Killing Joke: Brighter Than A Thousand Suns (EG)***
Richard Cook, Sounds, 15 November 1986
THEY USED to be real hard men once. Now, though, Killing Joke sound as noble and sterling as St George. The gigantic mug shots that peer sullenly out from their sleeve suggest an ugly brawl going on inside, but there's no such thing.
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