Their music blended deep bass with fiercely aggressive guitars and tribal drumming, almost like a dubbed-out version of the raw D-beat hardcore of Discharge, with sci-fi synth zaps creeping in at the margins. Killing Joke were immediately different from their predecessors, far less interested in the “rock and roll” verities still present in the music of The Pistols and The Clash. The band made its debut on vinyl in October 1979 with the three-song Turn To Red EP, with its self-titled album following one year later. Less than a year later, four young men from London’s Notting Hill neighborhood – singer Jaz Coleman, guitarist Geordie Walker, bassist Martin “Youth” Glover, and drummer Paul Ferguson – formed Killing Joke. ![]() ![]() The Sex Pistols, arguably the great catalyzing force of UK’s punk scene, broke up in January 1978.
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