Killing Joke 杀戮玩笑
- 风格
- #后朋克 #新浪潮 #工业摇滚
- 地区
- United Kingdom 英国
艺人介绍
KILLING JOKE是一支典型的英国后朋克乐队，乐队成立于80年代早期.以剧烈的节奏和主唱令人惊异的表演而著称。 主唱兼键盘手Jaz Coleman具有埃及血统.曾加入Matt Stagger乐队弹键盘.以后.JazColiman与乐队鼓手Panl Ferguson退出乐队，找来吉他手Geotdie、贝司手Martin Glover.组成&KILLING JOKE&乐队。乐队搬到伦敦后，发行了一张EP，通过BBC电台的宣传使乐队为听众所喜爱。随后Iskand唱片公司为乐队成立了自己的制作公司。1980年2月，乐队发行单曲，此单曲唱片的B面歌曲极为出色。乐队的广泛影响使他们同EG唱片公司签约，并保留了自己的厂牌。同年乐队发行了首张同名专辑，乐队发展了一种粗糙，独特的风格――一种朋克.重金属.黑人音乐的混合体。乐队与当时大多数后朋克乐团最明显的质别标志：吉他张力拉伸后成为作品力量与智慧的一场生死角逐。不久，乐队在格拉斯哥演唱会被官方禁演，理由是演出宣传画上描绘了教皇派厄斯七世正在向两件希特勒的棕色衬衫祷告。此画是乐队惯用的黑色幽默，在唱片封套和内页里经常出现。1983年的专辑增添了许多商业元素，其中热门单曲。1986年差些被乐迷认为是一张金属作品，早期原始的冲击感觉隐去了。1990年，乐队回到最佳状态，发行了出色的专辑，在这张专辑后，乐队解散。1992年，乐队推出了精选辑，收录了乐队自成立以来专辑中的出色作品，包括《Pssuche》等。
by Stephen Thomas Erlewine & John Dougan
Heavy and slow, Killing Joke (at least early in their career) was a quasi-metal band dancing to a tune of doom and gloom. They eventually became less heavy and more arty (the latter seems almost impossible) — more danceable even — but early on they made some urgent slabs of molten dynamite that oozed with the power of thick guitars, thudding drums, and over-the-top singing. The origins of Killing Joke lie in the Matt Stagger Band. Paul Ferguson was drumming for the group when he met Jaz Coleman (vocals, keyboards) in the late 70s. Coleman joined the Matt Stagger Band briefly, but soon he and Ferguson split to form Killing Joke in late 1978. The duo recruited bassist Youth (born Martin Glover Youth), who had previously played with the punk group the Rage, and guitarist Geordie (born Kevin Walker) to complete the bands lineup. Killing Joke moved to Notting Hill Gate and recorded their debut EP, Almost Red, with money borrowed from Colemans girlfriend of the time. BBC disc jockey John Peel was impressed by the EP and offered the group a session on his show, which became one of the most popular shows he broadcast in the late 70s. By the end of 1979, the group had signed with Island Records, who allowed them to set up their own label, Malicious Damage.
Killing Joke released Wardance, their debut single on Malicious Damage, in February of 1980. Following its release, Killing Joke and Malicious Damage switched from Island Records to EG and released their eponymous debut album. The group began playing shows regularly throughout England and gained a reputation for being controversial. Their artwork often featured repulsive or inflammatory images, and after one of their concert posters pictured the Pope blessing legions of Nazis, the group was banned from performing a concert in Glasgow. Despite the controversy, the group began amassing a following of both punk and disco fans with hard-edged but danceable singles like Psyche and Follow the Leader. The band released its second album, Whats THIS For...!, in 1981.
After recording and releasing the groups third album, 1982s Revelations, Jaz Coleman — who had developed an obsession with the occult — decided that the apocalypse was near, so he left the group and ran away to Iceland with Geordie. While in Iceland, Coleman and Geordie worked with a number of Icelandic bands, most notably Theyr, which would later evolve into the Sugarcubes. Youth followed Coleman to Iceland shortly after his departure. After a few months with no sign of the end of the world, Youth returned to England and formed Brilliant with Ferguson. However, Ferguson left shortly after the groups formation and moved to Iceland with Killing Jokes new bassist, Paul Raven. Youth continued playing with Brilliant, while Killing Jokes new lineup — featuring Coleman, Geordie, Ferguson, and Raven — worked in Iceland for a brief period. Soon, the group returned to England and recorded Fire Dances, which was released in 1983. Fire Dances demonstrated a calmer, more straightforward band than the one showcased on the groups earlier records.
For the rest of the 80s, Killing Joke continued to release albums, all of which failed to regain the audience they had in the early 80s. After 1988s Outside the Gate, the group broke up, only to reunite two years later for Extremities, Dirt & Various Repressed Emotions. Extremities featured a new drummer, Martin Atkins, and returned the band to the noisy dance experiments of their earlier records. Following its release, the group took a four-year break. In 1994, Killing Joke re-formed as a trio with Coleman, Geordie, and Youth and the group released Pandemonium, a harder-edged, heavier album than their previous records. Democracy (1996), a second self-titled album (2003), and the live celebration XXV Gathering! followed. After opening for the reunited Mötley Crüe on a 2004 tour of the U.K., the band settled in Prague to record its next album, Hosannas from the Basement of Hell, which appeared in 2006.
热门评论
- @小甜腥：当年《朋克时代》介绍给大家的乐队之一，“杀戮玩笑”这个名字可真符合叛逆青年的心理
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