a b c d e Hightower, Laura; DeRemer, Leigh Ann (2001). "Killing Joke". Contemporary Musicians. Profiles of the People in Music / Volume 30. Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research. ISBN 0-7876-4641-5. OCLC 51547697. In 2012, the group released MMXII. It reached No. 44 upon its first week of release, the band's highest UK chart placement since their eponymous 2003 album, [22] as well as charting across Europe. In April 2015, two limited-edition Record Store Day double LPs, Live at the Hammersmith Apollo 16.10.2010 Volume 1 and Live at the Hammersmith Apollo 16.10.2010 Volume 2, were issued for independent record stores in the UK.

Killing Joke". Where to Start with. Kerrang. Archived from the original on 18 May 2009 . Retrieved 12 July 2010.After the death of Raven, the original line-up of Coleman, Youth, Walker and Ferguson reunited. Coleman told Terrorizer magazine how the return of Ferguson came up after 20 years of absence:

Somebody slipped me the acid. I wouldn't have taken it myself if I'd known what would happen - but the mental home was great. I went crazy, sure, but then I began to see the funny side of life. I made a lot of friends in there, though it was really weird because I was in the ward for all the flashers. It was quite amusing. The following album, Brighter than a Thousand Suns (1986) was also produced by Kimsey and saw the band's style develop further. The label rejected Kimsey's original mixes and had the album re-mixed against the wishes of the band, in an attempt to achieve more commercial success. The results have been retrospectively described as over-produced. [21] Despite the intentions of the label, the album was a commercial failure compared to Night Time, failing to reach the top 50 in the UK chart. [22] Its two singles fared little better: " Adorations" narrowly missed the UK Top 40 and " Sanity" peaked at number 70. [26] However, the band continued touring successfully until the end of the year. [8] Kimsey's original mixes of "Brighter Than A Thousand Suns" were eventually restored on the 2008 re-release, to much more favourable response. [21] Killing Joke: The Death and Resurrection Show from ILC Productions and Coffee Films". Coffeefilms.com . Retrieved 8 October 2019.The Killing Jokedraws a very human Joker, and a very human Batman. Batman, terrified that the Joker’s antics will turn him homicidal, offers another way. “I could rehabilitate you,” Batman says. “You needn’t be alone.” This is the joke. Batman, teaching the Joker sanity, is like an escaped mental patient offering another escaped mental patient a bridge made out of light.

Smith, Alex (4 September 2004). Interview with Big Paul Ferguson. Flaming Pablum. Retrieved 12 December 2008. Grant, Steven; Sheridan, David; Fasolino, Greg; Robbins, Ira. "TrouserPress.com:: Killing Joke". Trouser Press . Retrieved 25 February 2015.Take heed, "Out of the Virus, Immunity Comes. " This recording/record/music are absolutely crystal clear, mastered to perfection. Absolutely one of the best post punk albums and highly influential on so many genres of music to follow. Van Den Ende, Tony. "Music Video & Concert Credits - A Full & Updated List". Anthony Van Den Ende. Archived from the original on 20 April 2022 . Retrieved 20 April 2022. NINE INCH NAILS, ANTHRAX, AIRBOURNE, KILLING JOKE Confirmed For U.K.'s SONISPHERE". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. Archived from the original (ASPX) on 6 April 2009 . Retrieved 1 May 2009. But so far, the only 2012 catastrophe that has befallen Killing Joke occurred in July when Coleman went on another one of his unannounced sojourns, as he had done when he offed to Iceland so many years ago. At the time, the group was working on a forthcoming collection of dub versions of its songs and planning a tour with the Cult and the Mission U.K., but it had to cancel its plans. Instead the band members took to Facebook and wrote, "We are all concerned about our missing singer's welfare." They also said, "We are doing everything we can to make this tour happen and locate our missing singer." In August, the group announced that he had turned up in the Western Sahara, and, other than the tour, Killing Joke resumed their plans.