Burl Veneer’s Music Blog Vox 2008-06-04T00:20:14Z Burl Veneer http://burlveneer.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00d4144aef1d3c7f/tags/killing+joke/ Songs I Like Filling in the gaps tag:vox.com,2008-06-03:asset-6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fa967b82b60003 2008-06-03T02:50:54Z 2008-06-04T00:20:14Z Burl Veneer http://burlveneer.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

01 - big money 03 - Apologize

Having had access to the college radio station record library during the 80s, not to mention the constant stream of new releases that came in, and then spending all my disposable income (plus future income, once I got a credit card) on imported Br...

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]]> Some real Killing Joke tag:vox.com,2008-01-18:asset-6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00e398d368ce0001 2008-01-18T01:53:58Z 2008-01-18T01:53:58Z Burl Veneer http://burlveneer.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Killing Joke - Money is not our god

Instead of more long-lost but now-found music, I'm going to follow up the past two posts of pretend Killing Joke with some real Killing Joke. After the gothic beauty and mainstream appeal of 1985's Night Time, Killing Joke went into decline. But...

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]]> Serendipity: 1919 tag:vox.com,2008-01-16:asset-6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00e398d2dcdd0003 2008-01-16T03:21:34Z 2008-01-18T03:57:35Z Burl Veneer http://burlveneer.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Slave

Yesterday I wrote about my continuing search for music by 1919; today I found it! The Killing Joke followers' 1983 mini-LP Machine (which I used to own, but sold on ebay in the 90s) was just posted last week on the Sickness Abounds blog, or as bl...

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]]> Deferred listening: Headhunters tag:vox.com,2008-01-15:asset-6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00e398d26d130001 2008-01-15T03:43:37Z 2008-01-15T03:48:17Z Burl Veneer http://burlveneer.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

01 Bright And Bloody

One of the great lost records of my 80s music experience is an album by the Headhunters. It was one of those records that we had at the campus radio station, and I played several cuts from it, but I never found a copy for myself. I have a 12" si...

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]]> So here's what happened to Brilliant... tag:vox.com,2007-12-07:asset-6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00e398c53d060005 2007-12-07T02:32:28Z 2007-12-07T03:50:35Z Burl Veneer http://burlveneer.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Brilliant - Subtle Manoevres Brilliant - I'll Be Your Lover

Picking up where I left off yesterday: "Colours" was actually the second single credited to Brilliant, the first was "That's What Good Friends Are For..." on Limelight Music in 1982. After "Colours" came a couple of anthology placements: "Coming ...

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]]> Gothic funk: Brilliant tag:vox.com,2007-12-06:asset-6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00e398c4d7a60004 2007-12-06T04:36:46Z 2007-12-06T04:56:26Z Burl Veneer http://burlveneer.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Colours

At the forefront of the 80s gothic funk bands was Brilliant, the band formed by bassist Youth (Martin Glover) after leaving Killing Joke in 1982. (And they weren't the only one, I can think of about two more.) If Wikipedia is to be believed, the...

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]]> Paul Raven R.I.P. tag:vox.com,2007-10-25:asset-6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00e398b670650005 2007-10-25T01:07:33Z 2007-10-25T01:12:49Z Burl Veneer http://burlveneer.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Bassist Paul Raven died of a heart attack on October 20, way too young (age 46). I remember him best for the throbbing basslines that were the glue of Killing Joke's sound during the mid-to-late 80s, their most successful period commercialwise (a...

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