KILLING JOKE Guitarist KEVIN ‘GEORDIE’ WALKER Dead At 64

KILLING JOKE Guitarist KEVIN ‘GEORDIE’ WALKER Dead At 64 November 26, 2023 KILLING JOKE guitarist Kevin “Geordie” Walker reportedly died earlier today (Sunday, November 26) in Prague, Czech Republic, two days after suffering a massive stroke. He was 64 years old. The news of Walker ‘s passing was confirmed by his close friend Luca Signorelli , who wrote on his Kevin ‘Geordie’ Walker had died few hours ago in Prague, following a massive stroke last Friday.” Calling Geordie “the closest friend and most important person I’ve ever had outside my family,” Signorelli wrote in part: “I don’t remember even one moment Geordie was around that was awkward or boring. Geordie had a reputation for being abrasive and sometimes curt with people who tried to approach him, but the reality is that he didn’t want to waste his time with people he didn’t like. And ‘like’ or ‘dislike’ was for Geordie entirely a matter of instinct.” KILLING JOKE ‘s Martin Atkins also confirmed Geordie ‘s death by sharing a video of THE DAMAGE MANUEL ‘s “Laugh Track” with the caption “gutted”. In the comments section, Atkins wrote ” Geordie has passed”. He also later posted on X , the platform formerly known as Geordie Walker “. KILLING JOKE emerged in the post-punk early 1980s, their eponymous debut album exhibiting funky heavy rock influences before electronic and synth-pop styles also filtered through their music. They would, in turn, influence later generations including METALLICA , NIRVANA and SOUNDGARDEN . “Love Like Blood” would give KILLING JOKE their greatest commercial success, a hit across Europe, peaking at No. 16 in the U.K. singles chart in 1985. Walker and Jaz Coleman (vocals, keyboards) had been ever-constant members of the lineup and had been reunited with fellow founding members Paul Ferguson (drums) and Martin “Youth” Glover (bass) since 2008. In a 2006 interview with MTV , Coleman stated about Walker : “Working with Geordie Walker — he’s a magic player. It’s my deepest pleasure to have spent more years with him and more time with him than my own blood[-related] brother.” This past March, KILLING JOKE released a brand new single, “Full Spectrum Dominance” , via Spinefarm to celebrate the band’s sold-out headline show at London’s Royal Albert Hall. The epic track was mixed by Tom Dalgety ( GHOST , PIXIES , ROYAL BLOOD ) and was accompanied by a remix from Youth and artwork by longtime designer Mike Coles . Under the banner “Killing Joke – Follow The Leaders” , KILLING JOKE performed its first two albums in their entirety at the Royal Albert Hall — 1980’s self-titled debut LP followed by their second full-length, “What’s This For…!” This special event was preceded by four intimate warm-up shows, including an appearance at London’s legendary 100 Club. God bless #GeordieWalker my @Killingjokeband murderinc #damagemanual band mate – tell Paul Raven I said hi xxxx pic.twitter.com/XMtwPu3mFr — Martin Atkins (@marteeeen) November 26, 2023 “It feels like an axe-blow near the roots”, wrote JRR Tolkien to his daughter Priscilla speaking of the death of C.S…. Posted by Luca Signorelli on Sunday, November 26, 2023