Killing Joke

[Jordan Hayes <jordan%ucbarpa@Berkeley>]

Hmmm... Killing Joke was a really excellent band. However, "Eighties"
was written when they needed some cash... very flashy video, and not
enough power to catch me... also, it was done AFTER their bassist left
and went to iceland to start a two basist, no guitarist band -- they
turned out realy well, but, alas, broke up shortly thereafter...

I saw Killing Joke at an outdoor concert in Toronto about 3 summers
ago, and they blew me away... someone had a sound pressure meter and
the band was clocked at 140+ db! The acoustics at that concert were
also, by the way, far and away the best I've ever heard. It was billed
as a "Police Picnic" with the terrible threesome headlining, but
featured some TERRIFIC opening bands... Nash the Slash, Oingo Boingo,
Iggy Pop, The Go-Go's (before anyone knew who they were) and the
SPECIALS <-- only other band (besides the Police, of course) that was
allowed an encore... One of the greatest performances of my life! They
were astounding! I was so strung out after they finished that I slept
through most of the Police. Ho hum.

/jordan