[kj] party pooper/from un des etrangers......

Tue Mar 1 11:25:39 EST 2005

That'll be Slayer. Hammersmith Odeon, around 88/89. I
was told by someone at the time that they were using a
sound man who usually did the likes of Tina Turner
tours etc, because what they DIDN'T want was some
cloth-eared metalhead cunt who just turned everything
up louder than everything else. The sound was
phenomenal. Loud as fuck but crystal clear, like
listening to the album on headphones with the volume
way up.
(The gig was also made memorable by a friend of mine
who'd taken some acid, then ran down the central aisle
during the gig and attacked the security because he
thought "Satan was coming out of my belly-button".)

Peter, just because a band plays heavy loud music
doesn't mean in a live situation it has to sound like
a distorted frigging mess. Quite the opposite. I'd say
the louder and heavier the music, the more care has to
be taken over the live reproduction of that music. 
N

--- "peter.west410" <peter.west410 at ntlworld.com>
wrote: 
> "One of the cleanest, crispest live sounds
> I've ever experienced was Slayer"
> 
>   Neil,I find that very,very, very hard to
> believe........very hard.I
> suggest you go and think about that,and
> reconsider.You MUST of heard a
> cleaner,crisper ,live sound than Slayer,You must of.
> 
>      So Neil,What is the cleanest crispest live
> sound you have ever
> heard,live?
> 
>   PW
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Neil Perry" <neilfperry at btinternet.com>
> To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the
> band!)"
> <gathering at misera.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 3:13 PM
> Subject: Re: [kj] party pooper/from un des
> etrangers......
> 
> 
> > 'Ungrateful'... hmm... I should be so grateful
> that KJ
> > have finally got their act together to play a gig
> that
> > I should gloss over the fact it was bad?
> >
> > And all those other KJ gigs I've seen where they
> HAVE
> > had a clean, crisp powerful sound... were they
> just
> > flukes? (One of the cleanest, crispest live sounds
> > I've ever experienced was Slayer.)
> >
> > Of course the three old ladies enjoyed it more.
> > They're fucking deaf.
> > N
> >
> > --- "peter.west410" <peter.west410 at ntlworld.com>
> > wrote:
> > > Neil,I think its difficult to get a clean,Crisp
> > > sound with the type of music
> > > KJ play,I do feel you are being ungrateful and
> to
> > > judgemental,And maybe you
> > > ve been going to see far to many Phil Collins
> style
> > > or classical
> > > concerts.Its quite interesting that now, you
> praise
> > > the sound from the
> > > Astoria in 2003,At the time i do recall people
> > > complaining about the sound
> > > then as well.If "Frenzy" was played in a
> clean,crisp
> > > sound,You probably
> > > would nt recognise it
> > >     Anyway ,Congratulations for being the first
> to
> > > reach"miserable old git"
> > > status.And if thats the type of
> > > ungrateful,unsympatheticPessimistic stuff
> > > you produced for Melody
> Maker.....................No
> > > wonder they went bust.
> > >
> > > Has anyone else got anymore
> > > complaints..............Somebody spilt there
> > > beer on me blah,blah,blah,Somebody tried to push
> in
> > > and stood in my way blah
> > > blah blah Jaz could nt reach the high notes blah
> > > blah blah.
> > >     And put this in your pipe and smoke it:The
> three
> > > old ladies who were up
> > > on the first floor seemed to have enjoyed it
> more
> > > than you did.
> > >    Dwell on that!!!!!
> > >  PW
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Neil Perry" <neilfperry at btinternet.com>
> > > To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the
> > > band!)"
> > > <gathering at misera.net>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 4:54 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [kj] party pooper/from un des
> > > etrangers......
> > >
> > >
> > > > Time for an honest answer to your question:
> > > >
> > > > I thought the Thursday gig was shit, one of
> the
> > > worst
> > > > KJ shows I've ever seen, almost entirely down
> to
> > > the
> > > > atrocious sound. That Times review posted just
> > > > recently had it right - by the end I just
> wanted
> > > the
> > > > horrible noise to stop, and believe me, it
> pains
> > > me to
> > > > say that about Killing Joke. I wasn't down the
> > > front
> > > > so didn't have the adrenalin rush most people
> did,
> > > and
> > > > for half the gig felt guilty just for thinking
> > > what I
> > > > was thinking. But it was crap, as bad as the
> only
> > > > other truly bad KJ show I've seen, at Kilburn
> in -
> > > 90?
> > > > 91?
> > > >
> > > > The holy trinity of 2003's gigs - Camden and
> the
> > > two
> > > > Astoria nights - are still for me the best KJ
> > > shows
> > > > I've seen. These didn't come close, but
> thankfully
> > > my
> > > > faith was restored (well, 99%) by the Friday
> gig.
> > > > Sound was much better, and yes, Pandys,
> Receiving
> > > and
> > > > LLB did bring a tear to my eye. I for one will
> be
> > > > avoiding the Motley shows because, you know,
> one's
> > > > faith can only be tested so many times.
> > > >
> > > > Right, pompous git signing off
> > > > N
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- Mark G Holt <akillingjoker at yahoo.co.uk>
> wrote:
> > > > > one of the outsiders.......
> > > > >
> > > > > so how good was it really
> > > > >
> > > > > pandys and are you revceiveing were what i
> was
> > > > > looking for
> > > > >
> > > > > cheers
> > > > >
> > > > > mark
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Send instant messages to your online friends
> > > > > http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com >
> > > >
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