[kj] Random gossip (Lightbringer)

[nicholas fitzpatrick]

So Lightbringer is about Jaz's theories on the origins of mankind. The title 
sounds like a sci-fi novel. Are we going down an extraterrestrial road here, 
I wonder.

Nanu-nanu
Nick (who hasn't heard a single track off the pre-new album yet).


>From: Jiri <unspeakable at sbcglobal.net>
>Reply-To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" 
><gathering at misera.net>
>To: gathering at misera.net
>Subject: [kj] Random gossip
>Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 11:03:59 -0600
>
>In the interest of tossing some more rumors out there...all kinds of fun 
>stuff floating on Joe's board, about touring, album format, bass players, 
>and the velocity of an unladen swallow. From a post by Scarlet Woman, who 
>interviewed Jaz and was at the album preview in Paris:
>
>"He was in very high spirits and wouldn't stop talking, even though the 
>label guy was frantically waving that we were ruining his planning...   In 
>a nutshell (can't remember everything coz he said so many things), they 
>chose to record in a very "live" manner, mixing the music through radio 
>speakers, it wasn't recorded in war zones, but in "poverty zones", the 
>painter who did the artwork (and also worked on the whole booklet) is a 
>friend of theirs (Raven found him), his two biggest heroes are Gandhi and 
>Churchill. He wants to release the album on vinyl as well, in 3 limited 
>editions, with different songs and artworks, some of the songs that were 
>left out will also appear as B-sides. He told me a lot about the song 
>lyrics, esp. about Lightbringer, which is about his beliefs regarding the 
>origins of mankind. He also said Youth was still a full-time member of the 
>band, even though he didn't take part in the recording of the new album. 
>But he said Raven is much superior live and, unlike Youth, he can help him 
>with the backing vocals.
>He asked how the Gatherers were doing, I said everyone was excited at the 
>prospect of a new album. He asked how Jester was doing and he said he was 
>welcome to drum on Pandemonium when they play Texas.
>I don't have precise info on tour dates, coz he told me the dates regarding 
>KJ were coming in at the moment. I'm gonna ask the label though.
>When we arrived at the hotel, we first had coffee with Jaz, then we had 
>about an hour long interview in his room. In the end, he said he wanted me 
>to ask him more questions, so we had 20 minutes more at the club, before he 
>did his little speech. He also told me about his favourite books, 
>philosophers, movies, etc. etc., but I really can't remember everything at 
>the moment."
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