[kj] Rolling Stone Weighs In

DG gathering@misera.net
Thu, 28 Aug 2003 23:54:52 -0700


I couldn't agree more. I personally liked the last two albums, i thought
they were very innovative. Not a big fan of the other stuff though. I do
like some of the stuff on Patton's new label (Ipecac). damebo
----- Original Message -----
From: "Leigh Newton" <morbidflorist@yahoo.com>
To: <gathering@misera.net>
Sent: Thursday, 28 August, 2003 23:17
Subject: Re: [kj] Rolling Stone Weighs In


> that's almost exactly the review they gave to Faith No
> More's final (and quite great) album-Album Of The
> Year. "Oh, they're old, they're tired, we sucked their
> ass when they were cool, but this is just a big prog
> rock mess......but the keyboards are cool." At the
> height of "electronica", no less. Even when i was a 16
> year old, grunge loving idiot, i thought rolling stone
> sucked.
>
> Leigh
>
> --- Jester <webmaster@killing-joke.com> wrote:
> > Fuck RS, right square in the arse, with an implant.
> > No wonder Lester Bangs
> > left that shit hole.
> >
> > If your not some POS band, that is the flavour of
> > the day, then you don't
> > get good pub from them.
> >
> > To fucking hell with em.
> >
> > "expertly constructed electronic
> > textures"...huh???oh, you mean the fart
> > noises??? And there is all the credibility you need
> > right there.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 8/28/03 10:57 PM, "MotelHell@aol.com"
> > <MotelHell@aol.com> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > As if you didn't already have enough reasons to
> > boycott this glorified toilet
> > > paper, Rolling Stone reviews the new album:
> > >
> > > KILLING JOKE
> > > Killing Joke
> > > ZUMA
> > > ** (two stars out of five)
> > > These middle-aged Brits, who first blended metal,
> > post-punk and New Wave
> > > sounds into an oppressive mess twenty years ago
> > return with one of the darkest
> > > albums in their extensive catalog. On tracks such
> > as "Loose Cannon", the big
> > > riffs and make for a heady, dark mix.
> > > But
> > > all the humorless gloom and doom feels oppressive
> > after a while, and KILLING
> > > JOKE ultimately plays like the soundtrack to a
> > slightly pretentious horror
> > > film
> > > - Christian Hoard and Jon Caramanica.
> > >
> > > Opinions aside, what a horribly written bit of
> > drivel (the adjective
> > > "oppressive" apearing twice in three sentences?) I
> > get the feeling the only
> > > track
> > > these cock-jockeys listened to was "Loose Cannon".
> > And what's this about
> > > "expertly
> > > constructed electronic textures"? What does that
> > even MEAN?
> > >
> > > Fuck Rolling Stone.
> > >
> > > Alex in NYC
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