Jaz Coleman on the cover of the Killing Joke album Brighter than a Thousand Suns.
Jaz Coleman (born Jeremy Coleman; February 26, 1960 in Cheltenham, England) is a diverse musician. He resides in New Zealand. Image File history File links Jaz_Coleman_LMB1. ... Image File history File links Jaz_Coleman_LMB1. ... Lead singer Jaz Coleman dominates the cover of Killing Jokes 1986 release Brighter Than a Thousand Suns. ... February 26 is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... Cheltenham (or Cheltenham Spa) is a spa town and borough in Gloucestershire, England, near Gloucester and Cirencester. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the British Isles Languages English (de facto) Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st...
In 1978 he founded Killing Joke, together with Paul Ferguson. Lead singer Jaz Coleman dominates the cover of Killing Jokes 1986 release Brighter Than a Thousand Suns. ...
Coleman is also an orchestral composer, best known for his composition The Doors Concerto, performed by Nigel Kennedy. Nigel Kennedy (born December 28, 1956 in Brighton, England) is a violinist and violist. ...
In 2002 Coleman starred in a Czech film by Petr ZelenkaRok ďábla (Year of the Devil). Petr Zelenka (born August 21, 1967 in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech writer and director. ...
Jaz is infamous for his erratic and powerful stage presence. In recent years, Jaz has taken to peforming wearing a black boiler suit and painting his face completely, often red and black like a ladybird.
In the 80s, Coleman was renowned for holding vendettas against journalists who printed negative reviews of Killing Joke. On one occasion it is reported that Jaz sent a truck load of manure to Kerrang magazine for printing a bad review of their current record. Kerrang! is a weekly music magazine published by EMAP in the United Kingdom. ...
JazColeman’s career is one of the music industry’s most diverse, oscillating between the white heat of Killing Joke and the world’s symphony orchestras.
JazColeman studied in Leipzig DDR in 1987 and Cairo Conservatoire in 1979 where he made an extensive study of Arabic quartertones, culminating in the recording ‘Songs From The Victorious City’ co-composed with Ann Dudley using the master players of Cairo.
In 2001, JazColeman was commissioned by the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden London for his first large scale opera entitled, ‘The Marriage at Cana’, which in essence is the gnostic theme of Jesus Christ and the Mary Magdalene, and her subsequent exile to Provence.
In late 1978, after Coleman was briefly in the band, he and Ferguson defected from the Matt Stagger Band and formed Killing Joke with Geordie and bassist/producer Martin "Youth" Glover.
According to Coleman, their manifesto was to "define the exquisite beauty of the atomic age in terms of style, sound and form".
In 1987, Coleman began plans for a solo record of unusual music, and he made demos of his songs, on which he performed with Geordie's assistance.
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