History Music / KillingJoke

Jaz is also an accomplished classical composer and sang in ''Disney/{{Mulan}}'' and Youth is a prolific producer and remixer, working with Music/GunsNRoses, Music/PrimalScream, Music/{{U2}}, Music/DepecheMode, Music/PaulMcCartney,[[note]]under the group name The Fireman[[/note]], among many others.

Jaz is also an accomplished classical composer and sang in ''Disney/{{Mulan}}''. Youth is a prolific producer and remixer, working with Music/GunsNRoses, Music/PrimalScream, Music/{{U2}}, Music/DepecheMode, Music/PaulMcCartney,[[note]]under the group name The Fireman[[/note]], among many others.

* OppressiveStatesOfAmerica: Their 2003 self titled album contains several songs in this vein. Ironically, the drummer on that album is american

* ProtestSong: Their 2003 self-titled album consists largely of these

''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.

Not to be confused with [[ComicBook/TheKillingJoke the Joker comic]], though the name could be a ShoutOut to the band.

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* LongRunnerLineUp: Type 5. Kept its founding lineup of Jaz Coleman, Kevin "Geordie" Walker, Martin "Youth" Glover, and Paul Ferguson until until Youth's departure in 1982. Ferguson left in 1987, and the band as a whole was inactive from 1996 to 2002. Since 2008, the lineup consists of all four original members plus Reza Uhdin on keyboards, a position added in 1984.

''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 "[[Music/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.

* EpicRocking: Many songs over 5 minutes long. One of their most famous, "Love Like Blood", is nearly 7 minutes.

''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 "[[Music/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 Martin "Youth" Glover and Paul Ferguson. Former members have also included Martin Atkins, who also played with Music/PublicImageLtd, Music/{{Ministry}}, and [[SuperGroup Pigface]]; and the late Paul Raven, [[TearJerker whose sudden death]] caused the original lineup to reform in tribute.

* HarshVocals: Started developing in the 90s, in full blast by 2003, been reigned in more recently.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Have ranged from a 3 to a 7 throughout their career. The 2003 self-titled album pushed somewhere into a 9.

* [=Cloudcuckoolander=]: Jaz is famously a looney. Heavy involvement in the occult and magic will do that to you.

* [=CloudCuckooLander=]: Jaz is famously a looney. Heavy involvement in the occult and magic will do that to you.

* CloudCuckooLander: Jaz is famously a looney. Heavy involvement in the occult and magic will do that to you.

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Jaz is famously a looney. Heavy involvement in the occult and magic will do that to you.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: Music/{{Nirvana}} were brought to court over the riff of "Come As You Are" being a little too similar to the Joke's "Eighties". The riff for "Eighties" in-turn is almost exactly like the riff for Music/TheDamned's "Life Goes On".

''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 Martin "Youth" Glover and Paul Ferguson. Former members have also included Martin Atkins, who also played with Music/PublicImageLtd, Music/{{Ministry}}, and [[SuperGroup Pigface]]; and the late Paul Raven, [[TearJerker whose sudden death]] caused the original lineup to reform in tribute.

* IndustrialMetal: Very influential in its development. After the SynthPop era started to sour, they began playing it themselves.

''Killing Joke'' are a Proto-IndustrialMetal 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 Martin "Youth" Glover and Paul Ferguson. Former members have also included Martin Atkins, who also played with Music/PublicImageLtd, Music/{{Ministry}}, and [[SuperGroup Pigface]]; and the late Paul Raven, [[TearJerker whose sudden death]] caused the original lineup to reform in tribute.