Celebrating Kevin 'Geordie' Walker, 18th December 1958 to 26th November 2023.
Geordie is (in)famous as a founding member of Killing Joke in 1979 and the only one to stick with Jaz Coleman through over four decades and numerous line-up changes and reincarnations.
The first I heard of Geordie's untimely passing was a tweet from Jah Wobble on Sunday evening. Jah and Geordie played together in industrial 'supergroup' The Damage Manual in the early 2000s. Further reading and news reports reveal that Geordie suffered a stroke a couple of days ago and died at home in Prague, with his family by his side.
It's impossible to imagine Killing Joke without Geordie. Whilst the band's music has spanned multiple genres from post-punk to Middle Eastern-inspired instrumentals to industrial to Goa trance to hardcore rock to dub, Geordie's singular guitar playing has been the unifying thread and complement to Jaz's unique vocal expressions.
You'll find better articulated tributes elsewhere so I'll let the music do the talking. By sad coincidence, my previous - and first - Killing Joke selection was posted barely a year ago, on 1st December 2022. You can listen to that here by way of a companion piece to today's offering.
RIP Geordie.
1) New Cold War (2015)
2) Empire Song (1982)
3) Jihad (Beyrouth Edit) (1988)
4) Democracy (Conspiracy Theory Mix) (1996)
5) Darkness Before Dawn (1985)
6) Hosannas From The Basements Of Hell (Radio Edit) (2006)
7) Requiem (Album Version) (1980)
8) Follow The Leaders (Dub) (1981)
9) Millennium (Cybersank Edit) (1994)
10) Are You Receiving (1979)
11) Another Cult Goes Down (Portobello Mix) (1994)
12) Adorations (The Extended Mix) (1986)
1979: Turn To Red EP: 10
1980: Killing Joke: 7
1981: Follow The Leaders EP: 8
1982: Revelations: 2
1985: Night Time: 5
1986: Adorations EP: 12
1988: America EP: 3
1994: Exorcism EP: 11
1994: Millennium EP: 9
1996: Democracy EP: 4
2006: Hosannas From The Basements Of Hell EP: 6
2015: Pylon: 1
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