Jaz Coleman: “We’ve Been Adapted From An Already Evolving Primate, Another Race Of Sentient Beings”

Without the benefit of a time machine it’s difficult to convey the importance of Killing Joke’s self-titled debut album, which turns 40 years old today. But imagine, if you will, no Ministry, no Nine Inch Nails, no Fear Factory, no Godflesh, and, by extension, none of the bands who were influenced by them. Yeah, it’s that big a deal, a truly colossal record without which many of your favourite bands wouldn’t exist. Put simply, there was nothing that sounded like Killing Joke. “No, there was nothing like it,” agrees frontman Jaz Coleman. “I remember a very young Al Jourgensen coming to one of our gigs, dressed as a New Romantic. But the great thing about Killing Joke is the mirror effect, like, if those arseholes can do it then so can we! Ministry, like all the ...

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