Killing Joke mark their 40th anniversary with the release of a limited edition career spanning boxset. The massive set will be released on CD and vinyl and includes Killing Joke's 15 studio albums, along with extra content including 12" mixes, live sessions, alternate takes, and previously unreleased tracks. It should be noted that with respect to Brighter Than A Thousand Suns, the boxset includes the 2007 edition (restored mixes version), not the original 1986 release.
The packaging for both of these sets are top notch: The CD edition comes as 16 double CDs packaged in mini-gatefold packs with printed inners. The vinyl edition takes it to a whole new incredible level - the 16 colored double LPs are housed in a flight case with art prints, posters, postcards, flyers, a pair of headphones (!!!), and a certificate of authenticity. The sets will be released on September 21st and are available to pre-order on CD, and LP. View the tracklisting below.
Killing Joke also announced a world tour in celebration of their 40th anniversary. The Laugh At Your Peril Tour includes a handful of North American dates which are available to view below. Killing Joke plan on celebrating their anniversary over two years (they met in 1978; their first EP was released in 1979), so it's possible more tour dates will be added over the next year.
Killing Joke - North American tour
Sep 01 -- Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven
Sep 02 -- Portland, OR @ Star Theater
Sep 04 -- San Francisco, CA @ DNA Lounge
Sep 05 -- Los Angeles, CA @ Regent Theater
Sep 07 -- Denver, CO @ Oriental Theater
Sep 09 -- Columbus, OH @ Skully's Music Diner
Sep 10 -- Baltimore, MD @ Soundstage
Sep 11 -- Boston, MA @ The Paradise
Sep 12 -- New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
Sep 17 -- Dallas, TX @ Granad Theater
Sep 18 -- Austin, TX @ The Mohawk
Sep 19 -- Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live
Sep 21 -- Mexico City, MX @ Lunario del Auditorio Nacional
Tracklist:
Killing Joke
Requiem
Wardance
Tomorrow's World
Bloodsport
The Wait
Complications
S.O. 36
Primitive
Bonus material
Nervous System
Turn To Red
Are You Receiving
Almost Red
Requiem (Malicious Demo)
Wardance (Malicious Demo)
Bloodsport (Malicious Demo)
The Wait (Malicious Demo)
Complications (Malicious Demo)
What's This For...!
The Fall Of Because
Tension
Unspeakable
Butcher
Follow The Leaders
Madness
Who Told You How?
Exit
Bonus material:
Follow The Leaders (dub)
Madness (dub)
The Fall Of Because (peel session)
Tension (peel session)
Unspeakable (Richard Skinner Session)
Exit (Richard Skinner Session)
Youth's Ideal (unreleased)
Revelations
The Hum
Empire Song
We Have Joy
Chop-Chop
The Pandys Are Coming
Chapter III
Have A Nice Day
Land Of Milk And Honey
Good Samaritan
Dregs
Bonus material:
We Have Joy (alt mix)
Brilliant
The Hum (John Peel Session)
Empire Song (Peel Session)
We Have Joy (Peel Session)
Chop-Chop (Peel Session)
Birds Of A Feather
Sun Goes Down
Flock (b side)
Fire Dances
The Gathering
Fun & Games
Rejuvenation
Frenzy
Harlequin
Feast Of Blaze
Song & Dance Dominator
Let's All Go (To The Fire Dances)
Lust Almighty
Bonus material:
Harlequin (single edit, unreleased)
Me Or You
Wilful Days
Dominator
The Gathering (alt mix)
Dominator (John Peel Session)
Frenzy (Peel Session)
Wilful Days (Peel Session)
Harlequin (Peel Session)
Night Time
Night Time
Darkness Before Dawn
Love Like Blood
Kings And Queens
Tabazan
Multitudes
Europe
Eighties
Bonus content
Eighties (Serious Dance mix)
A New Day
Kings And Queens (Geordie Dub Mix)
Blue Feather (dub mix)
Love Like Blood (alternate 7" version, unreleased)
Eighties (Kid Jensen Session)
New Culture (Kid Jensen Session)
Blue Feather (Kid Jensen Session)
All Play Rebel (Kid Jensen Session)
Brighter Than A Thousand Suns (Restored Mixes)
Adorations
Sanity
Chessboards
Twilight Of The Mortal
Love Of The Masses
A Southern Sky
Wintergardens
Rubicon
Bonus content:
Exile
Ecstacy
Victory
Adorations (12")
Sanity (Insane Mix)
Adorations (7")
Sanity (instrumental)
Outside The Gate
America
My Love Of This Land
Stay One Jump Ahead
Unto The Ends Of This Earth
The Calling
Obsession
Tiahuanaco
Outside The Gate
Bonus content:
America (Extended Mix)
Stay One Jump Ahead (Extended Mix)
Jihad
May Day
My Love Of This Land (Early Version)
Obsession (Early Version)
Unto The Ends Of The Earth (Instrumental)
Stay One Jump Ahead (Dub mix)
Extremities, Dirt, & Various Repressed Emotions
Money Is Not Our God
Age Of Greed
The Beautiful Dead
Extremities
Intravenous
Solitude
Inside The Termite Mound
North Of The Border
Slipstream
Kaliyuga
Struggle
Bonus content:
Inside The Termite Mound (Chainsaw mix, unreleased)
Money Is Not Our God (Hideous Mix)
Pandemonium
Pandemonium
Exorcism
Millennium
Communion
Black Moon
Labyrinth
Jana
Whiteout
Pleasures Of The Flesh
Mathematics Of Chaos
Bonus content:
Whiteout (Mark Radcliffe Session, unreleased)
Exorcism (Mark Radcliffe Session, unreleased)
Communion (Mark Radcliffe Session, unreleased)
Democracy
Savage Freedom
Democracy
Prozac People
Lanterns
Aeon
Pilgrimage
Intellect
Medicine Wheel
Absent Friends
Another Bloody Election
Bonus content:
4 Stations Of The Sun
MASS
Drug
Hollywood Babylon
Killing Joke - 2003
The Death & Resurrection Show
Total Invasion
Asteroid
Implant
Blood On Your Hands
Loose Cannon
You'll Never Get To Me
Seeing Red
Dark Forces
The House That Pain Built
Bonus content:
Zennon
Inferno
Loose Cannon (demo)
Seeing Red (Jagz Kooner remix)
Hosannas From The Basement Of Hell
This Tribal Antidote
Hasannas From The Basements Of Hell
Invocation
Implosion
Majestic
Walking With Gods
The Lightbringer
Judas Goat
After Burner
Gratitude
Bonus content:
Universe B
Afterburner (remix)
Absolute Dissent
Absolute Dissent
The Great Cull
Fresh Fever From The Skies
In Excelsis
European Super State
This World Hell
Endgame
The Raven King
Honour The Fire
Depthcharge
Here Comes The Singularity
Ghosts Of Ladbroke Grove
Bonus content:
Kaliyuga
Ghosts Of Ladbroke Grove (dub)
Suicide Tribe (unreleased)
I Am War (instrumental, unreleased)
MMXII
Pole Shift
Fema Camp
Rapture
Colony Collapse
Corporate Elect
In Cythera
Primobile
Glitch Trance
On All Hallow's Eve
Bonus content:
Feast Of Fools
Fukushima (unreleased)
Tishya (Colony Collapse demo, unreleased)
World Revolution (pole shift, unreleased)
Pylon
Autonomous Zone
Dawn Of The Hive
New Cold War
Euphoria
New Jerusalem
War On Freedom
Big Buzz
Delete
I Am The Virus
Into The Unknown
Bonus content:
Plague
Snakedance (original mix)
Panopticon
Pneumatic (unreleased)
Extra content/bonus tracks
Wardance (Big Paul Vocal Version, unreleased)
Change (Malicious Demo)
Birds Of A Feather (alternate mix, unreleased)
New Day 12 on 7
Eighties (Coming Mix)
Bread And Jam
Ecstacy (Extended Mix)
The Fanatic (demo)
Solitude (demo)
Another Cult Goes Down (Portobello Mix)
Our Last Goodbye
Love Is The Law (unreleased)
Turn To Red (Youth Dub)