[kj] Kerrang!/Hosannas/KJ2003

[death wish]

Bands tend to march on the merits of their previous album. The thing going 
against kj in 2003 was the long gap since Democracy - which itself was not 
as lauded as Pandemonium. The situation now is different - I'm willing to 
guess that 2003 was heard by an awful lot of people thanks to 
filesharing/cdr burning.

The incendiary live cd/dvd couldn't have hurt, either.

Hopefully, it'll all translate into a sales boost for Hosannas, and a long 
and lucrative series of tours to support it.

T.


>From: fatpotanga <fatpotanga at gmail.com>
>Reply-To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" 
><gathering at misera.net>
>To: The Gathering <gathering at misera.net>
>Subject: Re: [kj] Kerrang!/Hosannas/KJ2003
>Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2006 09:26:42 +0000
>
>Agreed.
>If you view KJ as a business, which in essence it is, it is, I think it was
>a logical move after such a long hiatus to go for the more commercial
>production, the big name drummer, the video for first single not to feature
>the band, the bright mustard Krusty cover (which was crap, but it did stand
>out) etc. in order to open them up to a new fan base.
>It added an air of mystery and let younger audiences hear the music without
>being prejudiced by the image of a bunch of old farts who fist released a
>record 25 years ago.
>Shame sales weren't as they could have been and I can't help thinking along
>Richies lines that different choices of singles could have made a bigger
>difference, but to a degree it all worked.
>2003 put them back on the map, made them a viable name again - a lifetime
>achievement award from Kerrang can't be a bad thing either.
>It's definitely raised their game.
>Another good thing is it seems to have reignited the bands passion to be a
>band again you can feel that rediscovered energy on every track on 
>Hosannas.
>Live shows have, as Jaz says, have become a real celebration & a real feel
>good experience.
>
>Am muchly looking forward to April.
>
>
>On 28/2/06 23:56, "bluce ree" wrote:
>
> > KJ2003 was metal, not sure if it was nu-metal.  but
> > the riffs were all powerchordy metal and nearly all of
> > them sucked.  Not that it seemed to help sales
> > (although neither did releasing the worst song on the
> > album as the first single).
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>Gathering mailing list
>Gathering at misera.net
>http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/gathering