Twilight of the Mortals is a collection of the incredible work of photographer, confidant, and former post-punk DJ Mont Sherar and the result of his 36-years of love for the band; Killing Joke.

The photography of Mont Sherar is beautiful, sometimes raw and gritty, atmospheric, unique, elegantly composed, and completely captures the essence of Killing Joke.

The band can be seen through profiles of each individual member, the band live, in the studio, in rehearsal and writing rooms, relaxing and in discussion with one another and in other seldom seen, creative settings.

This is a truly rare and unique view and representation of a band, who even in their twilight years are at the top of their creative powers, having produced a trilogy of albums that ended with the best ever selling Killing Joke record ‘Pylon’.

Sherar has created a series of stunning images that we at PC-Press are delighted and honoured to be turning into a beautiful document of the band.

With commentary and analytical text from some leading and insightful writers; John Robb (The Membranes and Louder Than War), Rahman Baloch, Fletcher Stewart, Big Paul Ferguson, Youth, Jaz, Mont Sherar himself and PC-Press’s Pete Webb.

The coffee-table sized tome (24.5cm x 30.5cm x 27mm) presents more than 250 photos/260+ pages of both the group and its individuals, all taken and processed by Sherar from his unique position as a ‘fly on the wall’ photographer with the band over a 7 year period — including the songwriting process of the album, ‘Pylon.’

Printed by Calverts of London on art papers and designed by PC-Press in association with Cactus Design, the book is a riot of colour, energy and intimate images of the band in many insightful and previously unseen settings.

A must-have, Killing Joke-endorsed treasure.

This beautifully printed and designed book comes in both soft and hardback formats, plus a special limited DELUXE COLLECTORS EDITION clothbound box set.

The latter features extras such as a glicée fine-art print, as well as two 7″ singles on coloured vinyl in a gatefold sleeve designed by none other than legendary, Steven R. Gilmore.

Each member is represented with their exclusive contribution to the book, and two of the tracks mark the debut pressing of solo recordings. These records are classic rarities at the get-go, and a collectors dream by every definition — limited to 350 copies worldwide.

PHOTO FROM THE BOOK “TWILIGHT OF THE MORTALS” BY MONT SHERAR

Twilight of the Mortals DELUXE COLLECTORS EDITION BOX set with vinyl – 350 copies total worldwide NOW SOLD OUT

£140.00

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Hardback book in a cloth-bound box (250+ pages) Limited edition of 350
Two 7″ coloured vinyl singles
- Gatefold sleeve designed by legendary artist Steven R Gilmore
- Tracks:
  - Geordsthechords
  - BPF
  - Youth
  - Jaz Coleman in conversation with Mont Sherar
One Glicee fine art print (A3) randomly chosen from 13 different image possibilites
One Poster (A2)
One Enamel PC-Press Badge
Five Badges featuring each band member and Geordie’s iconic guitar

‘Twilight of the Mortals’ is the new publication from PC-Press.
The book is a collection of the incredible work of photographer and post-punk DJ Mont Sherar and the result of his 36-year love affair with the band; Killing Joke.

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SKU: TOTM-001 Category: Twilight of the Mortals Tags: book, hardcover

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The photography of Sherar is beautiful, sometimes raw and gritty, atmospheric, unique, elegantly composed, and completely captures the essence of Killing Joke in unseen viewpoints. The band can be seen through profiles of each individual member, the band live, in the studio, in rehearsal and writing rooms, relaxing and in discussion with one another and in other creative settings. With commentary and analytical text from some leading and insightful writers; John Robb (The Mekons and Louder Than War), Rahman Baloch, Fletcher Stewart, Big Paul, Youth, Sherar himself and PC-Press’s Pete Webb. THIS DELUXE PACKAGE includes a one-of-a-kind special ltd. edition double 7″ vinyl singles package in a gatefold sleeve designed by legendary designer Steven R. Gilmore. Each member of Killing Joke represented by one solo track each (the track by Jaz Coleman spoken word about the band). This rarity is already a classic by default, and limited to 350 copies worldwide.