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By BRIAN GIFFIN

THE guitarist and founding member of Killing Joke, Kevin “Geordie” Walker, has died.

Social media posts from the band’s former drummer Martin Atkins and Walker’s lifetime friend Luca Signorelli announced the passing of the 64-year old musician, who suffered a stroke last Friday (November 24) in Prague.

Born in England on December 18, 1958, he joined the embryonic Killing Joke in 1979 and along with Jaz Coleman was the only other constant member of the band. He was known for his distinctive, violent and jagged guitar playing style which helped to establish Killing Joke as one of the most influential post-punk acts of the eighties and nineties.

 

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Brian Giffin

Author Brian Giffin

Brian Giffin is a metalhead, author, writer and broadcaster from the Blue Mountains in Australia. His life was changed forever after seeing a TV ad for 'The Number of the Beast' in 1982. During the 90s he wrote columns and reviews for Sydney publications On the Street, Rebel Razor, Loudmouth and Utopia Records' magazine. He was the creator and editor of the zine LOUD! which ran from 1996 until 2008, and of Loud Online that lasted from 2010 until 2023 when it unexpectedly spontaneously combusted into virtual ashes. His weekly community radio show The Annex has been going since 2003 on rbm.org.au. He enjoys heavy rock and most kinds of metal (except maybe symphonic power metal), whisk(e)y and beer.

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