[1][2] In October 1979, shortly after they began the Malicious Damage record label, Killing Joke released their debut EP, Turn to Red.

[1][4] In 1986, Killing Joke released their sixth studio album, Brighter Than a Thousand Suns, and two singles, "Adorations" and "Sanity".

While it was not promoted, the album and two singles from it, "America" and "My Love of This Land", charted in the UK.

Killing Joke's eighth album, Extremities, Dirt & Various Repressed Emotions, was released in 1990.

I Nearly Bought One!, and two singles featuring "Change" and "Wardance" in several new versions remixed by Youth, were released in 1992.

[1][4] After the Democracy tour, the band went on an extended hiatus until 2002, when Coleman, Geordie and Youth reformed Killing Joke.

DVD and CD recordings from these concerts were released in the fall of 2005 as XXV Gathering: The Band That Preys Together Stays Together.

In June, remastered and expanded editions of their two 1990s Butterfly Recordings albums, Pandemonium and Democracy, were released by Cooking Vinyl.

On 28 January 2008, the albums Fire Dances, Night Time, Brighter Than a Thousand Suns and Outside the Gate were reissued in remastered form with bonus tracks by EMI.