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"I’ve been listening a great deal to a six-CD set of traditional gospel music called Goodbye Babylon, which is just phenomenal. 'John the Revelator' is a heavily re-interpreted old gospel tune about the author of the Book of Revelation, but our lyrical take on it is, “Armageddon? Gee, thanks.”"
"I’ve been listening a great deal to a six-CD set of traditional gospel music called Goodbye Babylon, which is just phenomenal. 'John the Revelator' is a heavily re-interpreted old gospel tune about the author of the Book of Revelation, but our lyrical take on it is, “Armageddon? Gee, thanks.”"
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Ben Hillier told the same magazine:
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"[The high, randomish arpeggios at the beginning and end of 'John The Revelator' were] a VCS-3 simulated by [Native Instruments] Reaktor, combined with this cool ring mod Martin cooked up on his Nord Lead 2. Other software that saw a lot of use included their Pro-53 and [Way Out Ware] TimewARP 2600."
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Notes

Martin Gore told the November 2005 of Keyboard magazine:

"I’ve been listening a great deal to a six-CD set of traditional gospel music called Goodbye Babylon, which is just phenomenal. 'John the Revelator' is a heavily re-interpreted old gospel tune about the author of the Book of Revelation, but our lyrical take on it is, “Armageddon? Gee, thanks.”"

Ben Hillier told the same magazine:

"[The high, randomish arpeggios at the beginning and end of 'John The Revelator' were] a VCS-3 simulated by [Native Instruments] Reaktor, combined with this cool ring mod Martin cooked up on his Nord Lead 2. Other software that saw a lot of use included their Pro-53 and [Way Out Ware] TimewARP 2600."

Dates with available recordings of John The Revelator

There are currently 177 recordings of John The Revelator available.

Dates where John The Revelator was played

2005-2006 Touring The Angel

John The Revelator was played 118 times during this tour.

2009-2010 Tour Of The Universe

  • John The Revelator was not played during this tour.

2013-2014 Delta Machine Tour

John The Revelator was played 4 times during this tour.

2017-2018 Global Spirit Tour

  • John The Revelator was not played during this tour.