The great indie music of the '80s wasn't all pop, of course. The genre known (for lack of a better term) as post-punk also produced some exceptional recordings. Killing Joke wouldn't be among my favourites, exactly, but they did have their moments and this was certainly one of them: sonically riveting, with lyrics that struck me at the time as a lot more profound than they probably were, it's music that simply refuses to loiter in the background and let you go about your business as if it wasn't there.
I was too young at the time to appreciate how innovative this really was, particularly the juxtaposition of drum machine and thundering tribal drums. It's an unfortunate legacy that many of those who did appreciate it went on to create the appalling industrial metal genre, but that's not Killing Joke's fault, I don't think.
Seriously, just listen to these drums.
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