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They're not categorized as Alternative Rock or Alternative Metal elsewhere


Killing Joke are a PostPunk band from London, England. Formed in 1978, the band were instrumental in the development of IndustrialMetal and various aspects of AlternativeRock. Their sound throughout the years has ranged from "[[HeavyMetal quasi-Metal]]" PostPunk, to [[GothRock Gothic]] SynthPop, to Industrial AlternativeMetal. Their lineup has always been based primarily around singer Jaz Coleman and guitarist Geordie Walker, with the current (reunited founding) lineup including bassist Martin "Youth" Glover and drummer Paul Ferguson. Former members have included drummer Martin Atkins,[[note]]Music/PublicImageLtd, Music/{{Ministry}}, [[SuperGroup Pigface]][[/note]] and late bassist Paul Raven,[[note]]Ministry, Prong[[/note]] [[TearJerker whose sudden death]] caused the original lineup to reform in tribute.

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Killing Joke are a PostPunk band from London, England. Formed in 1978, the band were instrumental in the development of IndustrialMetal and various aspects of AlternativeRock. IndustrialRock. Their sound throughout the years has ranged from "[[HeavyMetal quasi-Metal]]" PostPunk, to [[GothRock Gothic]] SynthPop, to Industrial AlternativeMetal.IndustrialMetal. Their lineup has always been based primarily around singer Jaz Coleman and guitarist Geordie Walker, with the current (reunited founding) lineup including bassist Martin "Youth" Glover and drummer Paul Ferguson. Former members have included drummer Martin Atkins,[[note]]Music/PublicImageLtd, Music/{{Ministry}}, [[SuperGroup Pigface]][[/note]] and late bassist Paul Raven,[[note]]Ministry, Prong[[/note]] [[TearJerker whose sudden death]] caused the original lineup to reform in tribute.



* AlternativeMetal: From the 90s-onward, when the Industrial aspects aren't as prominent.
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[[caption-width-right:300: Killing Joke's reformed founding line-up.]]

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[[caption-width-right:300: Killing Joke's reformed founding line-up.]]\\
[[labelnote:L - R]]Martin Glover, Jaz Coleman, Geordie Walker, Paul Ferguson[[/labelnote]]]]
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* PostPunk
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* HarshVocals: Jaz's voice became much rougher in the 90s, until this trope was in full blast by the 2003 self-titled. It's been reigned in for the albums since.

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* HarshVocals: Jaz's voice became much rougher in the 90s, until this trope was in full blast by the 2003 self-titled. It's been reigned reined in for the albums since.
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* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: ''The Courtauld Talks'' is a SpokenWord album, based around a lecture Jaz gave at London's Courtauld Institute.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Their first EP, ''Turn to Red'', has a pronounced Dub influence. Their following albums would be closer to HeavyMetal.

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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Their first EP, ''Turn to ''Almost Red'', has a pronounced Dub influence. Their following albums would be closer to HeavyMetal.
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* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Have ranged from a 3 to a 7 throughout their career. The 2003 self-titled album pushed into a 9.

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