Following on from the first wave of the London punk scene, Killing Joke like many post-punk bands took the attitude and pace of punk, mixed it with all manner of other influences, and served it up as something completely new and for that reason exiting and dangerous once more!
The early singles were rather dub orientated, a reflection of the band's origins in the Ladbrook Grove area of West London. By the time their eponymous debut album was released, the band had created a tribal wall of sound of stunning intensity. Other bands of the day were also treading the tribal path (most notably the later Ants and Southern Death Cult), but all sounded tame in comparison with the noise being made by Jaz Coleman and his cohorts.
Here's a great quality early gig. Although short, this may be a full set recording given the number of band's playing and Killing Joke's positioning on the bill.
I suspect that the uptake of this gig may be high considering the great cross over fan appeal of Killing Joke and The Stranglers.
FLAC: https://rapidshare.com/files/353962661/killingjoke051080FLAC.zip
MP3: https://rapidshare.com/files/3728200423/killingjoke051080MP3.zip
Artwork: https://rapidshare.com/files/2603403089/killingjoke051080AW.zip
01. PSSYCHE
02. TOMORROW'S WORLD
03. REQUIEM
04. CHANGE
05. S.O.36
06. BLOODSPORT
07. PRIMITIVE
08. WARDANCE
09. THE WAIT
Also in the UK on this night:
The Ramones Playhouse, Edinburgh
Vice Squad Middlesex Poly, London
John Cooper Clarke/Pauline Murray Manchester Apollo
Is there a chance to maybe see this up again?
ReplyDeleteI was at this concert. I remember Liliput blasting out a whistle in their set that almost set my ears to bleeding. Killing Joke delivered. Can't remember too much about Pink Military, Wah Heat or the Comsat Angels.
ReplyDeleteCan you reup this please?
ReplyDeleteKilling Joke were brilliant. I went to see them, didn't stay for Pink Military. Comsat Angels were OK (their name came from a J G Ballard short story). Lilliput used to be Kleenex and were ...OK. Wah! Heat were awful. Pete Wylie going on and on and on
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