Killing Joke - Singles Collection track-by-track - Part One | Classic Rock Magazine 

Killing Joke's influence is pretty damn impressive. Post-Punk, New Wave, Goth, Industrial, Metal, Alternative, Grunge, etc. They were one of those bands that really crossed boundaries and brought different people together.

Here here ! RIP Geordie walker . And yes 🙌 thankyou for your music to help us all process the madness .. Catharsis is the word !! Thankyou for all the years since I was 16

Ever think about putting a mic on the interviewer so we can actually hear what he's asking?

I can understand Killing Joke aren’t everyone’s cup of tea but.....they are an amazing band!

I can count the number of bands who have literally changed my life on one hand and have several fingers left over. They're one. There's just no one else who does what they do...

My friend introduced me to killing joke in the mid 80s - around the time of the Night Time album - I had heard the Love Like Blood single which I loved - We went to see the band play live at the Astoria near Tottenham Court Road Station ( Unfortunately got demolished for Crossrail ) - What I experienced was extraordinary - They had people blowing fire on stage - Jaz was painted like a demon and had the audience in his hands - It felt like a tribal dance - A communion of people in a war dance - A requiem for the follow the leader - I took a breather from the moshing on the dance floor and went up on the balcony to view the pandemonium from a different perspective - The played Pssyche - I looked down and everybody in audience was in a frenzied dance and thought oh my god this is unbelievable - One of the best gigs I've been to... Love that band.

Have to say, saw these guys back in 2014, best gig i've ever been to. My ears were ringing for at least a week afterwards, and i don't think any live set from another band will out do that one. It was otherworldly. When the interviewer mentions about the tribal elements of rhythm within Killing Joke, this is so true. Listening to their records is one thing, but seeing them play live and experiencing the sound they make, it's absolutely fucking insane -- there just isn't anyone else like them. I remember almost being in a trance like state (whilst completely sober) just taking it all in as they played. Personally, this band with it's music and lyrics, will be relevant for many many many years to come.

I turn the sound up so I can hear what's being said, but the only thing that's really audible is when they roar with laughter. That's deafening.

Jaz is right there. At 15 in 1979 , I never considered politics until Radio Victory In Portsmouth- with it’s royal naval Dockyards, had a thing about Nuclear Attack in which the guy said “ a piece of paper 25 miles away from Portsmouth would be ignited “ ! Living across the sea/ estuary usually made Portsmouth and The South New Forest unconnected but when measured direct at 22 miles , I suddenly became Very Terrified or Anxious and Anti Nuclear everything immediately. - and a CND supporter 🏴😎love from wessexshire

Killing Joke is exactly what it seemed to be at the very beginning and still is. I'm on board and always have been.

I'm so glad Paul is back (has been for 10+ years now bit STILL glad) It seemed like it was haunting him.

Probably the only band who have not sold out. I'm 62 years old now. First saw the band live in 1981. Pylon is probably my favourite album. They called out the Convid madness and everything what's happening way before it happened. Legends. RIP Geordie. He will be hard to replace if the band continues.

I think over the years I am just glad that I got into Killing Joke they got me through some dark times, love there energy at there live concerts.

Love these guys. They are living Gods.

Greatest band on the planet

Always been one of my favourite bands. Cheers! Killing joke. 👍

“ Things need to be said that aren’t “ . Said from the beginning...so far ahead of their time. First time I saw them was ‘80... simply jaw dropped am still am today !

As a Christian Soldier, I thank you for the greatest hits that inspire me to work out always. Sanity and Adorations are amazing classics. I pray for you gentlemen and I want you to know I do care and appreciate you all!

Jaz covering his mouth is like "Don't fucking say it..."

I love that they are Chic heads. Amazing.

I absolutely love killing Joke. Most intelligent band! Truely grateful for all their work, including the Russian classical

Great band.

What a cool band! I tried to see them twice but both times they ended up not playing for one reason or another. Too bad.🤔

RIP Gordie

Glad I saw them in 1985 in Glasgow

Rip geordie walker

RIP Geordie... 🥺

Joke was/is total catharsis. I remember some of the early subteranea gigs in London where sometimes you'ld be worried turning up as security staff seemed to have an agenda in deliberately goding fans, setting the fans against one another in an apparent effort to ignite violence in order to discredit the band and fans alike. Their agenda seemingly was to suppress any perception/paranoid delusion 'they' may have had, of any rebellion in the ranks. What 'they' refused to accept was that none of us had signed up for or were going to sign up to any part of their Thatcherite greed and prejudism. We soon wised up to their agendas. There is a hypnotic catharsis to Joke that Tories appeared to hate, the fans were/are just humble humanists/environmentalists and we could never understand the unwanted attention. A lot of us were creative, interested in anthropology and involved with studying early forms of ethical issues and approaches in graphic art and media . .we were certainly more integral and intuitive than the egoist authorities that chose to subjugate us back then. Interestingly enough, the system only seems to be wising up now to what we all knew donkies years ago, I guess that's progress at least. The question is, what will they demonize next? A lot of the old fans are loving parents and grand parents now.

Shame the interviewer didnt have a decent mic setup. Nice to hear a few rare words from Geordie too.

met kj when they just finished whats this for...!- got to go in studio to hear final mix- i also watched the lp being cut

Love this band. Love these people.

Loved Killing Joke, I lived through those dark times in the 80's, a lot of violence and angry people. The music is even more relevant today, there is a lot more to get angry about but people today don't. The establishment has done a job on them and as we know politically in this Country 'They are all Wrong'

Love them and Love them to tour Asia😉

I heard are you receiving on John peel hooked forever

Love these guys. Not political. “They’re all wrong”. No pretension!!

Pink Floyd Led Zeppelin Bowie Killing Joke Kate Bush my favourites

It sounds like the interviewer is sat 100 meters away. Just in case! 😆

get some microphones

You get to sit down with the greatest living band of all time (well 3 out of the 5 {Youth, Paul}) and we can't hear the questions. WTF!

Stiil a funny vibe between Jaz and Paul

Cool hoodie Jaz has on. Is this a KJ hoodie?

You can sort of see by Geordies bloated appearance that the booze had started to get the better of him at this point.

Killing Joke is a unic band. Geordie is dead 😢💔 i don't know if them will make another album. By Geordie 🎸

Cliff Richard is the best

Good interview apart from not being able to hear the interviewer very well.

Has anyone noticed that Jaz looks like Alice Cooper.

RIP KGW

Concerned citizens.

I turned on the predicitve subtitles as the sound quality is bad. killing Joke becomes King Joe. and Eighties becomes AC

KJINM RIP one member,

"rock magazine" know not of microphones.

Fucks sake Jaz, no History of revolution? What was the English Civil War if not a revolution ...

I have to disagree with Jaz here. Lots of people produce themselves nowadays with the advent of technology.

I've always seen them as anarchists.

Jj Burnell taught them how

this interview is an example of the BS

Is this the true Christianity? Living as paupers for their beliefs?

If God existed, ........ ..