As previously reported, Kiling Joke frontman Jaz Coleman reportedly went missing after a Facebook dissing of The Cult and The Mission, with whom the Killing Joke were due to tour.
Coleman posted a statement on a newly created Facebook page last Sunday claiming that he had been living as a nomad since his disappearance in order to complete two projects. The statement reads as follows;
"Jaz Coleman, alive and kicking in the Western Sahara To the relief of family and friends, Killing Joke Frontman Jaz Coleman appeared today from his retreat in the Western Sahara bemused by all the fuss of his disappearance. "I've been finishing my book and writing the score for my new project – (The Nirvana Symphonic) – (laughs), what's all the fuss about then?"
Coleman had apparently been livin...g a nomadic existence for the last month in the desert in order to concentrate on finishing his two current projects. Nirvana looks like becoming a TV show and a concert in Seattle in 2013 and the book and an exclusive Coleman album will be packaged together and available for order as early as next week.
International media picked up on the story last week, sending it global, from the press release announced by the band on the Killing Joke Official Facebook site questioning his whereabouts. Fans from around the world have been more than proactive in their opinions - from random sightings in Christchurch New Zealand, to past recollections of his elusive behaviors in Iceland.
Yet mystery still surrounds the message on Facebook regarding The Cult and The Mission Shows of which Coleman claims no knowledge. 'Looks like this has caused a right ding dong and feel its impossible to continue this tour under the circumstances'. His comments were to wish both The Cult and The Mission the best of luck on the tour, and to find out who has been impersonating him."
However, not all is well with fans, with some of them furious that the stunt was a PR excercise. Here are some of the comments left on facebook by angry fans as reported by Classic Rock.
"This is really shitty to do to anyone, especially fans like us here who actually thought something tragic happened. Not fucking cool at all."
"What a fucking arsehole. That's me finished with Killing Joke. Anyone who wishes to follow a band with such a selfish, arrogant, deluded, vain and egotistic frontman, good luck to you."
"They knew exactly where and what Jaz was doing. Tickets are booked and passports stamped for a Sahara trip. The statement is total bullshit. Total insult to us fans. Find it hard to swallow that a post was put on the official FB page by someone claiming to be Jaz but wasn't, and no one running this page realised. Bollocks."
"That's an insult to anyone's intelligence – it's on a par with the dog ate my homework."
