[kj] Early american KJ articles

Mark Kolmar mkolmar at gmail.com
Thu Aug 19 12:29:49 EDT 2004


Old article said:

> Almost every number on "Revelations" (Editions E.G./ Malicious Damage, EGMD
> 3), Killing Joke's most recent LP, is an overwrought, near-impenetrable
> mess. The basic elements are definitely derived from punk, but something
> about the context, the delivery and the intent has gone horribly wrong.

This man had no idea what he was talking about.

> "Rio" (Harvest, ST-12211) is tepid, anonymous electro-pop slop. The tunes
> are flat and nondescript and, even worse, awkward.

Wrong again. It is a classic of the genre.

He makes the same false case you hear against all music that bears a
passing resemblance to Roxy Music (Eno-era -- the post-Eno Roxy is
wrongly written off the same way) or late-70s Bowie. And of course
"awkward" could never describe early Roxy -- Hell, that's part of the
charm! Band sounds like warmed-over Motorhead, they're keeping it
real. Arty synthpop (Japan, Duran, whatever) is brushed off as
Roxy-derived. Talk about narrow horizons.

--Mark


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