On this day, 7 Dec 1983, Notting Hill band Killing Joke, played the New Ocean Club, Cardiff.
The band had earlier in the year released their Fire Dances album, the first with new bassist Paul Raven.
Formed in 1979 by Jaz Coleman, Paul Ferguson, Geordie Walker and Youth. Their first Their first album, Killing Joke, was released in 1980. The band achieved mainstream success in 1985 with both the album Night Time and the single "Love Like Blood".
The band called their sound "tension music". Co-founder Ferguson described it as "the sound of the earth vomiting. I'm never quite sure whether to be offended by the question of 'are we punk' or not, because, I loved punk music, but we weren't. And I think our influences were beyond punk. Obviously before punk, there was Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and there was Yes even and King Crimson, and those had all influenced me as a player, and the other guys would say other things, but I'm sure they were all part of their history as well".
