Killing Joke
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| Origin | Notting Hill |
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| London | |
| United Kingdom | |
| Members | Jaz Coleman |
| Dave Grohl | |
| Geordie Walker | |
| Paul Raven | |
| Genres | Post-punk |
| Industrial Rock | |
| Gothic Rock | |
| New Wave | |
| Synth-pop | |
| Industrial Metal | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 811519 |
About Killing Joke
Killing Joke are an English rock band formed in October 1978 in Notting Hill, London, England. The original line-up included Jaz Coleman, Paul Ferguson, Geordie Walker and Youth. Their first album, Killing Joke, was released in 1980. After the release of Revelations in 1982, bassist Youth was replaced by Paul Raven.
Andy Rourke: The Smiths bassist dies aged 59
... Across his decades-long career, Rourke recorded with the Pretenders, Killing Joke, Badly Drawn Boy, Aziz Ibrahim (formerly of the Stone Roses), and former Oasis guitarist Bonehead as Moondog One, a band which also included Mike Joyce and Craig Gannon...
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... He also fronted covers of Marvin Gaye s What s Going On, The Everly Brothers Let It Be Me, Jimi Hendrix s Little Wing and Killing Joke s The Death and Resurrection Show...
Andy Rourke: The Smiths bassist dies aged 59
By Steven McIntoshEntertainment reporter
Andy Rourke, the bassist for Rock Band The Smiths , has died aged 59, The Band has announced.
Guitarist Johnny Marr confirmed " with deep sadness" that Rourke died after a long battle with pancreatic Cancer .
Marr said: " Andy will be remembered as a kind and beautiful soul by those Who Knew him and as a supremely gifted musician by music fans.
" We request privacy at this sad time, " he added.
Rourke played on The Smiths ' most famous songs including This Charming Man and There Is a Light That Never Goes Out, as well as solo singles for singer Morrissey after The Group broke up.
The musician also played as part of a supergroup called Freebass with two other Mancunian bass players, Gary " Mani" Mounfield from The Stone Roses and Peter Hook from New Order .
Across his decades-long career, Rourke recorded with The Pretenders , Killing Joke , Badly Drawn Boy, Aziz Ibrahim (formerly of The Stone Roses), and former Oasis guitarist Bonehead as Moondog One, A Band which also included Mike Joyce and Craig Gannon .
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