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This album from post-punkers Killing Joke includes nine driving tracks.
Killing Joke's 1980 debut showed much promise from a band that would continue making cutting-edge political anti-rock for two decades. Beginning with "Requiem" and "Wardance," KILLING JOKE is a call to arms against social ills. Jaz Coleman's gravelly vocals, laid against a framework of crunching staccato guitar riffs and light synth accents, give this album a distinctively goth feel.
Punk was still the name of the game at this stage of Killing Joke's development, however, and "The Wait" and "Complications" provide punk fans with ample doses of aggressive rhythms and minimalist metal, while "Change" evokes a smoldering wasteland, or a steaming and stagnating social mire. The tension is palpable in these songs; the band's artistic ability and ideological agenda couldn't be confined to the limitations of punk rock. KILLING JOKE is an excellent sample of the band's repertoire, while only hinting at its talents.
As Killing Joke begins its furious return with "The Death & Resurrection Show," vocalist Jaz Coleman calls attention to the drums, and with good reason--in addition to original Jokers Coleman, Geordie, and Youth, the album also features Paul Raven and, most noticeably, Foo Fighter leader/Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl. As the heir to the throne of drum god John Bonham, Grohl is a welcome presence, elevating the band's sound the same way he did on Queens of the Stone Age's SONGS FOR THE DEAF.
The core Killing Joke members are also in fine form, with Geordie's fierce guitars backed by booming bass offerings from Youth and Raven. The pioneering industrial band's most varied instrument, however, continues to be the voice of Coleman, which ranges from straightforward crooning to a monstrous growl and even a Gollum-like sneer. These dynamics perfectly reflect Coleman's highly politicized lyrics, especially on "Total Invasion" and "Blood on Your Hands," which offer harsh words for a couple of unnamed--but easily implied--leaders of the Western world. In the midst of the buzzsaw riffs, however, Killing Joke also turn in "You'll Never Get to Me," a touching (yet still amped-up) near-ballad, and the New Wave-y "Seeing Red." Perhaps most impressively, Coleman and the lads revisit "Wardance" from their 1980 debut, revealing that they have the past in their sights as they take on the new century.
Japanese edition of eagerly anticipated 2003 album, features 12 tracks including 2 bonus tracks, 'Inferno' and 'Zennen'. Epic.
Japanese edition includes two bonus tracks.
Recorded at The Beauchamp Building, London, England and Grandmaster Studios, Los Angeles, California.
Killing Joke: Jaz Coleman (vocals, keyboards); Geordie (guitar); Paul Raven (bass); Martin Atkins (drums).
Killing Joke: Jaz Coleman (vocals, keyboards); Geordie (guitar); Youth (bass).
Additional personnel: Katie Summers (vocals); Andy Gill (guitar); Dave Grohl (drums); Raven.
Entertainment Weekly (8/15/03, p.76) - "It's hard to overstate the influence of these '80s industrial icons....[The] brutal one-chord guitar riffs, pounding beats, and politically charged lyrics are intense, and the original lineup still knows how to rage against the machine..." - Rating: B+
Q (7/01, p.86) - Included in Q's "50 Heaviest Albums of All Time" - "...The band backed its occult-inspired, apocalyptic message with tribal drums, rubber funk bass...and droning Black Sabbath guitars. A scary, slightly deranged sound..."
Uncut (9/03, p.102) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Impending damnation, tribal rhythms and riffs like avalanches of white-hot granite - this is classic Killing Joke....A triumph indeed..."
Uncut (9/03, p.102) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Impending damnation, tribal rhythms and riffs like avalanches of white-hot granite - this is classic Killing Joke....A triumph indeed..."
Uncut (p.116) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[A]t their most progressive they kept pace with more lauded contemporaries like Joy Division, Gang Of Four and PiL."
CMJ (8/25/03, p.8) - "...Killing Joke's long awaited return is a juggernaut of epic old-school industrial proportions, worthy of the legendary name. Meticulous in precision, unmatched in rage, and sonically tighter than security at Boston's Logan Airport..."
Mojo (Publisher) (8/03, p.106) - 4 out of 5 stars - "...Grohl's pounding presence throughout the album lifts Killing Joke right back to their early records....The best punk album in years."
Mojo (Publisher) (p.108) - 4 stars out of 5 - "'Wardance' has to be one of post-punk's finest anthems." Killing Joke Review
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A founding leader of the influential cult band the dB's, Chris Stamey has spent most of last 15 years producing other people's discs (Alejandro Escovedo, Yo La Tengo, Whiskeytown) rather than creating his own. Not counting a 1995 instrumental album, Travels in the South marks his first record since 1991, when he released both the solo Fireworks and Mavericks, a duet disc with his old dB's partner Peter Holsapple. South, however, shows little sign of rustiness. The album kicks off with the glorious "14 Shades of Green," a chimey gem that takes a nostalgic look at a hometown. This leadoff track also establishes the theme of traveling that runs through the disc. Songs like "Insomnia," "Ride," and the title track all touch upon the feeling of life in transit. The sublime "In Spanish Harlem" takes a Paul Simon-esque look at New York City but with a decidedly eased-back Southern tempo. The entire album, in fact, rides along at a leisurely pace, with the majority of songs surpassing the four-minute mark. But Stamey uses his production savvy to build these songs into "mid-life symphonies," to make Brian Wilson's phrase more age-appropriate. A solitary piano and mournful pedal steel help to accentuate the longing in "Insomnia." A Byrds-ian guitar riff weaves through "Alive" and heavenly Beach Boys harmonies swell ...
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A collection of B-sides, alternate or demo versions, and previously unreleased songs.
Recorded between 1978 and 1992. Includes liner notes by Paolo Hewitt.
Pity the oft-neglected B-side. Often just a throwaway track designed to back up but not supersede a band's "official" new release, by the time the single is filed away alphabetically, it's usually forgotten by even the most zealous collector. Unless of course the B-side is by seminal English mod revivalists The Jam, in which case a closer listen is not only warranted, but required. For The Jam packed their B-side songs with more fire and brimstone than most bands did the A-sides.
Unfortunately the vinyl days of yore are but a memory. Fortunately, EXTRAS collects most of the Jam's odds and sods on disc for fans young and old. A bonus is Paul Weller's always-eclectic taste in covers, which runs from the Who ("So Sad About Us") to the Beatles ("And Your Bird Can Sing") to the godfather of soul himself , Mr. James Brown ("I Got You [I Feel Good]"). EXTRAS is valuable not only as a chronology of the gems that Weller was tossing off in his spare time, but as a look at how truly eclectic the Jam were as a band.
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