Killing Joke

ABC, Glasgow, Monday 12th March 2012.

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Who
Killing Joke
When
12th March 2012
Where
ABC
300 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow
Promoter
TG

Biography

Killing Joke are an English post-punk group which formed in October 1978 in Notting Hill, London, England. Founding members Jaz Coleman (vocals, keyboards) and Geordie Walker (guitars) have been the only constant members.

A key influence on industrial rock, their early music was described by critics Stephen Thomas Erlewine and John Dougan as well as industrial metal and "quasi-metal, dancing to a tune of doom and gloom," which gradually evolved over the years, incorporating elements of electronic music, synth-pop, gothic rock, and alternative rock, though always emphasizing Coleman's "savagely strident vocals."

Finding modest commercial success, Killing Joke have influenced ...

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  7. Cover of Pandemonium Pandemonium 1994
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  10. Cover of Outside the Gate Outside the Ga… 1988
  11. Cover of Brighter Than a Thousand Suns Brighter Than… 1986
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