[kj] OT: Editors

Tue Jan 24 09:33:48 EST 2006

And Ministry (right or wrong you decide I don't care enough) get lumpeg into 
the goth/industrial/buy your spooky clothes at a mall store and wear makeup.

The same pompous, indie rocking assholes that want to look like 70s nerds 
would never be seen at a Ministry show.

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: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" 
><gathering at misera.net>,"A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" 
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>Subject: Re: [kj] OT: Editors
>Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 16:05:44 -0500 (EST)
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>For there to be a new millenial clone band of Killing Joke's first album -- 
>that would mean that Killing Joke would have to be cited (and summarily 
>respected) by the music press for their legitimate place in UK post-punk 
>alongside PiL, Gang of Four, the Pop Group, etc. Unfortunately, most 
>quarters of the music press wrongly lump the `Joke in with either metal or 
>industrial or goth or whomever and would rather writes volumes about Young 
>Marble Giants and Scritti Pollitti.
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>Alex in NYC
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Stephen Robinson
>Sent: Jan 23, 2006 3:42 AM
>To: Alex Smith , "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)"
>Subject: Re: [kj] OT: Editors
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>I ment this century!
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>(my god! and it would be, wouldn't it?)
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>And gets coverage in NME, assuming that still going of course, the last 
>time I tried to read it, I couldn't tell..
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: Alex Smith
>To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!) ; 
>ade at the-lab.zetnet.co.uk ; A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
>Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 8:33 PM
>Subject: Re: [kj] OT: Editors
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>"How long till there's a 1st Album Killing Joke clone group that's what I 
>want to know"
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>They're called Ministry.
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>Alex in NYC
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Stephen Robinson
>Sent: Jan 23, 2006 3:32 AM
>To: ade at the-lab.zetnet.co.uk, "A list about all things Killing Joke (the 
>band!)"
>Subject: Re: [kj] OT: Editors
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>After all these Joy Division/gang of 4 "inspired" groups, How long till 
>there's a 1st Album Killing Joke clone group that's what I want to know
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>It's like in the 1960 when you got all these British groups doing rubbish 
>covers of Muddy Waters songs and called brilliant and selling loads because 
>everyones too lazy to check out the orginals...
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: ade
>To: 'Alex Smith' ; 'A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)'
>Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 8:24 PM
>Subject: RE: [kj] OT: Editors
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>The weird thing is, I've been obsessed with the post-punk era for a long 
>time now & it's close to my heart - you'd have thought I'd be happy to hear 
>all these bands trying to sound like JD, Bunnymen, etc, etc. But really, I 
>couldn't be more unimpressed/angry! Just hope someone will go buy Unknown 
>Pleasures off the back of some sh!tty Editors/Interpol post-punk-by-numbers 
>tripe.
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Alex Smith [mailto:vassifer at earthlink.net]
>Sent: 23 January 2006 20:19
>To: ade at the-lab.zetnet.co.uk; A list about all things Killing Joke (the 
>band!); 'A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)'
>Subject: RE: [kj] OT: Editors
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>While I actually like that Futureheads, Ade's right about most of these 
>bands -- they're mostly "the odd good moment," but absolutely no staying 
>power.
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>Alex in NYC
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: ade
>Sent: Jan 23, 2006 3:14 PM
>To: "'A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)'"
>Subject: RE: [kj] OT: Editors
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>I quite like the odd Kasabian tune, though I've not listened at length yet. 
>They do a convincing effort at StoneRoses/Primals. I heard that Futureheads 
>sh!t-stain cover of Hounds of Love & just fukkin' *KNEW* I'd hate them 
>forever. And the Bravery.
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>I think the majority of these bands are doing the exact same thing - 
>embarassing & tiresome rip-offs with the odd good moment...
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]On 
>Behalf Of rob
>Sent: 23 January 2006 12:38
>To: 'A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)'
>Subject: RE: [kj] OT: Editors
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>I felt same way with Kasabian  - a very poor man?s Charlatans??
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>From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On 
>Behalf Of iPat
>Sent: 23 January 2006 12:43
>To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
>Subject: Re: [kj] OT: Editors
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>ive gone the other way. I dont know how to describe it other than to say 
>its too complicated , it just doesn't sit well. Got deleted from the iPod 
>the other week.
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>On 1/23/06, Brian Whitehead <bawhitehead at gmail.com> wrote:
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>While we are on the subject of new bands... I listened to the Futueheads CD 
>quite a few months ago and it really didn't do anything for me. Then I saw 
>them support the Pixies and thought they were really good live and since 
>the CD has really warmed on me.
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>Brian.
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