I'd suggest that Killing Joke are most certainly better now than they were then. Their show at the Concord II a couple of years back could well be my favourite ever gig.
Yeah, seen them a couple of times in the last 4 years, absolutely brilliant. Their last 3 albums, Absolute Dissent, 2012, and Pylons, include some of their best - and heaviest - material.
'Geordie' Walker churns out these monster riffs, yet on stage, makes it look effortless! One of the world's most under-rated guitarists.
Think I first saw them at Jenkinsons in the early 1980s!