KILLING JOKE + Jayce Lewis + Hounds
Celebrating their 35th anniversary in style, Killing Joke, with their original line-up of Jaz Coleman, Geordie, Youth & Big Paul, will return to London for a special show in March to promote the release of the forthcoming album “The Singles 1979-2012”.
With a fierce intelligence plus a thirst for esoteric knowledge that matches a music that is visceral and almost spiritual in its primal spirit, Killing Joke are like no other band. This is a group who came out of punk and then set out on one of the most remarkable and idiosyncratic journeys ever.
The Singles 1979 -2012, due out on Spinefarm/Universal captures their ever-evolving story with a series of dark, apocalyptic songs, they have successfully combined disco and funk and a shamanic wisdom with the dark side of the punk fall-out. Their influence has been enormous, with an unlikely roll-call of musicians taking their cues from the KJ catalogue – from Nirvana to most modern American metal to many DJs and dance music mavericks… few, however, coming close to the band’s innate power.
Killing Joke are not an average band with an average agenda, they are the most intense and only honest band left on the planet.
Lineup:
Killing Joke + Jayce Lewis + Hounds