[kj] "you really are not a real KJ fan"

[Paula Cook]

Hear, hear, Alex, absolutely!

Isn't it a fact that what makes KJ so special is that they've fused so many 
differenct types of music - punk, funk, dub, disco, early metal, arabic folk 
and yes, though I'm pained to admit it, prog rock, and came out with a 
completely new and unique sound and style? And isn't it this unique sound 
and style the very thing that has attracts people with very different 
musical tastes?

I'm still appalled you own a Marillion LP though! ;-)

Regards,

Nuclear Girl


>Message: 6
>Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 08:50:16 -0400 (GMT-04:00)
>From: Alex Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net>
>Subject: [kj] "you really are not a real KJ fan"
>To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)"
>	<gathering at misera.net>, 	"A list about all things Killing Joke (the
>	band!)" <gathering at misera.net>

>
>"you really are not a real KJ fan"
>
>
>I really hate this fucking comment.
>
>
>Killing Joke fans come in all shapes, sizes, creeds, colors, nationalities 
>and can all entirely disparate sensibilities and tastes while still being 
>bona fide Killing Joke fans. In much the same way that THE BAND MEMBERS 
>THEMSELVES claim to like such arguably dubiously-credible artists as 
>SLIPKNOT (Raven), Van Halen (Geordie), AC/DC (Geordie), Adam & the Antz 
>(Jaz), Yes (Big Paul Ferguson), King Crimson (Big Paul Ferguson), so too 
>are their fans "allowed" to like other artists, regardless of their 
>affiliation with genre.
>
>Moreover, all this fucking whining about talking about other bands other 
>than the `Joke -- imagine being invited to a party at a friend's house and 
>then being informed upon your arrival that you and the rest of the guests 
>were ONLY ALLOWED TO DISCUSS ONE SINGLE TOPIC. It's ridiculous. You'd get 
>bored and leave.
>
>At least people are bringing other names to the table. I can't speak for 
>the rest of the list, but from discussing bands OTHER than Killing Joke all 
>the time, I've found out about a lot of artists I may never have gotten to 
>hear before, based on the testaments by my fellow `Jokers. If you don't 
>like the artist being discussed, fine. Hell, you can even say so. But to 
>tell people to stop talking about it is fucking stupid and dictatorial.
>
>And at least it's music we're discussing and not fucking sports.
>
>Alex in NYC