Geordie Walker (Killing Joke) on his unique guitar tone

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  • @progrockjock
    @progrockjock Рік тому +48

    R.I.P. Geordie. You were definitely one of my guitar heroes.

  • @nmacog
    @nmacog Рік тому +12

    He will be sadly missed, my fave guitar player of all time.

  • @r0ssi666
    @r0ssi666 Рік тому +13

    One of the most unique guitarists ever, RIP

  • @arnowillekes7979
    @arnowillekes7979 Рік тому +10

    Still one of my faves!
    So good to hear how he tried to keep the clearness in chords while playing with KJ…one of the best walls of sound ever!
    Rip Geordie 🙏🏽🎸✊🏽

  • @missk1942
    @missk1942 Рік тому +6

    Lovely Man, huge talent, one of a kind.
    RIP

  • @anem1733
    @anem1733 Рік тому +9

    RIP to the greatest guitarist, Geordie Walker

  • @Kevin-the-Just
    @Kevin-the-Just Рік тому +4

    Another icon of electric guitar gone. RIP fella. You'll be missed.

  • @ManoSaarinenCarmanen81
    @ManoSaarinenCarmanen81 Рік тому +14

    I've only been into KJ for few years (better late than never, right?) but Geordie Walker is already one of my favourite guitarists of all time ❤️ Such unique style and VERY diverse guitarist. Aggressive, atmospheric, beautiful... you name it! He can do it all.

  • @pandorski35000
    @pandorski35000 2 роки тому +8

    When will someone finally decide to do a full videdo gear inspection with this man ? he deserves it

  • @derkultvontrump
    @derkultvontrump Рік тому +21

    Gotta say…. Geordie’s tone is obviously because of his playing.
    In the 90’s he sold me one of his Burmans and they are amazing amps.
    We chatted during Pandemonium sessions. I’ve used the Burman on many albums since, but never to recreate Geordie.
    It’s not the gear. It’s the player that creates the feel.
    His attitude to playing is why Killing Joke are so eclectic and mesmerising.
    Be inspired. Don’t copy.
    He will continue to use any amp he wants, but he’ll still sound like himself.
    Inspiration helps us to be ourselves ✊️

    • @heavy-music
      @heavy-music  Рік тому +1

      Sure, Geordie is a unique guitar player !

  • @bobmitchell6775
    @bobmitchell6775 4 роки тому +43

    A guitarist who is passionate about his sound! Vastly underrated player, unique slant on guitar and majestic sound had me hooked when I heard 80s 👍🎸🎶

  • @pietroc.6935
    @pietroc.6935 Рік тому +3

    Rest in peace Brother 😢🎸

  • @kookoothebirdgirl1
    @kookoothebirdgirl1 4 роки тому +35

    I can hear Jaz’s unmistakable maniacal laughter in the background.

  • @lupenmann
    @lupenmann Рік тому +6

    RIP Geordie😭

  • @frankiesaenz7265
    @frankiesaenz7265 2 роки тому +9

    one of the most unique tones ever,utterly to die for. love killing joke.

  • @djinn1918-ue4le
    @djinn1918-ue4le Рік тому +5

    RIP Geordie Walker

  • @michaelchadwick6424
    @michaelchadwick6424 4 роки тому +21

    Thanks for uploading! Been loving Geordie's guitar work since well...the mid Eighties. He is one of a kind.

    • @TheWolfsnack
      @TheWolfsnack 3 роки тому +3

      Yeah...I have been a KJ fan since 81 esp that combination of Geordie's lovely harmonics with Youth's bass riffs

  • @badlieutenant536
    @badlieutenant536 4 роки тому +15

    This interview is amazing. Thank you so much for sharing it, it's very inspirational to hear this master's thoughts on guitar. Cheers!

    • @heavy-music
      @heavy-music  4 роки тому +2

      Thanks ! Yeah he's very interesting and got an unusual approach !

  • @MrAddisonpp
    @MrAddisonpp 4 роки тому +12

    Such a cool guy, master of guitar noise, very knowledgeable with equipment.

  • @silentalliance3269
    @silentalliance3269 4 роки тому +8

    Geordie was a great inspiration to me because I did classical guitar aswell and instantly knew he was drawing inspiration from classical training Wich gave him an AMAZING EDGE when it came to killing jokes guitar sound.so ahead of his time!!

  • @davidcollins2648
    @davidcollins2648 Місяць тому

    Nobody can replicate Geordie's playing and sound. He will forever be a true original.

  • @Moneygrip
    @Moneygrip 11 місяців тому +1

    I saw killing joke open up for tool it was a solid set r.i.p

  • @cicadax5886
    @cicadax5886 Рік тому +3

    His guitar work in the song ,Sanity just blows me away I can't even listen to that song just one time cuz I want to hear his guitar in that song over and over again.

    • @andyc787
      @andyc787 Рік тому +1

      The instrumental mix is amazing, i think it was the "b" side of the 12".

  • @jeffreyday4004
    @jeffreyday4004 Рік тому +3

    would love to hear Geordie play his Gibson through a pair of Twin reverbs wound up

  • @simonbailey2754
    @simonbailey2754 Рік тому +2

    Inimitable. And a fascinating listen - thanks 👍

  • @-Atmos1
    @-Atmos1 4 роки тому +11

    Love Like Blood is such inspiration

    • @TheWolfsnack
      @TheWolfsnack 3 роки тому +1

      .......it has grown on me over the decades, but after the 81 KJ album I hated Love like blood....the promotional video was so New Wavy

    • @-Atmos1
      @-Atmos1 3 роки тому

      @@TheWolfsnack Interesting , thanks .

  • @mikesilva5085
    @mikesilva5085 3 роки тому +14

    I discovered KJ when I was 11 and played their first 2 cassettes on a shitty Panasonic one channel tape player. I was hypnotised by Geordie’s guitar playing especially the chorus on Fall of Because - I had absolutely no reference point for this kind of music when I was a kid.

    • @siggifreud812
      @siggifreud812 3 місяці тому

      say them play at the Whisky in 1982. I hadn't really heard of them. amazing.

  • @Aaron-zh4kj
    @Aaron-zh4kj 4 роки тому +22

    I went through a huge Van Halen phase this past year, which started me onto heavier and heavier music again, then I started looking for new unique guitarists to listen to, as Eddie's legacy and sound is well known by everyone. I was awestruck to find newer Killing Joke is just unbelievably heavy while still unique. Geordie's guitar sound is in large part why, in combination with Raven's heavier bass tones at times. It's honestly really hard to find unique high gain guitar tones. I can't really find any, at least in league with Geordie's uniqueness. I'm on a quest, looking into how hollowbodies and semi hollow guitars react with different pickups at high gain. I'm not a limp bizket fan by any stretch, but the guitarist with his yamaha signature guitar almost taps into similar ideas, with a semi hollow guitar and vintage style hybrid humbuckers through high gain. We need some new, unique heavy bands innovating like Killing Joke!

    • @heavy-music
      @heavy-music  4 роки тому +1

      Yeah really hard to find a guitar player as unique as Geordie ! You're right, Wes Borland is also one of a kind. Does he play on a Yamaha semi hollow ? I can see him with a Jackson King V or Rhoads if I remember well, don't remember about the Yamaha one, but trust you though ! Ahah!

    • @Aaron-zh4kj
      @Aaron-zh4kj 4 роки тому +1

      @@heavy-music Yes! It was a while ago, but Wes Borland put out a signature semi hollow yamaha. It's an incredibly unique instrument. It has this traditional japanese style carved body, vintage voiced hybrid humbuckers, and a unique floating locking tremolo that locks and unlocks by a convenient latch. It was a consumer production model that you could buy for a time. They're still on the used market.

    • @heavy-music
      @heavy-music  4 роки тому

      @@Aaron-zh4kj gonna check it out !

    • @COwens
      @COwens 4 роки тому +1

      Eddie Van Halen was reputed to be a big fan of Geordie.

    • @Aaron-zh4kj
      @Aaron-zh4kj 4 роки тому

      @@COwens No way! Really?

  • @Alfienoakes-jo1wh
    @Alfienoakes-jo1wh Рік тому +5

    Clapton, Paige, hendrix, knopfler, Wilko J, Brian may All have their own unique style & way of playing AND Geordie is certainly up their with them too

  • @alexhope6007
    @alexhope6007 Рік тому +2

    Legend

  • @sheilasydneynotyerbizniz2933
    @sheilasydneynotyerbizniz2933 3 роки тому +11

    Wow I always got the impression he was the silent type. Guess that was simply because he couldn't get a word in edgewise when sitting next to Jaz during interviews 😊

  • @waskerbasket9601
    @waskerbasket9601 Рік тому +1

    very enlightening

  • @freddiefries
    @freddiefries Рік тому

    Hello to Geordie , what an interesting interview 😊

  • @TeamPinespirit
    @TeamPinespirit Рік тому

    R. I. P. Geordy. You was my absolutley Master with your Guitar. I'am so sad.

  • @kalevinieminen7742
    @kalevinieminen7742 4 роки тому +12

    It was Walkers guitar sound that drew me to KJ. I believe the song I first heard was War Dance, still one of my favourites out of many favourites

  • @gabrielmorton8054
    @gabrielmorton8054 3 роки тому +3

    First killing joke album is so damn cool..

  • @carolynse4723
    @carolynse4723 4 роки тому +19

    Geordie is the best guitarist ever

    • @KrwiomoczBogurodzicy
      @KrwiomoczBogurodzicy 3 роки тому +1

      You're thinking of Dominic Miller... Geordie is not far after, though...

  • @scherzomortale
    @scherzomortale 4 роки тому +3

    Thanks for the upload although i haven't a frigging clue what he is on about !!!

    • @jamesstokes3361
      @jamesstokes3361 2 роки тому +2

      That's yet another brilliant thing about him, he could tell you exactly how he gets his sound and it'd still be impossible to recreate it

  • @princeofcupspoc9073
    @princeofcupspoc9073 3 роки тому +1

    Killing Joke. How many guitarists? 1 How many guitars? 2 or 3.

    • @alexanderhudson47
      @alexanderhudson47 2 роки тому

      I don't recall the name of it, but he has a modified doubler effect device that triples his output signal. So it sounds like three.

    • @MothHouse
      @MothHouse 11 місяців тому

      @@alexanderhudson47 I know I'm a year late, but chiming in to say that they're Bell ADT units. He always ran a stereo rig, too.

  • @ef7480
    @ef7480 3 роки тому +10

    Yep, everyone wants to sound like 'Slash' these days, or million miles an hour 'shredding'- boring!!! The good 'ol pentatonic scale. Sounds great,of course, but, you sound the same as any other guitarist!!

  • @sydmonteiro6189
    @sydmonteiro6189 2 роки тому +1

    Um Monster on quitar Geordie the best quitar.

  • @shawnduffy5766
    @shawnduffy5766 4 роки тому +9

    This is the man that Kurt nobrain of nirvomit stole the majority of his riffs from.

    • @thebunk8588
      @thebunk8588 3 роки тому +1

      I know Kurt ripped of Eighties, are there more?

    • @shawnduffy5766
      @shawnduffy5766 3 роки тому +2

      @@thebunk8588 quite a few nirvomit tunes are blatant rip offs,,if it wasn't for Killing Joke,, there never would have been nirvomit.

    • @TOMG12XU
      @TOMG12XU 3 роки тому +8

      It's okay, everything is stolen OR borrowed... 2 GREAT bands.

    • @shawnduffy5766
      @shawnduffy5766 3 роки тому +3

      @@TOMG12XU the only thing great about nirvomit is they aren't around anymore. Kurt was a whine ass talentless junkie theif. They also copped the name Nirvana from a 60s psych rock band,,,grohl was definitely the only talent in that band. A solid drummer who had to deal with a whiny junkie who couldn't come up with something original. So it's safe to say that the Foo fighters are the best thing that nirvomit ever did.

    • @simonjames1964
      @simonjames1964 3 роки тому +13

      @@shawnduffy5766 jeez man , such anger . Did Kurt run over your cat ?

  • @killingjon
    @killingjon 4 роки тому +18

    God bless Geordie's mum :)

  • @northernman3457
    @northernman3457 Рік тому +2

    RIP Geordie.