[kj] Killing Joke's career/[OT] Other Bands...

[Jim Harper]

Just thought I'd chime in with a few more acts worth tracking down and evaluating:
 
A) I'm sure most Joke fans (and people into general alternative/metal in the early 90s) will already have digested and evaluated these guys, but if you haven't, it's definitely worth looking at Faith No More. Their first two albums are patchy funk-metal with a bad singer, while The Real Thing is solid funk-metal with a decent singer, but they were something entirely different on Angel Dust, King For A Day and Album of the Year: heavy, experimental, funny, abrasive and defiantly individualist. They were openly influenced by Killing Joke- the drummer was very inlfuenced by the Joke and PiL, Billy Gould's bass playing is often reminscent of Raven's, while they're another of the few rock/metal bands of the time that used keyboards openly without sounding wimpy or poppy. I know not everyone on here thinks much of 'em, but for my money Faith No More were one of the greats. (It's just a shame some of the guitar on Angel Dust is so mediocre- Jim Martin was just
 not up to the task by then).
 
B) Not as abrasive as the Joke, but the first two Psychedelic Furs albums really deserve a listen for anyone into post-punk or new wave. Having said that, anyone into post-punk or new wave has probably already heard them.
 
C) D'espairsRay. Japanese rock. First-rate Japanese rock, well worth hearing. Much better than the somewhat overrated Dir En Grey.
 
My 2p'th.
 
Jim.

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