[kj] Another bloody review - mine!

[Phillipps Marc]

>I'm not going as far as selling my Camden ticket though. Perhaps =
tomorrow=20
>I'll love the album.

Give it time . . . allow it to be absorbed . .=20

Honest, it's a grower ;=AC)

Marc.=20


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	nicholas fitzpatrick [SMTP:gasw30@hotmail.com]
> Sent:	Thursday, July 31, 2003 12:11 PM
> To:	gathering@misera.net
> Subject:	[kj] Another bloody review - mine!
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> Patriots,
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> I got the album yesterday and have only listened to it once (which =
kind of
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> says it all) but here are my immediate, not well thought out =
thoughts.
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> Notwithstanding the fact that I love Killing Joke forever, this album =
is a
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> two or three stars out of five effort. It's 'Pretty Good', but that's =
all.
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> I first began to have my doubts about this album when I read that the
> drums=20
> were being recorded in California and f-ing emailed to a studio =
somewhere=20
> else in the world to be mixed. I thought that sounded utterly sh-t.
> Pessimists pictured an internet society where people would forsake=20
> physically interaction with each other to instead 'hide' behind =
computers
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> well, it seems Killing Joke have just put together an album without
> actually=20
> meeting. And this from a lead singer that apparently has no time for =
such=20
> means of communication!
> Consequently I totally agree with the post here yesterday that said =
KJ=20
> should get a full time drummer for the next album and they should all =

> preferably eat, drink, think and sh-t together throughout the entire
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> of recording it.
> I've no idea if the album would have been better if put together by =
more=20
> traditional rock n roll processes of course, but it's not just about =
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> music,it's about the band and how they do what they do.
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> The other thing I don't like about the album is that basically, once
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> it's heavy metal. Full respect and all, but I'm just not a metaler. I =

> thought Extremities was crap and Pandemonium was ok as far as some =
form of
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> curious techno-metal goes.
> I knew I wouldn't really like the new album after the first three =
bars of=20
> the opening song (D&RS). Chug-chug-chug-chug.... The good thing about =
D&RS
> is=20
> Jaz bellowing out verses that sound like black magic spells, because =
I
> like=20
> it when he's like that. But whereas on Fire Dances and BTATS it's =
clever,=20
> here the whole song is just like some poor relation of Iron Maiden.
> Blood on Your Hands and Seeing Red are the ones that stood out, but=20
> generally if I closed my eyes and you told me I was listening to
> absolutely=20
> any old West Coast/Seatle/Greenwich Village rock band on MTv, I'd =
believe=20
> you. Frankly, Blur's sound has more individuality.
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> My over-riding thought is that Jaz Coleman is now infinitely more=20
> interesting as an individual than Killing Joke are.
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> I'm not going as far as selling my Camden ticket though. Perhaps =
tomorrow=20
> I'll love the album.
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