Tag: Jaz Coleman

Listen: Killing Joke debuts thunderous new single “Full Spectrum Dominance”

Listen: Killing Joke debuts thunderous new single “Full Spectrum Dominance”

]Killing Joke is due to perform its first two albums in concert Sunday night and has released a thunderous new single called “Full Spectrum Dominance.”

Killing Joke to release new “Lord of Chaos” EP, tour U.K. — hear new song

Killing Joke to release new “Lord of Chaos” EP, tour U.K. — hear new song

Killing Joke returns next month with its first new music since 2015’s Pylon album, a four-track EP called Lord of Chaos that will feature two new songs.

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Killing Joke’s Jaz Coleman talks about the end of the world

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Killing Joke’s Jaz Coleman talks about the end of the world

For this week’s installment of “120 Minutes” Rewind, we present this 1991 interview segment with Killing Joke frontman Jaz Coleman, conducted by “120 Minutes” host Dave Kendall in what appears to be a crossover piece for MTV Europe’s edition of the show. Watch the full segment right here.

Ski Patrol collects its recorded output on ‘Versions Of A Life (Recordings 1979-81)’

Ski Patrol collects its recorded output on ‘Versions Of A Life (Recordings 1979-81)’

U.K. postpunk act Ski Patrol next month will release a new anthology collecting the group’s recorded output from 1979 to 1981, a 14-track collection that will include their singles, previously unreleased mixes and songs from their final studio session, their John Peel radio session and more.

Killing Joke to begin recording new album in October, ‘KJ in Dub’ to be released ‘shortly’

Killing Joke to begin recording new album in October, ‘KJ in Dub’ to be released ‘shortly’

Having wrapped up touring and promotion of its recent singles collection, Killing Joke today announced the band will return to the studio this October to begin work on its third album for Universal/Spinefarm, with Kevin “Geordie” Walker already having demoed nine new songs.

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Killing Joke’s Jaz Coleman testifies under the ‘120 X-Ray’ — 1989

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Killing Joke’s Jaz Coleman testifies under the ‘120 X-Ray’ — 1989

For this week’s “120 Minutes” Rewind, we present one of the show’s odder moments, a “120 X-Ray” segment on Killing Joke from 1989 that features Jaz Coleman testifying against the “frivolous nature of materialism” — he actually appears to be reading from a prepared statement .

Killing Joke’s Paul Ferguson sidelined by tendonitis from ‘restoring ancient sculptures’

Killing Joke’s Paul Ferguson sidelined by tendonitis from ‘restoring ancient sculptures’

Killing Joke is due to start a tour of Australia and New Zealand this week, but will be down a man: Drummer Paul Ferguson today announced he’s sitting out the six-date trek due to acute tendonitis, not from drumming, but, rather, from hours of “concentrated scalpel use whilst restoring ancient sculptures.”

Killing Joke announces ‘Singles Collection: 1979-2012,’ tour dates in U.S., Europe

Killing Joke announces ‘Singles Collection: 1979-2012,’ tour dates in U.S., Europe

Killing Joke will celebrate its 35th anniversary in 2013 with the release of the brand-new, multi-format ‘The Singles Collection: 1979-2012’ — including a 34-disc version — a still-to-be-announced new studio album and a world tour beginning in March, initial dates of which were announced today in Europe and North America.

Killing Joke plan 2 albums in 2013, plus ‘limited’ number of U.S. concerts next spring

Killing Joke plan 2 albums in 2013, plus ‘limited’ number of U.S. concerts next spring

Killing Joke this weekend announced plans to release two albums in 2013 and perform “a very small run of headline shows” to coincide with the first release — expected some time in March or April — including “limited U.S. tour dates,” according to a short note posted on the band’s Facebook page.

Killing Joke: Jaz Coleman ‘alive and kicking’ in the Sahara, new ‘KJ in Dub’ project due

Killing Joke: Jaz Coleman ‘alive and kicking’ in the Sahara, new ‘KJ in Dub’ project due

Killing Joke unloaded a flurry of news this morning, announcing that “missing” frontman Jaz Coleman “appeared today from his retreat in the Western Sahara” as well as revealing plans for a 3CD ‘KJ in Dub’ remix project and the cancellation of a planned $300-a-ticket studio concert that was to have been filmed for a DVD.

The Week in Rock: July 29-Aug. 4, 2012

The Week in Rock: July 29-Aug. 4, 2012

This week’s roundup of headlines includes items on Killing Joke’s Jaz Coleman, New Order, Ian McCulloch, R.E.M., Aztec Camera, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Jazz Butcher, Crime and the City Solution, Men Without Hats, Ministry, Public Image Ltd., Close Lobsters, Mojo Nixon and more.

Killing Joke’s Jaz Coleman goes missing, band ‘concerned about our singer’s welfare’

Killing Joke’s Jaz Coleman goes missing, band ‘concerned about our singer’s welfare’

In a bizarre turn of events, Killing Joke today announced that frontman Jaz Coleman has gone missing after apparently taking to Facebook to malign The Cult and The Mission and proclaim — falsely, it turns out — that the band was pulling out of a recently downsized U.K. tour with the two acts this September.

Killing Joke quits U.K. tour with The Cult, The Mission over venue downsizing?

Killing Joke quits U.K. tour with The Cult, The Mission over venue downsizing?

Rumors have circulated that Killing Joke, displeased with the change in venues, has quit the September tour with The Cult and The Mission. The band hasn’t made an official statement, although a scathing note about the tour, purportedly written by Jaz Coleman, was posted then removed from the band’s Facebook page.