Jaz Coleman

Jeremy Jaz Coleman is an English singer and musician He came to prominence in the early 1980s as the lead vocalist and keyboardist of postpunk group Killing Joke In addition Coleman has composed orchestral and soundtrack pieces As Killing Jokes singer Coleman is known for his raspy baritone voice and intense stage presence occasionally appearing wearing face makeup Bill Janovitz writer for the website Allmusic described Colemans stage presence and voice as almost always fullon in his approach with a terrifying growl of a voice that is similar to that of Motörheads Lemmy In the first part of their career Coleman also played synth while singing adding electronic atonal sounds to create a disturbing atmosphere to their music He still continues to play keyboards and synths in studio recordings James Hetfield picked Coleman as one of his favourite singers In November 2010 the band received the Innovator Award at the 2010 Classic Rock Roll of Honour the award was presented to Killing Joke by admirer and friend Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin who stated I go back a long way with Jaz Coleman and the band I used to go and see the band and it was a band that really impressed me He moved to New Zealand in the 1990s and became a citizen of that country in 2018