
Sound
Jaz Coleman
Born
1960-02-26 (66)
Known for
Sound
Credits
7 titles
Jeremy "Jaz" Coleman is an English singer and musician. He came to prominence in the early 1980s as the lead vocalist and keyboardist of post-punk group Killing Joke. In addition, Coleman has composed orchestral and soundtrack pieces. As Killing Joke's 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 Coleman's stage presence and voice as "almost always full-on in his approach, with a terrifying growl of a voice that is similar to that of Motörhead's Lemmy". In the first part of their career, Coleman also played synth while singing, adding electronic atonal…
Known for
6.9Documentary maker Jan Holman follows the ultrafamous singer/songwriter Jaromír Novahica during his tour with the band Cechomor. The combination is very succesful, but it draws a heavy toll on the band members and Jan Holman.
Year of the Devil
2002
In 1977, artist Joe Rees founded Target Video, a guerrilla documentation project capturing underground music and art. Rees, along with Jill Hoffman, Jackie Sharp, and others, filmed bands in studios, clubs, parties and on the streets, driven by a shared vision and deep love for the underground. The result was a massive archive that preserved a raw, unpolished moment in cultural history. Embracing the scene in all its electric immediacy, Target documented an explosive era in music and art. It cemented a place in history for bands like the Screamers, the Avengers, and the Dils while capturing iconic early performances by Talking Heads, Iggy Pop, the Cramps and many others.
Target Video: Underground Forces Vol. 3
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7.2When Conny died at the age of only 47, his son Stephan was just 13 years old. Twenty-five years later, together with co-director Reto Caduff, he went in search of the man he often only experienced behind the mixing desk as a child. At the same time it became the search for the artistic legacy of his father.
Conny Plank: The Potential of Noise
2017
7.5She became famous at a very young age and gradually slipped away, cultivating her legend and her mystery. Kate Bush, pioneering artist, is at the heart of a captivating documentary broadcast on Arte.
Kate Bush: The Sound Witch
2019
František Černý and Karel Holas take a trip through the colorful history of a band that keeps breathing, rehearsing, searching, and discovering. The documentary was made in 2018, when Čechomor celebrated its 30th anniversary. In the band's home recording studio on Barrandov Hill above Prague, the filmmakers did not find any fame-weary "distinguished artists" resting on the laurels of past successes, but instead met energetic and enthusiastic young men, František Černý and Karel Holas, who are currently working on something new...
Čechomor 30 let
2019
7.3A music documentary exploring the turbulent, controversial and often unbelievable 30 year history of British post-punk industrial band Killing Joke.
The Death and Resurrection Show
2013
Film credits
2010s · 4 titles
7.2When Conny died at the age of only 47, his son Stephan was just 13 years old. Twenty-five years later, together with co-director Reto Caduff, he went in search of the man he often only experienced behind the mixing desk as a child. At the same time it became the search for the artistic legacy of his father.
Conny Plank: The Potential of Noise
2017
7.5She became famous at a very young age and gradually slipped away, cultivating her legend and her mystery. Kate Bush, pioneering artist, is at the heart of a captivating documentary broadcast on Arte.
Kate Bush: The Sound Witch
2019
František Černý and Karel Holas take a trip through the colorful history of a band that keeps breathing, rehearsing, searching, and discovering. The documentary was made in 2018, when Čechomor celebrated its 30th anniversary. In the band's home recording studio on Barrandov Hill above Prague, the filmmakers did not find any fame-weary "distinguished artists" resting on the laurels of past successes, but instead met energetic and enthusiastic young men, František Černý and Karel Holas, who are currently working on something new...
Čechomor 30 let
2019
7.3A music documentary exploring the turbulent, controversial and often unbelievable 30 year history of British post-punk industrial band Killing Joke.
The Death and Resurrection Show
2013
2000s · 2 titles
6.9Documentary maker Jan Holman follows the ultrafamous singer/songwriter Jaromír Novahica during his tour with the band Cechomor. The combination is very succesful, but it draws a heavy toll on the band members and Jan Holman.
Year of the Devil
2002
7.0Live performance from the influential post-punk band, one of the pioneers of industrial and goth music, fronted by the eccentric Jaz Coleman.
Killing Joke: XXV The Gathering
2008
