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Killing Joke
This nOde
last updated August 15th, 2004 and is permanently morphing...
(9 Oc (Dog) / 13 Yaxk'in (New Sun)
- 230/260 - 12.19.11.9.10)

Personnel:
Former roadie:
Dr. Alex Paterson of The Orb
releases:
_Nervous
System Turn To Red/Are You Receiving_ 10" on Malicious Damage (1979)
_Killing Joke_ 12" on EG (1981)
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_What's This For?_ 12"
on EG (1981)
_Revelations_ 12"
on EG (1982)
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_Fire
Dances_
12"
on EG (1983)
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_Courtald Talks_ on Invisible (1989)
Jaz
Coleman delivers a monologue and is eventually backed by constant percussion
and sporadic guitar. His talk on demonology and numerology suggests that only
the present day
magician
(sometimes masquerading as musician,) can hope to survive the imminent arrival
of the "elder gods."
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_Democracy_ on Zoo (1996)
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_Laugh? I Nearly Bought One!_ (1992)
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Recorded the tracks _Exorcism_ and _Millenium_ in the
King's
Chamber of the
Great
Pyramid in
Egypt.
20 minutes of recording time per day for three days due to limited
battery
power. Cost: $1,000 discreet payoff.
Released:
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After recording and releasing Killing
Joke's third album, 1982's _Revelations_ 12"
,
Jaz
Coleman decided that the apocalypse was near, so he left the group and ran
away to Iceland with Geordie. While in
Iceland,
Coleman and Geordie worked with a number of Icelandic bands, most notably Theyr,
which would later
evolve
into the Sugarcubes.
Youth
followed Coleman to Iceland shortly after his departure. After a
few months with no sign of the end of the world, Youth returned to England and
formed Brilliant with Ferguson. However, Ferguson left shortly after the group's
formation and moved to Iceland with Killing Joke's new bassist, Paul Raven.
Youth continued playing with Brilliant, while Killing Joke's new lineup -- featuring
Coleman, Geordie, Ferguson, and Raven -- worked in Iceland for a brief period.
Soon, the group returned to England and recorded _Fire
Dances_
12"
,
which was released in 1983. Fire Dances demonstrated a calmer, more straightforward
band than the one showcased on the group's earlier records.
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