[kj] punk fest

[Shadforth, Jane SUKOP-OFI/3521]

Well last week in Manchester the Damned played stuff off both their new album, and the one from a couple of years ago - along with plenty of old classics. Admittedly the sound wasn't too great at the start of the show, but it improved dramatically as the show went on. Still well worthing catching them these days imo.

Jane

> -----Original Message-----
> From: gathering-bounces at misera.net
> [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]On Behalf Of Mikael Byström
> Sent: 17 November 2005 12:52
> To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
> Subject: Re: [kj] punk fest
> 
> 
> Purple29pixie at aol.com said:
> 
> >The 
> >Damned, Sham 69 were playing at Birmingham Academy and the Slits were
> >reforming 
> >and playing there. Spooky eh?
> 
> Middle-age crisis? If these bands do anything else than 
> playing their old
> material, then good for them! But if old material is all they going to
> do, they better do it really well, or they'll be quite 
> pathetic actually. '
> What was the point of reuniting the ol' Sex Pistols, if they wouldn't
> take it to the next level? IMHO Prodigy already had taken 
> their attitude
> and some of their sound (perhaps a little bit blatantly) and made it
> relevant music for the nighties. Quite a genius move 
> musically in my book.
> 
> Seeing Sisters of Mercy and Gary Numan in 2002 was the most 
> dreadful and
> experience I've had in a long time. Some bands should either update*
> themselves or just go to history without passing play.
> That Killing Joke continues in a direction, beyond what they've done
> before, that I'm not sure (yet) I approve of, is at least 
> showing they do
> have a direction. Which IMHO was to be expected from them. 
> 
> If punk ever was about something, it was about finding new ways that
> don't get hold of you. IMHO punk as a musical phenomenon ceased to be
> about that as early as 1980 (with some exceptions I'm sure). If new or
> old forces can bring back the spirit that is of course a good 
> thing, but
> I find that if something is called "punk" that is a hint of 
> that whatever
> it is, isn't about that. As I see it, and many with me, the 
> punk attitude
> and spirit moved into other areas and explorations trough the 
> eighties.
> I don't imply here that one should always move forward without looking
> back, it's more about what you look back at and what you do 
> with it. And
> to each her/his own as well.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> *I don't mean they should jump on any bandwagons obviously.
> 
> 
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