Killing Joke - MMXII

Is it possible for a band that's been together for over thirty years (give or take few line up meltdowns) to still be coming up with the goods?

On the evidence of 2010’s Absolute Dissent, which saw the first recordings with the original line up since Revelations (1982) then the answer has to be ‘yes’, as anyone whose witnessed the band live recently will already know.

But can they repeat the trick with MMXII?

Trailed as being their ‘end of times’ album, it could be argued it’s the album Killing Joke have been threatening to make since Jaz Coleman did a runner to Iceland back in 1982 precipitating the end of the original line up amid dark mutterings of an impending apocalypse. 

Which is a theme Jaz has returned to on more than one occasion since then, although recently, seemingly calmer and more stable than in the past, he’s moderated his views claiming we stand on the edge of a new way of living, rather than the end, lights out.

Residents of Greece for example, might even think he’s on to something...

So what does all that mean for MMXII?

No Cyclists Here?

Street art or road rage?

Songs From The Last Century

Makes them sound old doesn't it?

But that would be the point of The Guardian's 'Old Music' feature.  

Obviously it doesn't need to be re-blogged by me (if that is indeed what I am doing?), but I cannot resist mentioning today's entry:

Johnny Thunders 'You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory' is just a timeless classic.  

Finding it by chance on my regular lunch hour footie gossip surf reminded me that this one song justified the whole of Thunders, notoriously uneven, career.  And it was a more interesting read than why Andy Carroll's a bit of a numpty.

Read it here 

It's also one of several excellent articles in the series, not all of which I agree with, but you could do worse than spend your lunch hour reading about gems from Killing Joke, Ramones, Magazine and Teenage Fanclub.

April Fool?

Review to follow...