[kj] TIME TO SAY GOODBYE

[Stephen Robinson]

Maybe I'm talking rubbish here, cough-cough, but maybe it's my age, but
Motley Crue may have a famious-ish name, but have very little following in
the UK even in the sort of person who would go to a stadium gig.

SR

"One becomes moral as soon as one is unhappy" (Marcel Proust, 1918).


>   The Crue do need** to ask the approval of both managements and
> both bands, obviously. It 'has to' click with the fans too, or
> they won't pay to go see them.
>   My question is more from a commercial, more music-industry
> aspect, otherwise, of course: Why not?
>
> **Unless they run their
>   entire operation from
>   beginning to end, and
>   not even KJ do that.
>
> --- Alex Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> > "So why IS Motley Crue choosing to tour w/KJ? How do they
> > benefit, not counting Raven's friendship w/Sixx, which alone
> > couldn't get this all approved?"
>
> > Why not? Apparently both Nikki and Tommy Lee are big KJ fans.
> > Maybe it's their bid for credibility, no? Killing Joke
> > entertain a degree of respect that Motley Crue will NEVER
> > enjoy.  Maybe they just want to tour with bands they like?
> > What's so far fetched about that? Granted, it's an unlikely
> > pairring, but I don't think the Crue need to ask "approval" of
> > anyone.
> >
> > Alex in NYC
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: sade1 <saulomar1 at yahoo.com>
> > Sent: Jan 12, 2005 1:17 PM
> > To: joker at Z6.com,
> > "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)"
> > <gathering at misera.net>
> > Subject: Re: [kj] TIME TO SAY GOODBYE
> >
> >
> > --- Rob's Arse <joker at Z6.com> wrote:
> >  Killing Joke still owe loads of money out there!
> >
> >      S: To whom? I got the impression they were 'free and
> > clear'
> > of all obligations and wanted to keep it that way...
> >
> > So someone offers you 5 gigs at £20K per gig (fact). £100K for
> > 5
> > days work.
> >
> >      S: (I am all for it, tho i don;t like it)So why IS Motley
> > Crue choosing to tour w/KJ? How do they benefit, not counting
> > Raven's friendship w/Sixx, which alone couldn't get this all
> > approved?
> >
> > That puts food on the table, buys the kids birthday/Christmas
> > presents, also helps cover some costs and means that, yes,
> > this
> > thing called Killing Joke is worth doing.
> >
> >      S: Good, I've never been against the band making lots of
> > money.
> >
> > Sell your arse for 5 days...
> >
> >      S: I wouldn't call it, "selling" yrr arse. I think this
> > tour should be seen less seriously and a lot more
> > "tongue-in-cheek."
> >
> > ...Killing Joke owe us..another decent album.
> >
> > --- Mark G Holt <akillingjoker at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > From: Mark G Holt <akillingjoker at yahoo.co.uk>
> > Subject: [kj] TIME TO SAY GOODBYE
> >
> >
> > With a band aligning itself with Motley Crue and away from
> > Colesy, somethings gone wrong with a group of people who's
> > idealism i agreed with and followed for all 25 of its years,
> > with a heavy heart and a thanks for the memory, I'm off,
> >
> >
> > =====
> > ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...
> > As the masters rot on walls
> > And the angels eat their grapes
> > I watched picasso
> > visit the planet of the apes
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