Today and tomorrow, after twenty years, the original reunion of the Killing Joke on Italian soil. The return of drummer Paul Ferguson reunited with singer Jaz Coleman at the funeral of Paul Raven (the bass player who had taken over from Youth in 1982 and who died of a heart attack on 20 October) reassembled the original line-up that had disbanded in 1987 after the release of 'Brighter Than A Thousand Suns'. Now the band comes to the Rolling Stone in Milan for 2 dates and 2 totally different concerts.
For fans of the new generation, the long-awaited time has finally come to meet the original Killing Joke: Jaz Coleman (vocals), Geordie Walker (guitar), Martin 'Youth' Glover (bass) and Paul Fergurson (drums).
During the premiere, staged today Friday 19, they will perform the first two albums in their entirety 'Killing Joke' (1980) e 'What's This...For' (1981). During the second, scheduled for tomorrow 20 September, they will play the entire 'Pandemonium' (1994) in memory of Paul Raven, plus the first singles released on the Island label, 'Are You Receiving', 'Requiem' and 'Wardance', true examples of the sublimation of their sound. A post-industrial sound, built on distorted electronic textures, on pounding sounds, pure industrial noise and pure metallic punk, on Coleman's shouting and anguished singing, poised between hard-rock and new wave, punk and gothic-rock.
The obscure, industrial-influenced post-punk outfit that formed in Notting Hill, London, in 1979 is still the reference band for an entire generation of bands, from Nine Inch Nails to Ministry via Deftones and Korn. Their 'apocalyptic' style has infected not only the industrial scene, but also the dark-wave and noise-rock scenes, proving to be one of the most influential formulas in British rock history. True ferrymen from punk and new wave to modern rock, the creators of the 'game that kills' have managed to cash in on history what record sales have long denied them.
FRIDAY 19 SEPTEMBER - MILAN - ROLLING STONE
SATURDAY 20 SEPTEMBER - MILAN -ROLLING STONE
Tickets on sale Friday and Saturday at the Rolling Stone box office from 7pm.
