Killing Joke

A faster, leaner version of Killing Joke's most powerful song, "Wardance". Recorded in 1979 for John Peel's Radio 1 show at Maida Vale studios. According to the liner notes, Youth believed this version was superior to the 1980 album version.

Original lineup forever.

The atmosphere's strange

Out on the town

Music for pleasure?

It's not music no more

Music to dance to...

Music to move?

This is music to march to!

Do a wardance

A wardance

Look at graffiti

Scrawled on the wall

You know the reason

Outside the door

You know something...

Nasty in your mind!

Crawling to get out

Do a wardance

A wardance

We open the pitch

Honesty is sick!

Try to be honest

Look what you get

The food runs short...

And then the money talks

One way out

Your premonition is correct

A wardance

Comments

8 years ago

Letocetum sulley

Nice! never heard this version, got Requiem 1st issue, saw/followed them back in the early days so how did I freakin miss this.....!

9 years ago

cgcAWESOME84

Comparing this to Brighter Than A Thousand Suns..... wow they changed a lot from this album

9 years ago

Micro Bender

Killing Joke - "Wardance" (Peel Session)

9 years ago

david sempier

I found myself here... the best version of wardance.

9 years ago

Frank Fuchs

RIP John Peel......post punk history...KILLING JOKEWardance ( Peel session )1979

9 years ago

Alex Hardy

This is a Peel session? Sounds amazing.

9 years ago

Mexcatl Guerrero

I was walking down the one day when I saw a fellow driving an MG, who looked just like the late great John Peel .

9 years ago

Mexcatl Guerrero

Ohh bloody hell the 80s killing Joke & John Peel where I ds covered many a music also the Katacombs Of Nephren Ka whilst in the slammer, RIP Mr Peel

9 years ago

Colin Spiller

Thanks for posting...bloody epic. Love this......

9 years ago

kevin b

Oh the memories!

9 years ago

sean devine

Same drum tone as my sharona

10 years ago

ganz7ful

Great bassline.

10 years ago

Andrew Adams

remember? just! i got a black eye!

10 years ago

Arborealagenda

Yes I was there. I remember thinking Killing Joke lived up to their name that day. I seem to remember The Pop Group too.

10 years ago

Chilli Whippet

Youth is right.We like and I'm not about to whelp a litter of Whippets!!!!

11 years ago

Shaman Szaman

już w domu....

11 years ago

SB Stokes

Fuck. Yes.

11 years ago

seamusheaney123

this is a great version. thanks for posting.

11 years ago

seamusheaney123

saw the joke in london last saturday and they were great as usual. re comment below im fearful for your health with all that hate mate. yeah we may not agree with the comment but ... what you say is as far from from the real spirit of kj as bieber or britney. further. now wash that poison out of your life...

11 years ago

cthulhugamete

What the My Space Karate Baby Attacked By Bees Adderall Overdose moshing? Yeah usually I have to go into the Ye Olde Adult Swim Mosh Pit off to the side. It's the one issue I have with the new generation that I don't mind doing the "get off my lawn" routine about. It's like something out of Jackass - pain is worth it when you make a spectacle of yourself. Though I saw DRI a few months ago & the kids were moshing old school like it was yesterday; even picked each other up when they fell.