Jaz Coleman
Jeremy "Jaz" Coleman (born February 26, 1960 in Cheltenham , England ) is a British-New Zealand musician and co-founder and front man of the band Killing Joke . He is a singer and plays keyboard and synthesizer. His parents were both teachers and his mother is from India. In his youth he received training in classical music, including at the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University of Music in Leipzig . He was a member of church choirs and won competitions as a violinist.
At the age of 18 he turned to punk rock and formed the band Killing Joke .
The Wahlneuseeländer Coleman worked as a composer and conductor of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and released with this his first, during a stay in Iceland written Symphony "Symphony No. #1". Coleman played orchestral versions of pieces by bands such as Led Zeppelin (“Kashmir”), The Doors (“Concerto”, with Nigel Kennedy ), Rolling Stones , Pink Floyd (“Us And Them”) and The Who with either the Prague or London Symphony Orchestra ("Who's Serious"). In 2002 he appeared as an actor with Jaromír Nohavica in the Czech film "Rok ďábla" ( The Year of the Devil ) by Petr Zelenka. Coleman is known for his energetic stage performances. Lately he's been wearing black overalls on stage and painting his face in red, white and black. Theatrical productions such as throwing change, fireworks and the like play an important role in his stage appearances.
Coleman has the passports of four countries and lives alternately in New Zealand, Switzerland and Prague.
Web links
- Homepage of Killing Joke
- Homepage of Jaz Coleman
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| SURNAME | Coleman, Jaz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Coleman, Jeremy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British-New Zealand musician and co-founder and front man of the band Killing Joke |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 26, 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cheltenham , England |