Tracklist:
1. The Death & Resurrection Show
2. Total Invasion
3. Asteroid
4. Implant
5. Blood On Your Hands
6. Loose Cannon
7. You’ll Never Get To Me
8. Seeing Red
9. Dark Forces
10. The House That Pain Built
11. Inferno
12. Zennon
Killing Joke, a British rock band, was formed in 1978 in London.
This video is about their iconic album Killing Joke, released in 2003.
Those are some of the reviews of the album, published by critics:
The guardian:
Killing Joke singer Jaz Coleman’s reputation as post-punk’s own Nostradamus has always been undermined by the fact that we have not yet reached the end of the world.
However, global events have added weight to his prophecies and fuelled the most incendiary Killing Joke album in over 20 years. From the opening barrage of The Death and Resurrection Show, this is classic Killing Joke, as Coleman pours fire and brimstone over everything from oil-pillaging wars and Britain’s kow-towing to the US, to GM crops and earth-threatening asteroids.
The jackhammer grooves are beefed up by former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl, returning a debt owed since Nirvana borrowed a KJ riff for Come As You Are. Otherwise KJ have rarely boasted such songs to match their sound.
Loose Cannon returned the band to the Top 40 after nine years; Blood On Your Hands is timely and disturbing, while the reflective, melodic You’ll Never Get To Me shows that the calm can be just as effective as the storm.
David Jeffries:
It sounds like Coleman is sitting in the dentist chair with one of those little vacuums sucking out the words on “Total Invasion,” while Walker patiently waits his turn to blast out his own brand of stately mayhem. “Asteroid,” “Blood on Your Hands,” and “Loose Cannon” are all highlights with the band sounding as inspired as when they started, adding the advantage of years of interaction, and “You’ll Never Get to Me” presents a brand new shimmering and yearning angle to the group. While Killing Joke’s discography has more than its fair share of awkward and overly ambitious albums, they’ve once again returned to the fury and focus of their classics.
Outburn:
The most vicious album of the year.
Linesinwaxxx wrote in Aug 27 2023: Is there a comeback album as perfect as this? How many bands go away and then return better than ever before? The 2003 self-titled release from Killing Joke was also the first experience most people of my generation had with the band, too. Personally, I was never really that into it, I loved “Asteroid” and had heard “Loose Cannon” but I was 14 at the time so was neck deep in other types of music. This is the album that Dave Grohl drummed on, in what seemed to be an intense few years of sessioning (Queens Of The Stone Age and Probot also spring to mind). That aside, Youth is back, joining Geordie and Coleman for this excellent rejuvenation effort. Some of my favourite Killing Joke songs are here; the aforementioned “Asteroid”, as well as “Zennon” and the fathomless “Death And Resurrection Show”. Production wise, this is clearer than say, Hosannahs or even Absolute Dissent, but still has the ability for that massive wall of guitar to blow you the fuck away. Amazing.
Playlouder:
Fiercely intelligent, heavy as fuck, powerful and utterly concise, it’s a perfect reminder of the potency of great guitar music and a kick up the jacksy of rock bands everywhere. Yup, it’s that damn good.
Facts about the recording:
Number one: Original Lineup: The band consisted of Jaz Coleman (vocals and keyboards), Geordie Walker (guitar), Martin Glover (bass), and Paul Ferguson (drums).
Number two: Influence: Killing Joke influenced bands like Nirvana, Ministry, Nine Inch Nails, The Cure and Soundgarden.
Number three: Hiatus and Reunion: The band experienced hiatuses and lineup changes but reunited in 2002 with the original members.
Number four: The album “Death and Resurrection Show” was released in 2003, featuring the title track exploring a concept of historical cycles.
Number five: Chart Performance: The album reached number 43 in the UK Albums 2003’s Chart.
Number six: Album Artwork: The album cover features a neon-colored clown, with the band’s logo at the center.
Number seven: Legacy: Killing Joke continues to influence alternative and industrial music scenes globally.
Number eight: Grohl played drums on all tracks and refused to take a fee for his time on the record (possibly as payment for use of the riff from “Eighties” in Nirvana’s “Come as you are”.
Number nine: The combination of Grohl and Andy Gill (from Gang of Four) on production resulted in a reset button on what the legendary crew was capable of, and shot the legendary group back into the public eye.
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