Killing Joke is one of my all time favorites, despite the fact that for the past 20 years, they've proven incapable of producing more than one good album for every three they release. Go figure.
I see that they're planning a tour. Always sketchy: on a good night, nothing beats them, on a not-good night, they are intolerable; these days, the good to not-good ratio heavily favors the latter. Given the recent death of their long-time (but not original) bassist Raven, they've reassembled the "original" lineup, including original bassist Youth and long-departed kick ass drummer Big Paul. This could be great... But behold:
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!’ [sic]. Their second performance in each city will treat fans to 1994’s Pandemonium and the Island Records singles of’79 to ’80.
This could suck.
If anyone is planning to go to the October 11th show, let me know.
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Why don't they just do a normal show or a normal two night stay? Why is so structured?
Because they're closeted fascists-- totally regimented.
Maybe they should be stopped?
Unless the music is drastically different from album to album. or if they are themed albums.
I only have Pandemonium from them.
*Extremities, Dirt, and Various Repressed Emotions* is a masterpiece. Definitely pick it up.
*Pandemonium* is a bit self-indulgent for my taste-- a few good tracks.
I'm also a big fan of their first album (self titled) and *Fire Dances*.
First album is good.
I also like the second, "What's THIS for..."
I think Killing Joke is trying to pull the same stunt Cheap Trick tried a few years ago, if I remember correctly in having shows that were announced as being a performance of one album for one night and another album the next, etc. I don't think it worked out too well for Cheap Trick as I recall.
As much as I love Big Paul in the studio, most of the live recordings I have heard with him on drums during the Night Time & BTATS tours were really dodgy as he could not keep a steady tempo. Add to that bass player Youth's live tone is about as musical as a poorly executed fart and I have no desire to see this edition live.
For my money, the KJ albums to avoid are Outside the Gate, the Courtald Talks, half of Pandemonium, half of Democracy, and Hosannas. The other studio albums are great stuff and worth checking out including Extremities, both self titled albums, Fire Dances, What's This For, and Night Time. They have all been remastered too pretty well. The Extremities master sounds uncannily similar to one version I sent Raven to goad them into remastering the catalogue.
I have yet to hear the remasters. Will check into them. Does the remasteres "Extremities" end with "TAKE THAT!"? I had a cassette version which did. But it was cut off on the CD version. Shame.
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