The following year brought the arrival of producer Chris Kimsey , who had previously worked with the Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin . The first releases with Kimsey were ” Eighties ” (April 1984) and ” A New Day ” (July 1984). The band achieved mainstream success in January 1985…
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The new Killing Joke line-up recorded again with Plank, yielding the single ” Birds of a Feather ” and a six-track 10″ EP Ha! , recorded live at Larry’s Hideaway in Toronto , Ontario, Canada in August. In 1983 the band released Fire Dances and its single, ” Let’s All…
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Revelations was recorded in 1982 in Germany near Cologne with producer Conny Plank , who had previously worked for Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft , Neu! , and Kraftwerk . The album was supported by a pair of performances on BBC Radio ‘s “The John Peel Show” and a slot on UK…
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By September 1979, shortly before the release of their debut EP, Turn to Red , they started the Malicious Damage record label with graphic artist Mike Coles as a way to press and sell their music. Island Records distributed the records (and released their debut single ” Nervous System “),…
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Paul Ferguson was the drummer in the band Matt Stagger when he met Jaz Coleman (from Cheltenham, Gloucestershire ) in Notting Hill, London in late 1978. Coleman was briefly the keyboard player in that band. He and Ferguson then left to gradually piece together Killing Joke. In the following months,…
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