[kj] THEYR featuring Jaz Coleman

Alexander Smith gathering@misera.net
Sat, 24 May 2003 16:01:08 -0500


"some day, some one needs to sit down and make a book out of allthis. What =
a
band, what a history. It's bloody criminal that nobody has undertaken such =
a
project but then again, I'm probably as guilty as anyone in that respect !"


I pitched an idea about the Joke to a literary agent this very week,
actually.


Alex in NYC



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>From: "Antoni Adamiak" <antoni@clara.net>
>To: <gathering@misera.net>
>Subject: Re: [kj] THEYR featuring Jaz Coleman
>Date: Sat, May 24, 2003, 10:42 AM
>

>As from the NME reports, cuttings of which I *lent* to Paul R & were up on
>The Last Laugh website, after Jaz fled to Iceland, only Geordie followed
>whilst Big Paul & Youth then formed Brilliant who brought out the ironic 7=
"
>single "What Good Friends Are For" - from a further NME press cutting (lin=
k
>below), it appears that Jaz fell out with various people (In a Bjork
>interview, she was in KUKL and said that many people got very upset) and y=
es
>probably this guy was briefly in Killing Joke, but at some stage BP rejoin=
ed
>the fold & that's when long time KJ fanatic Paul Raven joined on bass -
>hopefully one day the Black Bird can elaborate further on the circumstance=
s
>of his recruitment but that's about as much as I know.
>
>http://home.clara.net/antoni/icekj.jpg
>
>Maaaaan, some day, some one needs to sit down and make a book out of all
>this. What a band, what a history. It's bloody criminal that nobody has
>undertaken such a project but then again, I'm probably as guilty as anyone
>in that respect !
>
>Regards,
>
>Antoni
>
>* http://home.clara.net/antoni/ *
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "JOKERS PUB CAFE" <circusbar@uol.com.br>
>To: <gathering@misera.net>
>Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2003 4:24 PM
>Subject: Re: [kj] THEYR featuring Jaz Coleman
>
>
>Hi all, while I was looking trough the links Antoni sent, I find something
>interesting::
>
>does this guy "Birger Mogensen" ever played with the joke???
>
>
>KUKL. Icelandic group created in Reykjavik in August '83 with Einar =D6rn
>Benediktsson (vo, tp) (earlier in Purrkurr Pillnikk); Bj=F6rk Gu=F0mundsdottir
>(vo) (earlier in Tappi Tikarrass); Gu=F0laugur Kristinn Ottarsson (el-g)
>(earlier in =FEeyr); Birger Mogensen (el-b) (earlier in Killing Joke) ; Eina=
r
>Melax (keyb) (earlier in Van Houtens Koko) and Sigtryggur Baldursson (dm)
>(earlier in =FEeyr).
>
>diaz
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Antoni Adamiak <antoni@clara.net>
>To: <gathering@misera.net>
>Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2003 11:52 AM
>Subject: Re: [kj] THEYR featuring Jaz Coleman
>
>
>> The name is THEYR but it's a funny "P" (which in Icelandic is "th") so
>they
>> get referred as Peyr.
>>
>> The 3 tracks with Jaz, from an audio tape shipped out of the recording
>> studio, ended up in John Peel's postbox so he promptly played them each =
at
>> least a couple of times. Good quality MP3 versions are up on Madani's
>> website.
>>
>> The "As Above" LP does not feature Jaz Coleman. The vinyl is pretty rare
>but
>> you can get a recently compiled & released CD, with most of the tracks o=
ff
>> "As Above" from the Bad Taste website, They plan to release a couple mor=
e
>in
>> due course.
>>
>> A few links for your perusal :
>>
>> http://larbib.larvik.folkebibl.no/~vidar/musikk/#iceland
>>
>> http://larbib.larvik.folkebibl.no/~vidar/musikk/theyr.html
>>
>> http://home1.swipnet.se/~w-10797/kukl/theyr.htm
>>
>> https://www.smekkleysa.net/ (you can buy the CD here)
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Antoni
>>
>> * http://home.clara.net/antoni/ *
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "wardance" <wardance@wardance.net>
>> To: <gathering@misera.net>
>> Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2003 3:18 PM
>> Subject: Re: [kj] THEYR featuring Jaz Coleman
>>
>>
>> Indeed yes, as far as I know,  THEYR and PEYR are just one and same
>> icelandic project (It just seems like there were two different ways to
>write
>> the band's name... Quite weird, isn't it ? ;-).
>>
>> <I've also only heard 3 songs, the ones that's on the Joker_place site,
>> Guess again, The <Catalyst and Take what's Mine, that's the ones you're
>> talking about???
>>
>> Those are the same tracks as the ones I've already got.
>> They were recorded in Iceland in  1982, and the singer was Jaz,  that's
>all
>> I know so far...
>>
>> Hans Wehrwolf
>>
>>   ----- Original Message -----
>>   From: JOKERS PUB CAFE
>>   To: gathering@misera.net
>>   Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2003 4:12 PM
>>   Subject: Re: [kj] THEYR featuring Jaz Coleman
>>
>>
>>   Is Theyr the same as Peyr, from the iceland Episode.???
>>
>>   I've also only heard 3 songs, the ones that's on the Joker_place site,
>> Guess again, The Catalyst and Take what's Mine, that's the ones you're
>> talking about???
>>
>>   does anybody knows more info about these songs, whose playing what,
>date,
>> etc???????????
>>
>>   diaz
>>
>>
>>     ----- Original Message -----
>>     From: wardance
>>     To: The Gathering
>>     Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2003 10:51 AM
>>     Subject: [kj] THEYR featuring Jaz Coleman
>>
>>
>>
>>     Does anyone know if THEYR "As above" LP (recorded with Jaz on vocals=
)
>> has ever been re-released on CD ??...
>>
>>     If not, does anyone have it in a good sound quality on CD-R ??...
>>     I only managed to check 3 tracks from THEYR so far, but unfortunatel=
y
>> with an awfuly poor sound quality (maybe demos or rehearsal recordings
>> ?...).
>>     That's quite frustrating, 'cos I'm VERY interested in this rare
>> curiosity !!... ;-)
>>
>>     Hans Wehrwolf
>>
>>
>>
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