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Re: Killing Joke

#151 Post by Pandemonium » Sun Mar 25, 2018 8:28 pm

Apparently, Killing Joke is gearing up for a busy second half of 2018 to celebrate the bands 40th anniversary. For starters, they are reissung the 2010 reunion album "Absolute Dissent" remastered on vinyl for Record Store Day. Later this year, they are issuing the self-titled 2003 album on vinyl for the first time. There is also talk they are gearing up to record a new studio album. Finally, they will be touring which supposedly will include US dates.

As always with this band, it isn't done until you hold the product in your hands or are walking into the concert venue the night of the show.

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#152 Post by Pandemonium » Thu Mar 29, 2018 4:25 pm

Tour dates have been leaked. Tickets for most dates are scheduled to go on sale April 9th, 10am local time.

“Laugh At Your Peril” Tour Dates 2018

September

Sat 1st Studio Seven, Seattle WA U.S.
Sun 2nd Star Theater, Portland OR U.S.
Tue 4th DNA Lounge, San Francisco CA U.S.
Wed 5th Regent Theater, Los Angeles CA U.S.
Fri 7th Oriental Theater, Denver CO U.S.
Sun 9th Skully’s Music Diner, Columbus OH U.S.
Mon 10th Soundstage, Baltimore MD U.S.
Tue 11th The Paradise, Boston MA U.S.
Wed 12th Irving Plaza, New York NY U.S.
Fri 14th Chicago IL U.S. (exclusive mid-west performance)
Mon 17th Granada Theater, Dallas TX U.S.
Tue 18th The Mohawk, Austin TX U.S.
Wed 19th Warehouse Live, Houston TX U.S.
Fri 21st Lunario del Auditorio Nacional Mexico City Mexico
Sun 23rd Carioca Club, Sao Paolo Brasil
Mon 24th Roxy Live, Buenos Aires Argentina
Thu 27th Blondie, Santiago Chile
Sat 29th Cocos, Lima Peru

October

Mon 15th Markthalle, Hamburg Germany
Tue 16th Neue Theaterfabrik, Munich Germany
Wed 17th E-Werk ( Erlangen), Hamburg Germany
Fri 19th Huxleys, Berlin Germany
Sat 20th Stodola, Warsaw PolandSun
21st The Roxy, Prague Czech Republic
Mon 22nd MCC Randal, Slovakia
Tue 23rd Durer Kert, Budapest Hungary
Thur 25th Milan Italy
Fri 26th L’Usine / PTR, Geneva Switzerland
Sat 27th Cabaret Sauvage, Paris France
Sun 28th Live Music Hall, Cologne Germany
Tue 30th Da Roma, Antwerp Belgium
Wed 31st Melkweg, Amsterdam Netherlands

November

Fri 2nd Rock City, Nottingham UK
Sat 3rd O2 Academy, Leeds UK
Sun 4th Northumbria University, Newcastle UK
Tue 6th Barrowland, Glasgow UK
Wed 7th Manchester Academy, Manchester UK
Fri 9th The Institute (The O2), Birmingham UK
Sat 10th O2 Academy, Bristol UK
Sun 11th Guildhall, Southampton UK
Tues 13th Corn Exchange, Cambridge UK
Wed 14th UEA, Norwich UK
Fri 16th O2 Academy, Oxford UK
Sat 17th Roundhouse, London UK

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Re: Killing Joke

#153 Post by mockbee » Thu Mar 29, 2018 9:04 pm

That's fantastic! :banana:

I will be shocked if this happens....... :bigrin:

The Star theater in Portland is a hole in the wall.....you could maybe fit a hundred people in there. That will probably be sufficient as well. :lol:

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#154 Post by Pandemonium » Mon Apr 09, 2018 8:46 pm

Just announced on Pledge, a massive KISS-esque metal flight case containing special editions of all their studio albums with lots of rare and unreleased tracks plus a book and headphones. The vinyl release will cost well over $1,200US with shipping and the CD set over $550. Too rich even for this completest' blood.

Also many of the US dates are going on sale this Friday.... the 13th. What could possibly go wrong?

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Re: Killing Joke

#155 Post by tvrec » Tue Apr 10, 2018 5:19 pm

Pandemonium wrote:Just announced on Pledge, a massive KISS-esque metal flight case containing special editions of all their studio albums with lots of rare and unreleased tracks plus a book and headphones. The vinyl release will cost well over $1,200US with shipping and the CD set over $550. Too rich even for this completest' blood.

Also many of the US dates are going on sale this Friday.... the 13th. What could possibly go wrong?
Killing Joke 9.5.18 Los Angeles (Use Pre-Sale Code: SPACEJOKE) @ The Regent Theater -- for you, Pande!

$47.50 GA FLOOR ADVANCE / $72.50 ADVANCE SEATED MEZZANINE / $55 GA FLOOR DAY OF SHOW / $80 MEZZ DOS

https://www.spacelandpresents.com/event ... ium=258771

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Re: Killing Joke

#156 Post by Pandemonium » Wed Apr 11, 2018 12:08 am

tvrec wrote:
Pandemonium wrote:Just announced on Pledge, a massive KISS-esque metal flight case containing special editions of all their studio albums with lots of rare and unreleased tracks plus a book and headphones. The vinyl release will cost well over $1,200US with shipping and the CD set over $550. Too rich even for this completest' blood.

Also many of the US dates are going on sale this Friday.... the 13th. What could possibly go wrong?
Killing Joke 9.5.18 Los Angeles (Use Pre-Sale Code: SPACEJOKE) @ The Regent Theater -- for you, Pande!

$47.50 GA FLOOR ADVANCE / $72.50 ADVANCE SEATED MEZZANINE / $55 GA FLOOR DAY OF SHOW / $80 MEZZ DOS

https://www.spacelandpresents.com/event ... ium=258771
Yeah, I'm 100% in for this show .... unless the cancel (again).

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Re: Killing Joke

#157 Post by mockbee » Mon Sep 03, 2018 5:13 pm

Went to the show last night in Portland. It was the third time I've seen them and would have to say it was the cleanest performance I have seen them do! I hadn't been to the Star Theater, but it was sold out, definitely packed, I was concerned about that, and it was really, really loud. Jaz's voice was really good and high in the mix. The only downside I would have to say was the typical greatest hits setlist which I guess you would expect for a 40th anniversary show.
Here is what I could remember them playing, highlight for me was definitely Butcher.

S.O.36
European Super State
Autonomous Zone
Eighties
New Cold War
Requiem
Butcher
Turn to Red
Follow the Leaders
Loose Cannon
Change
Corporate Elect

Also....
The Wait
Death and Resurrection Show
and I think a couple more songs

It was funny when I got there I was waiting around in this outdoor courtyard attached to the venue having a drink and non nonchalantly this security guy comes through a gate from the street and following him is some dude wearing a heavy ratty hoody pulling a beat up hardcase roller bag, shuffling along and staring down at the ground. He wanders past me and I was thinking why did he let let this guy in behind him and then I realize it's Jaz just moseying by with his rollybag going backstage. I assume his black mechanics jumpsuit was in the luggage. :lol:

Anyways, they are in good form, the whole band was there, except Reza, maybe his tech was playing the synthesizer. ?

good show! :thumb:

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Re: Killing Joke

#158 Post by Pandemonium » Tue Sep 04, 2018 9:53 am

mockbee wrote:(snip)

It was funny when I got there I was waiting around in this outdoor courtyard attached to the venue having a drink and non nonchalantly this security guy comes through a gate from the street and following him is some dude wearing a heavy ratty hoody pulling a beat up hardcase roller bag, shuffling along and staring down at the ground. He wanders past me and I was thinking why did he let let this guy in behind him and then I realize it's Jaz just moseying by with his rollybag going backstage. I assume his black mechanics jumpsuit was in the luggage. :lol:

Anyways, they are in good form, the whole band was there, except Reza, maybe his tech was playing the synthesizer. ?

good show! :thumb:
Similar thing happened back when I saw them in 2003 - standing in the line to get in The El Ray Theater, there's these two guys standing nearby having a smoke in beat up hoodies looking like homeless people with black face paint around their eyes. They walk past the line and go in the front door and it's Jaz and Paul Raven.

Been hearing good things about the few West Coast shows so far, good to hear the 4 guys are playing and no subs. Another downside to Reza not in the tour lineup is probably no home-made bootlegs of this tour - he usually sells authorized soundboard recordings on eBay after a tour. Another thing I hear is they canceled the massive $1,000+ complete studio albums flight case box after only a couple hundred people ponied up for it over nearly a year on their PledgeMusic site.

Really looking forward to tomorrow's LA show.

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#159 Post by Pandemonium » Thu Sep 06, 2018 10:01 am

Wow, great show in LA last night. Killing Joke played at The Regent Theater, which is an old, sorta-renovated movie theater just a few blocks from Skid Row in downtown LA. All this time seeing shows in SoCal, this was my first visit to The Regent. Waiting in line to get in, people got hassled by a few aggressive panhandlers but no big deal.

As the place was a theater with a small balcony, the concrete floor is steeply slanted towards the front so it’s easy to see over heads but after a few hours, your legs are killing ya (I can’t even imagine what fun it is for the ladies wearing high heels). I've heard a lot of negative comments about the sound system, but for the most part it delivered the goods and was nice and bassy when needed. As I stupidly left my ear protection in the car - it was pretty fuckin' loud - I'm deaf today, lol! I guess The Regent management got a lot of heat for the wildly inappropriate decor in the mens and women's restrooms (giant collages of XXX hardcore porn of mostly naked women) so now it's all gray walls, lol!

This band called PIG opened the show (about 9pm) and was a mildly entertaining NIN/Rammstein-eque trio but ultimately I can’t say I have any need to seek out whatever they’ve released. Killing Joke’s crew set their band’s gear up in record time they were ready to play 15 minutes after PIG was done.

Killing Joke came on to the usual intro tape featuring music from Eyes Wide Shut. The set which appeared to be the same as in San Francisco the night before includes songs from all across their career including the usual well known early career tunes like Requiem, Wardance, Eighties, etc. Love Like Blood was a surprisingly effective opener, much more than deeper cut S.O.36 which has been moved to open the encore. The interesting thing about the set this tour is certain pairings of songs really jack up the energy level and crowd feedback. Notably Autonomous Zone and Eighties, Requiem and Butcher, Follow The Leader and Loose Cannon (big highlight) and The Death And Resurrection Show (excellent version, btw) and Wardance. The entire band appear to think the audience participation for Asteroid is the funniest thing on the planet.

Band all appeared in excellent spirits and top form. Big Paul drummed his ass off on what is a pretty demanding set. Youth was his typical bouncy, happy self, even got a joke in on Geordie (“introducing Jaz Coleman” pointing at the Big G which made him laugh). Someone who looks like Nikki Sixx is on keys in place of Reza. Jaz’ voice was really strong 95% of the show. It really makes a big difference seeing them at the beginning of a tour versus the end when they are usually burned out. They still schlep across the country together in a big tour bus.

Of all the Killing Joke LA shows I’ve seen since 2003, this was probably the most intimate and featured the most appreciative and active crowd. Early in the set, a decent mosh pit started up and kept going through much of the show. Lotta hardcore fans fulla energy up front and center. The show was sold out but the theater was small enough to probably hold maybe 1,000 people.

My only complaint was the awful bars. What bar doesn’t have JD, Bacardi or even Kahlua?!? Thus, no Jack and Coke, no Bicardi and Coke and no Black Russian!?! I’m afraid if I asked for a Long Island Iced Tea, the chick woulda scooped something out of the toilet and presented it to me in a tall glass with an umbrella sticking out of a turd. Thus, reluctantly responsible, I crafted my non-buzz with iced water. After the show, I had to drive clear around West LA to the 405 freeway to get home as all the freeway transitions heading into Orange County were closed or limited for overnight road construction.

If anyone has even a thought about seeing them this tour, do it, you won't be disappointed.

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Re: Killing Joke

#160 Post by mockbee » Thu Sep 06, 2018 10:28 am

Nice review, glad it was a good show!

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#161 Post by Pandemonium » Mon Sep 24, 2018 10:03 am

This song is one of my bucket list cuts I would love to hear live. They played "In Cythera" for only the 2nd time last week in Mexico, it should be a staple of the set.


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#162 Post by Pandemonium » Sun Feb 24, 2019 10:10 am

It appears Killing Joke is lining up a slate of dates throughout North America for a late Spring 2019 tour. So far they are playing NYC on 5/16 and Las Vegas (Memorial Day Weekend Punk Rock Bowling Fest) May 26.

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#163 Post by Pandemonium » Wed Mar 06, 2019 11:42 am

More 2019 dates showing up:

5/16 - Irvine Plaza - New York, NY
5/18 Bottom Lounge - Chicago, IL
5/22 Yost Theater - Santa Ana, CA
5/23 The Roxy - Hollywood, CA
5/24 or 26th? Punk Rock Bowling Fest /DLVEC - Las Vegas, NV

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#164 Post by mockbee » Wed Mar 06, 2019 1:24 pm

Looks promising.
Seems they were pretty well received here last year, so they're doing another round.

If last year was the 40 years tour and they don't have a new album, are they promoting anything?

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#165 Post by Pandemonium » Thu Mar 07, 2019 10:48 am

mockbee wrote:
Wed Mar 06, 2019 1:24 pm
Looks promising.
Seems they were pretty well received here last year, so they're doing another round.

If last year was the 40 years tour and they don't have a new album, are they promoting anything?
It's a continuation of their 40th Anniversary tour. They're doing a tour of the UK and Europe in August including some some festival shows. There was talk around late last year they want to record a new studio album but I doubt that happens before the end of 2019. Hopefully they will mix up the set a bit.

There is some not so good news on the KJ front as well which given their history, is unfortunately no surprise.

Pledge Music, which has been handling all their non-studio album projects for the last decade is in dire trouble apparently not paying bands for projects and not shipping completed products leaving a lot of fans of hundreds of bands scrambling to try and get refunds, something especially tough for fans of Killing Joke as they have several PledgeMusic projects that have been stalled for several years including the Symphonic Killing Joke concert and physical release where they collected thousands of dollars from patrons that apparently the band hasn't received. Pledge isn't offering refunds to funders and because of the several year time frame these projects have been crowdfunding, it's pretty tough to get a refund even with a solid CC company. it really looks like someone in Pledge was pocketing a *lot* of money.

In Killing Joke's case, they are going forward with pressing the "2018 Live In London" release on vinyl later this year through their own means (it was released on CD-R through Pledge late last Summer) but the other projects like the massive studio albums box set and the Symphonic Killing Joke project may be dead in the water.

I probably got the last batch of the two 2018 live releases on CD a couple months ago just before Pledge ran out of money.

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Re: Killing Joke

#166 Post by Pandemonium » Thu May 23, 2019 10:03 am

I caught last night's show at The Yost Theater in Santa Ana.

A while back I had planned on seeing the LA show at The Roxy in Hollywood on Thursday and bought a ticket for it even though Santa Ana is literally 15 minutes away while Hollywood can be an hour plus depending on traffic. The thing was, Idles are playing the same night as the Santa Ana show so I opted for the LA date for Killing Joke the following night theoretically making for consecutive nights in Hollywood with Idles/KJ....

Then 3 weeks ago when my wife suffered the stomach issue and had emergency surgery and being hospitalized for over a week that kind of threw everything into flux. She's been home and recovering nicely the past week but today (Thursday) the date of the LA show I need to take her late in the day to get her staples removed and it’s likely I’m not gonna make the Roxy show tonight. The Idles show had sold out and they added a show in November at The Wiltern which was a much better option for me. So yesterday afternoon, I looked online and tickets were still available for the Yost Theater in Santa Ana. A short 15 minute drive, free parking in the lot across the street, I’m in.

The Yost Theater is pretty small, much smaller than even the Regent Theater in LA where I saw them last year and I believe has only been hosting concerts for just the last few years, probably holds about 300 people with a pretty small floor and it looked like the place was only 2/3rds sold, so it was easy to walk right up to the edge of the stage during the show. Based on what a breeze it was getting in and out of the place and the short distance from home and the bands they seem to be booking, I'll probably be seeing more shows here in the future.

The set was pretty similar to last year's tour, moving around a few songs in the running order, slipping in opening song Tomorrow's World, In Excelcis, The Fall Of Because, Tension, Total Invasion and The Hum through the set while dropping New Cold War, Butcher, Turn To Red, Follow The Leaders, Change and S.O.36. Other songs they've played through the tour this month during the encore like Love Like Blood and The Death And Resurrection Show weren't played last night - the encore was a short 2 song set of The Hum and Pandemonium.

I spent about half the show about 15 feet back from the stage where the sound was somewhat balanced and pleasingly loud. Jaz actually did a great job on In Excelcis, a song he's seemed to always struggled with. Once I decided to move right up against the stage on Geordie's side, that was literally all I could hear was his guitar with some drum and a bit of bass, I couldn't hear any of Jaz's vocals. Geordie's rig is incredibly loud at ear level from only 10 back on the stage and my ears are still buzzing today. I really can't understand how these guys can stay in sync with each other considering how loud they play. Something worth mentioning, Geordie's tone sounds much more "organic" like years past versus last year where he had a more shrill, harsh "metal" sound.

Considering this was a less than sold out show and the crowd was kind of sedate except for diehards up front, I thought the band played in top form and was in exceptionally good spirits. A lot of joking and smiles between Youth and Geordie - Youth often spent time playing right next to Geordie. Performance-wise, I thought last night was even better than the show in LA last year although I preferred last year's setlist. The only song I thought was a bit messy and shambolic was Total Invasion and the only song I really thought lost the crowd was Labyrinth.

Although I'm going to still try for tonight's show at The Roxy, if I can't make it and my ticket goes to waste, I'll be happy enough with last night's show and my unbroken string of seeing them every tour since 2003.

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Re: Killing Joke

#167 Post by kv » Thu May 23, 2019 1:09 pm

Glad you're out having fun man

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Re: Killing Joke

#168 Post by Pandemonium » Fri May 24, 2019 1:41 pm

kv wrote:
Thu May 23, 2019 1:09 pm
Glad you're out having fun man
Thanks, it was great to get out and see a show, especially one of my old favs.

I wound up eating my ticket to last night's Roxy show. I probably could have made it but it was a long afternoon taking my wife back to the surgeon in South Bay and she was in a lot of pain by the time we got finally home at 6pm, that I didn't feel good going back out to Hollywood.

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#169 Post by Pandemonium » Sat May 25, 2019 10:06 am

Complete Roxy Show:


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#170 Post by mockbee » Fri Jun 21, 2019 4:49 pm

Just getting to this, thanks for posting.
This is a great recording, and they were in top form! :rockon:

The classics sounded really, really good. Some of the newer tracks can be a little clunky, but still good.

I'm actually okay this is the first set of US dates i've missed in 10 years. Like you said, live they are really loud, sometimes hard to totally catch the nuance.

Hope they continue..... :banana:

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#171 Post by Pandemonium » Fri Jun 21, 2019 10:37 pm

I bought a bunch of stuff from their official site that showed up today from the UK. Their latest live album from a show late last year, a book that includes almost every song they’ve written and a tour photo book that Youth put together. The lyric book is set up almost like a pocket bible, lol. The tour book is ok, but Youth isn’t the greatest photographer - most of the shots were probably taken with his iPhone.

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#172 Post by mockbee » Mon Sep 09, 2019 1:36 pm

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:worship:



I don't know if it's strange at my age, 42, to still be a fanboi for this dude and band......?
I've only felt this way about Eddie in '92 when I first heard Ten, I was not so hot after Vitalogy...
And Perry when I heard NS for the first time in '95 until Relapse.


And Jaz since the first tracks I heard from first self-titled in 2010 - more???????


I hope to god he still has some juice left, I will eat anything up........

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Re: Killing Joke

#173 Post by Pandemonium » Tue Sep 10, 2019 9:55 am



They just released a live LP/CD/DVD of a show from late 2003 at the Astoria in London that is really excellent. It's from the tour plugging the 2003 self titled reunion/comeback album and is top heavy with songs from that album and is probably my new favorite live release from the band not just because of the setlist, but because Geordie is way up in the mix and sounds simply epic (way better than the above promo clip). Although being the dumb completist I am with this band I bought all formats, you can get just the CD or DVD or LP. I know some fans complain that they release a live album every year with at least the same 10 usual burnout songs in the set, but I can't complain as most of the bands I still follow don't put out anything for years at a time.

Supposedly, they are going to start work by the end of the year on a new studio album.

Here's the link to order the 2003 show - these guys got this to me in 3 days from the UK *before* the stated release date - a first for this band!

https://townsendmusic.store/cart/product.php?id=53404

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#174 Post by mockbee » Tue Sep 10, 2019 11:27 am

Thanks for the link Panda!!! :wave:

This makes my day/week!!!

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#175 Post by mockbee » Sun Aug 23, 2020 9:21 pm

Panda, does this have anything to do with the new album?
:noclue: :banana:

https://townsendmusic.store/cart/product.php?id=53404

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