Mid-80's, and I think I have possibly scared a couple of people with my love of their music back then and that's the way I liked it.

jackhammer 04-18-2012 07:32 PM

Well they have done it again haven't they? The new release MMXXII has just proved that a band in their 50's can make music that is exciting, provocative, political and powerful.

They are barely a Metal band at all but it's the easiest place to put them but it also limits their appeal to newcomers.

What a band and the vocalist grew up around five minutes away from where I live (useless fact of the day).

Howard the Duck 04-18-2012 09:14 PM

listening to the s/t now (2003)

pretty ok but it doesn't really have an identity, unlike "Night Time"

Janszoon 04-18-2012 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Howard the Duck (Post 1179795)
listening to the s/t now (2003)

pretty ok but it doesn't really have an identity, unlike "Night Time"

Good grief. The 2003 s/t is one of their best albums. Night Time? Meh.

Howard the Duck 04-18-2012 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon (Post 1179803)
Good grief. The 2003 s/t is one of their best albums. Night Time? Meh.

it's all over the place

it's like they can't decide they want to do industrial, sludge or hardcore

Janszoon 04-18-2012 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Howard the Duck (Post 1179813)
it's all over the place

it's like they can't decide they want to do industrial, sludge or hardcore

lolwut

Howard the Duck 04-18-2012 10:16 PM

look, I just find Night Time more cohesive - at least it's "gothic metal" throughout

Janszoon 04-18-2012 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Howard the Duck (Post 1179833)
look, I just find Night Time more cohesive - at least it's "gothic metal" throughout

Gothic metal? Are we listening to the same album?

Howard the Duck 04-18-2012 10:46 PM

?????

jackhammer 04-21-2012 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Howard the Duck (Post 1179813)
it's all over the place

it's like they can't decide they want to do industrial, sludge or hardcore

Killing Joke ARE all over the place. That is their forté. Their latest release sounds nothing like Absolute Dissent but it is still unmistakably Killing Joke and as good as that album.

Youth (bass player) is a renowned producer and has made albums with Paul McCartney (fireman), produced Crowded House and The Orb whilst Jaz (vocalist) has worked with orchestras and Operas (he also was born around the corner from me useless info!). Geordie Walker (guitar) has played in some of the best Industrial Metal bands that few have heard of! Damage Manual and Murder. Inc.

As a complete body of work that spans over 30 years, Killing Joke can pretty much play whatever they want and get results. Awesome, awesome band.

Ravenheart 04-29-2012 06:07 PM

I have their discography on my computer and hope to finally start seriously listening to them within the next couple of weeks. They're pretty much right up my ally, and I really enjoy the dabbling of tracks I've heard by them.

bonespirit 12-17-2014 12:04 PM

I was brought up with Killing Joke, and I still love them. They're just such a creative blend of genres and subgenres and all that snazzy stuff that you can't pigeonhole them, and sometimes you need that in a band. It's a rare treat to have a band going on for so long and their new material STILL being amazing. I've found a lot of my favourite music through reccommended videos on KJ songs on YouTube...! I'm addicted to the Pandemonium album at the moment. Which, might I add, has one of my favourite pieces of album artwork ever.

Neff Anselmo 12-17-2014 02:32 PM

Here's some of my favorite KJ songs:






William_the_Bloody 12-18-2014 12:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Neff Anselmo (Post 1524773)
Here's some of my favorite KJ songs:






Eighties is a wicked tune and one of my personal favourite KJ songs of all time. I was lucky enough to have them play it as an encore leaving the guitar at the end to sit and radiate feedback.

Of course Eighties is now infamous because of the famous Nirvana track (Cobain was a fan of KJ before they became famous)


LoathsomePete 12-18-2014 11:07 AM

It's funny, the whole lawsuit basically started as a pissing match between the bands managers. I mean shit, most bands from the '90's are guilty of ripping them off in some regards.

Been listening to a lot of Hosannas from the Basement of Hell and Extremities, Dirt & Various Repressed Emotions a lot in the car lately. While so many bands play at being angry in their music, you can really feel the anger and frustration about being stuck financially on "Age of Greed". I'm also convinced they accidentally invented the nu-metal sound on "Inside The Termite Mound", at least with a heavier emphasis on punchy bass popping and industrial overtones.




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