ORIGINAL LINE UP RETURN!!! JAZ, GEORDIE, YOUTH AND BIG PAUL WORLD TOUR - CHICAGO AND ZURICH DATES ADDED
Finally, after numerous line-up changes through the years, all original Killing Joke members reunite for new album and world tour.

Drummer, Paul Ferguson, rejoins the line up 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 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 album ‘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 it’s 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.

Ironically, in the current musical climate with it’s obsession with rehashing eighties sounds, the 80’s saw Killing Joke really pushing music forward, incorporating danceable elements with aggressive, grinding guitars and thumping drums. With elements of
proto-techno rock, their post apocalyptic vision has inspired bands as diverse and influential as Nirvana, Ministry, Nine Inch Nails, Foo Fighters, Soundgarden
and Godflesh. Killing Joke have always been and continue to be more than just a band.

Godfathers of post-punk, Killing Joke return with their eagerly anticipated new album to coincide with their world tour. Album release date TBC.

LIVE DATES
September
11 - (JP) Tokyo, Duo
12 - (JP) Tokyo, Duo
16 - (ES) Madrid, Heineken
18 - (ES) Barcelona, Apollo
19 - (IT) Milan, Rolling Stone
20 - (IT) Milan, Rolling Stone
22 - (CH) Zürich, Abart
24 - (DE) Berlin, Columbia Hall
25 - (DE) Berlin, Columbia Hall
26 - (FR) Paris, Trabendo
27 - (FR) Paris, Trabendo
29 - (BE) Brussels, AB Club
30 - (BE) Brussels, AB Club
October
02 - (UK) Glasgow, ABC
03 - (UK) London, The Forum
04 - (UK) London, The Forum
09 - (US) Los Angeles, House Of Blues
11 - (US) New York, Filmore East / Ex Lrving Plaza
12 - (US) New York, Filmore East / Ex Lrving Plaza
14 - (US) Chicago, House of Blues

Tickets can be bought from below:
www.ticketmaster.com
www.kentishtownforum.com
www.seetickets.com
0844 847 2405

"At last a ray of sunlight to illuminate these dark days. It is indeed my deepest pleasure to announce the dates of the 29th anniversary of the gathering. As usual we are never content sitting on the laurels of past Glories, a new Killing Joke recording is scheduled this summer!. Both Geordie and myself are thrilled as we hope you are with the line up, such anticipation comes as no surprise considering we have not played together since the Brighton Top Rank in 1982. We always knew this day would come after all it was inevitable. We hope all gatherers will join us in warmly welcoming back to active service our brothers Big Paul and Youth. The mysterious chemistry of the original line up is back, let their be gladness in your hearts."

KILLING JOKE BACK CATALOGUE RELEASED ON LIMITED EDITION VINYL
Killing Joke's back catalogue is out now on limited edition double gatefold 180g virgin DMM vinyl through Let Them Eat Vinyl. There's only 500 coloured vinyl of each title available so get yours before stock runs out. Future pressings will be on black vinyl. Click on the cover for more details.

DIGITALLY REMASTERED OFFICIAL RELEASE OF "LOVE LIKE BLOOD" - LONG UNAVAILABLE LIVE ALBUM
1985 was Killing Jokes most successful & commercial period to date. This CD (released officially here for the first time ever and digitally re mastered with the bands blessing) catches Killing Joke Live on that 1985 tour. Released in the past under names such as ‘No Way Out But Forward Go’ & again ‘Love Like Blood Live’ it catches a great live set from Lorely Rockaplast, Germany on August 17 1985. Also contained here especially for this release are 2 bonus tracks live from London from the same tour. These 2 tracks have never been officially released before.
Going back though to August 1984 the classic Killing Joke line up of Jaz Coleman (vocals, keyboards); Geordie (guitar); Paul Raven (bass); Paul Ferguson (drums) traveled over to Hansa Ton studios in Berlin to record the album Night Time. This recording took place through to September 1984. Eighties had been released as a single in April 1984 but Love like Blood was the single that preceded the album and was released February 1985. It made it to number 16 in the national charts (the bands highest ever chart single). This resulted in the bands second TOTP TV appearance (Empire Song in 1982 being their first). The album Night Time was eventually released March 1985 and it made it to number 11 in the national charts and stayed charted for 9 weeks. "We've made an album that we all love and feel very strongly about. You must live to extremes, as fully as you can, and then the music will always be there within you. We have perspectives on the madness in our lives, that's all. There's very few people who'll die for their beliefs. The relationship between the majority of artists and their subjects is very weak “ Jaz 1985. 
Reviews for the album were generally very positive. Following the success of the single and album the band marched on to their biggest tour to date, The ‘Night Time Tour’ which was a world tour (with Dave Kovecevic joining them on keyboards).taking in for the first time Japan & Australia and playing many European festivals. This whole period is still thought of by many as Killing Joke finest hour and this whole chapter in the bands history remains one of the more poignant moments to come out of what was (as far as music is concerned anyway!) a pretty dreary and dull time. The last word goes to Jaz. “This is a record I can live for. And die for. It's something I could leave as a legacy."


EMI RELEASE FOUR CLASSIC KILLING JOKE ALBUMS NOW
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.

KILLING JOKE FEATURED IN METAL HAMMER CLASSIC ALBUMS



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R.I.P Paul Raven - 1961 - 2007
Our beloved Paul Raven died unexpectedly of a heart attack in Geneva in the early hours of Saturday October 20th 2007. Paul went to bed and did not wake up.

Jaz Coleman - Geordie Walker, front man and Guitarist of Killing Joke :

''We are all deeply stricken with grief at the unannounced departure of possibly the funniest man on planet Earth and a brother to us all. Paul Vincent Raven unimaginable sadness is felt by all''
If you wish to leave a message of respect and condolence, please do so at the Killing Joke MySpace

PAUL RAVEN TRIBUTE PAGE |TRIBUTE GALLERY