Paul Ferguson is a rock

Rock music

Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

 drummer

Drummer

A drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...

, best known for his work in the post-punk

Post-punk

Post-punk is a rock music movement with its roots in the late 1970s, following on the heels of the initial punk rock explosion of the mid-1970s. The genre retains its roots in the punk movement but is more introverted, complex and experimental...

/industrial

Industrial music

Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...

 group

Musical ensemble

A musical ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles or wind ensembles...

, Killing Joke

Killing Joke

Killing Joke are an English post-punk band formed in October 1978 in Notting Hill, London, England; other sources report the band formed in early 1979.Related news articles: Founding members Jaz Coleman and Geordie Walker have been the only constant members.A key influence on industrial rock,...

, and cult English

England

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 punk band, Pink Parts. Ferguson was a founder member of Killing Joke, and was their drummer from 1978 to 1987, and was known as 'Big Paul Ferguson' during this period. He rejoined the band for their 2008 reunion, which saw the original line-up together for the first time since 1982.

Ferguson recorded with Killing Joke for their latest studio album Absolute Dissent

Absolute Dissent

Absolute Dissent is the fourteenth studio album by Killing Joke. It represents the first studio album and the second recording —it was preceded by the In Excelsis EP on July 2010— in 28 years from the band's original line-up of Jaz Coleman , Kevin "Geordie" Walker , Martin "Youth" Glover , and...

for the first time in 24 years. The last album he had recorded with the band was the 1986 release Brighter than a Thousand Suns, after which he left the band to work on other projects.

External links

• [ Paul Ferguson at allmusic.com]
• 2004 interview