[kj] OT -- Metal Joke

[Alexander Smith]

SOUNDS OF WHITE NOISE is my favorite Anthrax album, actually. Like 
Brian Johnson in AC/DC, Bush started off as a strong replacement, but 
the quality trickled off from there.

Alex in NYC


On Sunday, January 9, 2005, at 05:05 PM, ade wrote:

> Cheers Uncle Bo. I thought 'Sound of White Noise' was very good, but as
> you say they've definitely been patchy since.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gathering-bounces at misera.net
> [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]On Behalf Of Bo Krogsgaard
> Sent: 09 January 2005 21:48
> To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
> Subject: RE: [kj] OT -- Metal Joke
>
>
>
> On Sun, 9 Jan 2005, ade wrote:
>
> > My theory - I think when they started getting 'all political' they
> > found that Joey didn't fit with their new view of the band - anyone
> > know the REAL reason Joey went/got sacked/etc?
>
> Not really. It's a fact that Joey started losing interest in Anthrax. 
> It's
> also a fact that poodle hair was pretty much passe in the early 90s.
> Anthrax wanted a rawer sound and rawer vocals and since Joey was never
> part of the songwriting process, he was disposable. My personal
> speculations tell me that they made the move because they suddenly had
> Elektra behind them, but wanted to do so even before, just didn't 
> because
> Megaforce weren't that economically stable at that time.
>
> Actually, Bush (John, you fucktards) isn't as bad as most people want 
> to
> make him. There are good post-Joey songs but not in the same amount. 
> You
> can pretty much find them all on Return Of The Killer A's which is an
> essential fucking starting point for any Anthrax newbie. Skip the first
> track and you're safe.
>
> I'll take any recent Anthrax album over anything Joey ever did solo, 
> and
> that's a fact. I bet even his demo tape sucks.
>
>
> b
>
> _______________________________________________
> Gathering mailing list
> Gathering at misera.net
> http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/gathering
>
> _______________________________________________
> Gathering mailing list
> Gathering at misera.net
> http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/gathering
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: text/enriched
Size: 2399 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://four.pairlist.net/pipermail/gathering/attachments/20050109/67bc7441/attachment-0001.bin