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Killing Joke - "Eighties"

R.I.P. Geordie Walker

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Killing Joke were one of the few bands that could perfectly walk the line between Goth and Industrial, and a lot of that ability had to do with Geordie Walker's prowess as a guitar player. He was always sorely underrated as a guitarist, especially considering how many iconic riffs were his doing. Of course, one of those iconic riffs was the opening riff for "Eighties" that Kurt Cobain...err..."gently lifted" for Nirvana's "Come as you Are".

Geordie's passing is making me think about how there are a lot of great musicians in this world who came and went without much fanfare while they were alive, but their influence can be heard in so many musicians who came after them. No magazine covers, no Rockstar fan worship, just solid musicianship that helped to define a music genre as we know it to exist. May Geordie's soul rest in peace and his legacy continue to live on with those who appreciated him.

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Yesterday the world got a few decibels quieter and emptier. RIP Geordie Walker, 1958-2023.

Honour the big man by quote-re-tumbling this post (I haven't been on here in ages and can't remember the technical terms) with your favourite Geordie riffs!

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Join The Youth Club: Why Killing Joke Deserve Kudos As Post Punk Innovators

"What's THIS For...! was a pretty strange album because I'd had an LSD breakdown, I was 21, I'd just come out of a mental hospital for burning money on the street in a kimono on the Kings Road and I had a total meltdown. So that album was kind of me coming up on that, which was great actually because it made it very psychedelic!”

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Track of the Day; 15/5/17

Tension - Killing Joke, 1981

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWyUByNNiLY

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Killing Joke | Another Bloody Election

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1981

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Killing Joke - Labyrinth

Running through this maze - cry at what I see A civilisation with values alien to me All the role models, lost souls, false gods that I am shown Ordeals that I pass through for purposes unknown

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Killing Joke - Change (live at UEA, Norwich, 7th November 1981)

“Are those all students at the back, not dancing?”

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Killing Joke - The Paradiso Amsterdam 06/07/81

Wardance, Follow The Leader, Change, Exit,Requiem, Unspeakable, Fall Of Because, Primitive, Bloodsport, The Wait, Pssyche, Turn To Red

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Live ParkPop Den Haag 1981

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