[kj] their finest hour(s)

Christof hamille wessidetempest at hotmail.com
Wed Jan 11 14:08:56 EST 2006


That is what we call "guitar face"

Chris


>From: Alex Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net>
>Reply-To: Alex Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net>,"A list about all things 
>Killing Joke (the band!)" <gathering at misera.net>
>To: gregslawson at aol.com, gathering at misera.net
>Subject: Re: [kj] their finest hour(s)
>Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 12:36:44 -0500 (EST)
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>To be fair and clear, I wasn't being entirely serious. Geordie -- as we've 
>talked about many times before -- is usually too cool for school to display 
>any discernible emotion whilst playing (much like, say, Billy Zoom in X), 
>although the booklet for the first album re-release does boast and early 
>picture of him in full-on white man's overbite in the midst of rocking. 
>Generally speaking, though, he usually looks aloof and somewhat miffed.
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>But, y'know, at the end of the day....he's Geordie, we're not. We must bow 
>down.
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>Alex in NYC
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>From: gregslawson at aol.com
>Sent: Jan 6, 2006 11:30 AM
>To: vassifer at earthlink.net, gathering at misera.net
>Subject: Re: [kj] their finest hour(s)
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>I read in a 2003 interview, however, that Geordie was the one who asked Jaz 
>to "come do Killing Joke" again, so maybe looks are deceiving!  
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Alex Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net>
>To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!) 
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>Sent: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 11:01:51 -0500 (EST)
>Subject: Re: [kj] their finest hour(s)
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>Raven at least looks like he enjoys himself. So does Ben, for that matter. 
>To
>look at Geordie, you'd think he'd rather be elsewhere, doing his taxes or 
>having
>a root canal or having a colonoscopy.
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>Alex in NYC
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>-----Original Message-----
> >From: bluce ree <bluceree2003 at yahoo.co.uk>
> >Sent: Jan 6, 2006 10:21 AM
> >To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" 
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> >Subject: Re: [kj] their finest hour(s)
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> >Youth's basslines on Revs and WTF are amazing which is
> >why those albums are as good as they are (although I
> >suspect Geordie may have written some of them
> >basslines!).
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> >His plodding, shabby, predictable lines on Pand and
> >Democracy were poor though and I prefer a sleek,
> >no-nonsense KJ to a shambling drugged up hippy
> >version.
> >
> >Raven IS Killing Joke's stage presence most of the
> >time (what with Geordie not looking quite as cool now
> >that he wears silly hats and just looks annoyed all
> >the time and Jaz looking more and more like Ozzy every
> >year) and his basslines, whilst being more predictable
> >than early KJ, are perfectly suited to latter day KJ.
> >
> >
> >--- Michael Head <mickhead at beeb.net> wrote:
> >
> >> "IMHO Youth is far more replaceable than Big Paul.
> >> While each
> >> successive drummer has, to a greater or lesser
> >> extent, struggling to
> >> match the impact and ability of BPF, Raven has on
> >> many occasions
> >> proven himself to be at the very least an equal to
> >> his predecessor.
> >> If we compare Democracy and Pandemonium to
> >> Extremities, there's no
> >> competition; Raven has kept his edge infinitely
> >> better than Youth.
> >>
> >>    Jim."
> >>
> >> you're dead right about Raven having the edge now
> >> Jim, but the
> >> chemistry between the original 4 that created the
> >> first 3 albums and
> >> the way Youth tapped into the techno vibe circa
> >> Pandemonium have been
> >> KJ's finest hours (imho). can't wait to see the big
> >> man on the boards
> >> with Ministry - a perfect fit if ever there was.
> >> Mick.
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