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Killing Joke is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of The Soft Moon, Public Image Ltd., KUKL and Hugh Padgham. Those roots explain a lot about how Killing Joke arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ministry, Bauhaus, New Model Army, Public Image Ltd. and The Cure, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Prong, Jerk, Unto Others, Dead by April and Eagulls, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 41 connections around Killing Joke, reaching back through The Soft Moon and forward to Prong. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Killing Joke are an English post-punk band formed in Notting Hill, London, in 1979 by Jaz Coleman, Paul Ferguson (drums), Geordie Walker (guitar) and Youth (bass).
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Killing Joke connections
Killing Joke grew out of The Soft Moon, Public Image Ltd., KUKL and Hugh Padgham, shares an orbit with Ministry, Bauhaus, New Model Army and Public Image Ltd., went on to shape Prong, Jerk, Unto Others and Dead by April. 41 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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