[kj] Another positive review:

[n0153 jr]

Geordie
Wardance

this really made me laugh



On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 9:43 PM, sade1 <saulomar1 at yahoo.com> wrote:


> > ..doesn't Jaz say this about *EVERY* new KJ album?

>

> I think Jaz has that mental disease where he forgets everything in his past

> after, say, oh, 10minutes.  He prolly writes on himself with a Sharpie so he

> doesn't forget key items.:

> "My name is Jaz"

> "This is best album ever"

> "The Templars run the banks"

> "Masons are Trilaterals"

> "Geordie"

> "Wardance"

>

>

>

> They may as well call the next Killing Joke album "Memento."

>

>

>

>

>

>

>  ------------------------------

>  *From:* Alex Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net>

> *To:* A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!) <

> gathering at misera.net>; Gathering Gathering <gathering at misera.net>

> *Sent:* Thu, September 30, 2010 7:17:53 AM

>

> *Subject:* Re: [kj] Another positive review:

>

>  ""it is the single most important work that Killing Joke has ever done".

>

> Stop me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Jaz say this about *EVERY* new KJ album?

>

> Alex in NYC

>

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: Rheinhold Squeegee

> Sent: Sep 30, 2010 9:39 AM

> To: Gathering Gathering

> Subject: [kj] Another positive review:

>

>

> http://www.uberrock.co.uk/cd-reviews/29-september-cd/1411-killing-joke-absolute-dissent-spinefarm-records-uk.html

>

> *Sitting down to review an album by a band that is fundamentally larger

> than life itself is never an easy task.  When said album also marks the

> first recordings of the band's original line up in 28 years you know you're

> going to have to be on the top of your game with your arguments if anything

> is not quite right with the band's outputs.*

>

> Thankfully for me, 'Absolute Dissent' the all new twelve track album from

> post punk legends Killing Joke is a staggeringly brilliant shot of 'no shit'

> post punk rock that sounds as vibrant and urgent as a band a fraction of

> their age. Produced by the band themselves and mixed by Clive Goodman, the

> album sounds like a thunderstorm in your head, the relentless riffing

> sending your brain into overdrive.  Just be careful if listening to the

> album on headphones on public transport, as incidents of 'Scanners-like'

> head explosions could soon be widespread.

>

> Following the sad passing of latter day bassist Paul Raven the original

> line up of bassist Youth, guitarist Geordie Walker, iconic frontman Jaz

> Coleman and drummer Paul Ferguson found themselves thrown back together once

> again and touring the world.  Recording 'Absolute Dissent', the classic line

> up have already stated that "it is the single most important work that

> Killing Joke has ever done".

>

> So what of the songs?  Well, album opener and title track 'Absolute

> Dissent' is the sort of anthemic yet claustrophobic rock the band were

> playing around with at the time of their 2003 self titled album. And this

> formula flows neatly into 'The Great Cull' and 'Fresh Fever From The Skies',

> both having huge choruses that turn your stomach over like a post punk

> roller coaster ride.

>

> 'In Excelsis' and (the album's lead single) 'European Super State' are for

> me the point where the album really takes a leap out of what might be seen

> as the norm, by both dipping their prospective toes into potential hit

> single territory.  I'll state openly right here that 'European Super State'

> is one of the most infectious songs I've heard this year and this track

> alone should be the catalyst that sparks a million and one chicken dance

> revivals in the heads of those old enough to know what I'm talking about.

>

> 'This World World Hell' and 'End Game' showcase the heavier end of the

> Killing Joke spectrum of sound, but are also thankfully immediately

> memorable, and is that really Jaz sounding not unlike a certain Lemmy

> Kilminster on the latter track? Next up the band's lament to Paul Raven 'The

> Raven King', opens with a fantastically gentle intro before developing into

> a throbbing, tower of melody.. The Raven himself couldn't have written a

> more fitting epitaph.

>

> Perhaps it is the mention of Paul Raven that suddenly makes me think that

> 'Honor The Fire' and 'Depthcharge' could have sat neatly on the recently

> released 'Mob Research' album, such is the fire and ferocity they are

> delivered with, you can almost see Jaz stood stage centre eyes popping and

> forehead throbbing as he cries out the refrain of

> 'Depthcharge'......Priceless stuff, and classic Killing Joke.

>

> Having been converted to Killing Joke around the commercial high of their

> 'Night Time' album it's certainly nice to hear Geordie reclaiming the

> guitar sound of that era for the stampeding 'Here Comes The Singularity'.

> Whilst closing down 'Absolute Dissent' is the dub heavy 'Ghosts On Ladbroke

> Grove' that skanks with just the right amount of pent up frustration Jaz

> always seems to bring to the Killing Joke mix.

>

> Taking you back to my introduction and my opening "larger than life itself"

> gambit regarding the band.  If that had you simply thinking, "what the fuck

> is he on about?" Then take a look at the deluxe edition of 'Absolute

> Dissent' that comes with a second CD full of other bands paying tribute to

> the influence Killing Joke have had on their careers. Amongst the list of

> bands are a few you may have heard of, Fear Factory, Amen, Helmet,

> immediately jump out of the tracklisting oh and then that are the smaller

> names like Foo Fighters and Metallica.

>

> 'Absolute Dissent' is an essential purchase for existing Killing Joke fans

> worldwide, but is also an album strong enough to open up the band's twisted

> world to a whole new generation yet to discover their appeal.

>

>

>

>

>   *Killing Joke - 'Absolute Dissent' (Spinefarm Records)* [image: Print] [image:

> E-mail]   CD Reviews  Written by Johnny H     Monday, 27 September 2010

> 05:00

>

> *[image: Killing_Joke]Sitting down to review an album by a band that is

> fundamentally larger than life itself is never an easy task.  When said

> album also marks the first recordings of the band's original line up in 28

> years you know you're going to have to be on the top of your game with your

> arguments if anything is not quite right with the band's outputs.*

>

> Thankfully for me, 'Absolute Dissent' the all new twelve track album from

> post punk legends Killing Joke is a staggeringly brilliant shot of 'no shit'

> post punk rock that sounds as vibrant and urgent as a band a fraction of

> their age. Produced by the band themselves and mixed by Clive Goodman, the

> album sounds like a thunderstorm in your head, the relentless riffing

> sending your brain into overdrive.  Just be careful if listening to the

> album on headphones on public transport, as incidents of 'Scanners-like'

> head explosions could soon be widespread.

>

> Following the sad passing of latter day bassist Paul Raven the original

> line up of bassist Youth, guitarist Geordie Walker, iconic frontman Jaz

> Coleman and drummer Paul Ferguson found themselves thrown back together once

> again and touring the world.  Recording 'Absolute Dissent', the classic line

> up have already stated that "it is the single most important work that

> Killing Joke has ever done".

>

> So what of the songs?  Well, album opener and title track 'Absolute

> Dissent' is the sort of anthemic yet claustrophobic rock the band were

> playing around with at the time of their 2003 self titled album. And this

> formula flows neatly into 'The Great Cull' and 'Fresh Fever From The Skies',

> both having huge choruses that turn your stomach over like a post punk

> roller coaster ride.

>

> 'In Excelsis' and (the album's lead single) 'European Super State' are for

> me the point where the album really takes a leap out of what might be seen

> as the norm, by both dipping their prospective toes into potential hit

> single territory.  I'll state openly right here that 'European Super State'

> is one of the most infectious songs I've heard this year and this track

> alone should be the catalyst that sparks a million and one chicken dance

> revivals in the heads of those old enough to know what I'm talking about.

>

> 'This World World Hell' and 'End Game' showcase the heavier end of the

> Killing Joke spectrum of sound, but are also thankfully immediately

> memorable, and is that really Jaz sounding not unlike a certain Lemmy

> Kilminster on the latter track? Next up the band's lament to Paul Raven 'The

> Raven King', opens with a fantastically gentle intro before developing into

> a throbbing, tower of melody.. The Raven himself couldn't have written a

> more fitting epitaph.

>

> Perhaps it is the mention of Paul Raven that suddenly makes me think that

> 'Honor The Fire' and 'Depthcharge' could have sat neatly on the recently

> released 'Mob Research' album, such is the fire and ferocity they are

> delivered with, you can almost see Jaz stood stage centre eyes popping and

> forehead throbbing as he cries out the refrain of

> 'Depthcharge'......Priceless stuff, and classic Killing Joke.

>

> Having been converted to Killing Joke around the commercial high of their

> 'Night Time' album it's certainly nice to hear Geordie reclaiming the

> guitar sound of that era for the stampeding 'Here Comes The Singularity'.

> Whilst closing down 'Absolute Dissent' is the dub heavy 'Ghosts On Ladbroke

> Grove' that skanks with just the right amount of pent up frustration Jaz

> always seems to bring to the Killing Joke mix.

>

> Taking you back to my introduction and my opening "larger than life itself"

> gambit regarding the band.  If that had you simply thinking, "what the fuck

> is he on about?" Then take a look at the deluxe edition of 'Absolute

> Dissent' that comes with a second CD full of other bands paying tribute to

> the influence Killing Joke have had on their careers. Amongst the list of

> bands are a few you may have heard of, Fear Factory, Amen, Helmet,

> immediately jump out of the tracklisting oh and then that are the smaller

> names like Foo Fighters and Metallica.

>

> 'Absolute Dissent' is an essential purchase for existing Killing Joke fans

> worldwide, but is also an album strong enough to open up the band's twisted

> world to a whole new generation yet to [image: approved_image_lrg]discover

> their appeal.

>

>   *Killing Joke - 'Absolute Dissent' (Spinefarm Records)* [image: Print] [image:

> E-mail]   CD Reviews  Written by Johnny H     Monday, 27 September 2010

> 05:00

>

> *[image: Killing_Joke]Sitting down to review an album by a band that is

> fundamentally larger than life itself is never an easy task.  When said

> album also marks the first recordings of the band's original line up in 28

> years you know you're going to have to be on the top of your game with your

> arguments if anything is not quite right with the band's outputs.*

>

> Thankfully for me, 'Absolute Dissent' the all new twelve track album from

> post punk legends Killing Joke is a staggeringly brilliant shot of 'no shit'

> post punk rock that sounds as vibrant and urgent as a band a fraction of

> their age. Produced by the band themselves and mixed by Clive Goodman, the

> album sounds like a thunderstorm in your head, the relentless riffing

> sending your brain into overdrive.  Just be careful if listening to the

> album on headphones on public transport, as incidents of 'Scanners-like'

> head explosions could soon be widespread.

>

> Following the sad passing of latter day bassist Paul Raven the original

> line up of bassist Youth, guitarist Geordie Walker, iconic frontman Jaz

> Coleman and drummer Paul Ferguson found themselves thrown back together once

> again and touring the world.  Recording 'Absolute Dissent', the classic line

> up have already stated that "it is the single most important work that

> Killing Joke has ever done".

>

> So what of the songs?  Well, album opener and title track 'Absolute

> Dissent' is the sort of anthemic yet claustrophobic rock the band were

> playing around with at the time of their 2003 self titled album. And this

> formula flows neatly into 'The Great Cull' and 'Fresh Fever From The Skies',

> both having huge choruses that turn your stomach over like a post punk

> roller coaster ride.

>

> 'In Excelsis' and (the album's lead single) 'European Super State' are for

> me the point where the album really takes a leap out of what might be seen

> as the norm, by both dipping their prospective toes into potential hit

> single territory.  I'll state openly right here that 'European Super State'

> is one of the most infectious songs I've heard this year and this track

> alone should be the catalyst that sparks a million and one chicken dance

> revivals in the heads of those old enough to know what I'm talking about.

>

> 'This World World Hell' and 'End Game' showcase the heavier end of the

> Killing Joke spectrum of sound, but are also thankfully immediately

> memorable, and is that really Jaz sounding not unlike a certain Lemmy

> Kilminster on the latter track? Next up the band's lament to Paul Raven 'The

> Raven King', opens with a fantastically gentle intro before developing into

> a throbbing, tower of melody.. The Raven himself couldn't have written a

> more fitting epitaph.

>

> Perhaps it is the mention of Paul Raven that suddenly makes me think that

> 'Honor The Fire' and 'Depthcharge' could have sat neatly on the recently

> released 'Mob Research' album, such is the fire and ferocity they are

> delivered with, you can almost see Jaz stood stage centre eyes popping and

> forehead throbbing as he cries out the refrain of

> 'Depthcharge'......Priceless stuff, and classic Killing Joke.

>

> Having been converted to Killing Joke around the commercial high of their

> 'Night Time' album it's certainly nice to hear Geordie reclaiming the

> guitar sound of that era for the stampeding 'Here Comes The Singularity'.

> Whilst closing down 'Absolute Dissent' is the dub heavy 'Ghosts On Ladbroke

> Grove' that skanks with just the right amount of pent up frustration Jaz

> always seems to bring to the Killing Joke mix.

>

> Taking you back to my introduction and my opening "larger than life itself"

> gambit regarding the band.  If that had you simply thinking, "what the fuck

> is he on about?" Then take a look at the deluxe edition of 'Absolute

> Dissent' that comes with a second CD full of other bands paying tribute to

> the influence Killing Joke have had on their careers. Amongst the list of

> bands are a few you may have heard of, Fear Factory, Amen, Helmet,

> immediately jump out of the tracklisting oh and then that are the smaller

> names like Foo Fighters and Metallica.

>

> 'Absolute Dissent' is an essential purchase for existing Killing Joke fans

> worldwide, but is also an album strong enough to open up the band's twisted

> world to a whole new generation yet to [image: approved_image_lrg]discover

> their appeal.

>

>

>

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