Killing Joke – Love Like Blood

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Info: Killing Joke are an English post-punk band formed in October 1978 in London, England. 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. Soon after he and Ferguson split to form Killing Joke. The duo recruited bassist Martin Youth, who had previously played with the punk group The Rage, and guitarist Geordie (born Kevin Walker) to complete the band's lineup. Killing Joke moved to Notting Hill Gate, recorded their debut EP, “Almost Red” and then they released “Wardance” their debut single on Malicious Damage, in February of 1980. Following that, Killing Joke released their eponymous debut album. During this period, the group gained a reputation for being controversial. Despite that, the group began amassing a following of both punk and disco fans with hard-edged but danceable singles. The band released its second album, “What's THIS For...!”, in 1981. After recording and releasing the group's third album, 1982's “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 They, which would later evolve into The Sugarcubes. After a few months with no sign of the end of the world and with a few new members in the lineup, they returned to England and recorded “Fire Dances”, which was released in 1983. For the rest of the '80s and ‘90s, Killing Joke continued to release albums, all of which failed to regain the audience they had in the early '80s. After opening for the reunited Mötley Crüe on a 2004 tour of the U.K., the band settled in Prague to record its last album, ‘Hosannas From The Basement Of Hell’, which appeared in 2006.