[kj] 'Unperverted' Review in Kerrang!

pr 001 gathering@misera.net
Wed, 28 May 2003 06:12:24 -0400


what a shame they got the bassist wrong. raven will be gutted! still, cool 
of them to review such a release. any photos with it?

>From: "james harper" <mellowshipslinky@hotmail.com>
>
>And here it is. The most amusing part is the claim that Raven plays the 
>bass on this stuff and the jibe at Invisible Records;)
>
>Killing Joke- 'The Unperverted Pantomime' 4Ks out of 5
>
>'Killing Joke's eponymous debut should have been a serious contender for 
>the recent Most influential Albums poll. Not only did it have a massive 
>impact on bands as diverse as Godflesh and Akercocke, it set the tone for 
>the industrial aesthetic of Chicago's Invisible Records, and thanks to 
>oddball frontman Jaz Coleman, they could embrace the apocalypse with more 
>conviction than anyone on the face of the planet.
>
>For those about to discover the band through Dave Grohl's recent 
>involvement, this collection of early rarities, live and unreleased tracks 
>is a fascinating guide to their minimalist, dub-inflected post-punk roots. 
>Then resembling a more subterranean PiL, their driving pulse was marked out 
>by Raven's cranium cracking bass and Geordie's scouring pad riffs. Twenty 
>years on, it's lost none of its harrowing power.
>
>Jonathan Selzer.'
>
>Also, one of the Kerrang! crew includes 'Democracy' on their 'currently 
>listening to' poll.
>
>Jim.
>
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