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RIP: Killing Joke's Paul Raven

the_very_hungry_caterpillar — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:11:06 -0800

Paul Raven, bassist of seminal industrial post-punk outfit Killing Joke, has died after suffering from a heart attack at his home in Geneva, Switzerland.

Let's all go to the Fire Dances... again

psmealey — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 04:49:21 -0800

Who is Jeremy Coleman? According to the Beeb (in 2001), vocalist and keyboard-player Jaz Coleman was the co-founder of post-punk rockers Killing Joke, whose recording career lasted from 1980 to 1996 (with a brief hiatus in 1982, when Coleman fled to Iceland to await the apocalypse). Until it was Resurrected in 2003. The many moods of Jaz and Killing Joke: Bleak/dark: The Wait Wardance Requiem Milennium (that's a young Jon Stewart on introduction) A new Day Kings and Queens Nighttime Tabazan Tribal: Lust Almighty Pssyche Sun Goes Down Exit Dominator Angry: Pandemonium (from Top of the Pops) Money is Not our God Hosannas from the Basement of Hell Blood on Your Hands The Death and Resurrection Show Feel like dancing: Let's all go to the Fire Dances Love Like Blood Change Chessboards Sardonic: America Eighties Seeing Red Wistful: Democracy Invocation Killing Joke's import and influence are broadly felt. Bands such as Nirvana, Ministry, Nine Inch Nails, Big Black, Prong, Metallica, Jane's Addiction, Soundgarden, Foo Fighters, Econoline Crush, Faith No More and Korn have acknowledged KJ as a significant influence [from Wikipedia].