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Jon The Impaler 
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Joined: July 10 2005
Location: United Kingdom
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 Posted: January 04 2006 at 10:15 |
 Bob Greece wrote:
Jon The Impaler wrote:
After The Stranglers , these are one of my very favourite bands . |
Killing Joke and The Stranglers are your favourite bands? Are you on the right forum?! 
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No I am not , but never made any issues about it . I visited here from the Punk77 website , mainly to put a few misconceptions about punk right , but as you can see , there is music that crooses all boundaries . I quite enjoy the discussions here , though some bands I don't have a clue about . Anyway , its all very quiet and boring on the punk77 site at the moment and I have to have something to do 
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Bob Greece
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Joined: July 04 2005
Location: Greece
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Posted: January 04 2006 at 03:39 |
Jon The Impaler wrote:
After The Stranglers , these are one of my very favourite bands . |
Killing Joke and The Stranglers are your favourite bands? Are you on the right forum?!
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Bob Greece
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Location: Greece
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Posted: January 04 2006 at 03:36 |
AngelRat wrote:
Great band!
I'm looking forward to their new album (will be released later this year).
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Yes I wonder if they'll continue with the really heavy direction of the last album or whether they'll try something new?
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Bob Greece
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Joined: July 04 2005
Location: Greece
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Posted: January 04 2006 at 03:35 |
Blacksword wrote:
tribal drumming
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Tribal drumming - that's a good description. Those beats are adictive.
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AngelRat
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Joined: July 14 2004
Location: Netherlands
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Posted: January 03 2006 at 15:32 |
Great band!
I'm looking forward to their new album (will be released later this year).
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Jon The Impaler
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Joined: July 10 2005
Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: January 03 2006 at 11:13 |
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I think Jaz once referred to them as a punk band , in their very early days ....but they do defy definition into any one category . After The Stranglers , these are one of my very favourite bands . Their mid 90's material is very much worth a listen , very powerful . It tends to be the drumms more than anything that make the KJ sound ....the beat they have is unique to them .
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Blacksword
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Joined: June 22 2004
Location: England
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Posted: January 03 2006 at 10:40 |
Even when they were often being refered to as punk, they were not pure punk. Even early songs like War Dance and Requiem had an 'intelligent' edge. Brutal...but somehow thoughtful. They exuded anger in a far more unsettling and disturbing way than any other 'punk' band. I think this was down to a combination of tribal drumming and Jaz Colemans bitter turn of phrase.
I still ocassionally play 'Whats this For' Tension and Fall of Because are great songs, and very original. Plus, they will clear a house of unwanted guests in a flash.. 
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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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Bob Greece
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Joined: July 04 2005
Location: Greece
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Posted: January 03 2006 at 09:04 |
Snow Dog wrote:
Not sure I'd call them punk at all.
Ok I am sure......I wouldn't.
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They always get lumped in with the punk bands but I wouldn't say they were punk at all. I hate punk but I like Killing Joke. They just have too much technical ability to be called punk (as Blacksword once said to me). What I like about Killing joke is the hypnotic rythms. The bass and drums just keep going round and round playing the same patterns over and over again and Jazz Coleman's vocals are intense. Of course it doesn't always work. Some of their stuff is a bit boring but when it works it's great. I just bought their new live album. Intense psychedelic stuff.
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Snow Dog
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Joined: March 23 2005
Location: Caerdydd
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Posted: January 03 2006 at 08:56 |
Not sure I'd call them punk at all.
Ok I am sure......I wouldn't.
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krusty
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Joined: September 27 2005
Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: January 03 2006 at 08:45 |
Yeah, it's the early 'punk' albums I prefer, (up until Jaz got all weird and gloomy) I suppose I would call them 'new wave' or 'post-punk' if I was to get all pedantic about it.. but I'm not, so call 'em whatever u like
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Blacksword
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Joined: June 22 2004
Location: England
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Posted: January 03 2006 at 08:36 |
Happy new year Bob!
I'm sure we've discussed Killing Joke before, but cant remenber what was said. I used to like them up until 'Outside the Gate' then gave up on them.
My favourite album is 'Brighter than a thousand Suns' although the early 'punk' albums like 'Whats this for' have a certain horrible charm..
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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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Bob Greece
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Joined: July 04 2005
Location: Greece
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Posted: January 03 2006 at 05:25 |
Killing Joke is a hard band to describe. It's not prog and it's not punk. I would describe it as psychedelic metal.
Are there any other Jokers on the forum? 
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