[kj] SOAD Drummer

[Alex Smith]

Fair enough. I was never especially wowed by FNM. A couple of decent singles (I still love "Midlife Crisis"), but I can't fathom why people lost their shit over them. The first Mr.Bungle album (the major label one, not the Ladd-Frith tapes) is better than the entirety of FNM's catalog (with and without Mosely).  

Best thing FNM ever did, to my mind, was "Just a Man" on KING FOR A DAY

Alex in NYC







-----Original Message-----
>From: Leigh Newton <angrytomhanks at yahoo.com>
>Sent: Mar 2, 2006 9:06 AM
>To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" <gathering at misera.net>
>Subject: Re: [kj] SOAD Drummer
>
>No waaaaaaaaaay! Well, yes, what he played was pretty
>standard, but the songs weren't guitar driven when he
>was in the band. It was all the instruments meshing
>together in a big stew. You could tell that the songs
>were written without much input from Jim and that he'd
>sort of add his stuff at the end of the process. It
>all made for an amazing sound. The stuff they did
>after was a lot more guitar driven and sounded a lot
>more generic. Plus, i think Angel Dust was the last
>album where they all really gave a shit. The next 2
>just sound like going through the motions. Especially
>Album of the Year. There's a couple of amazing songs
>on there, but you can just hear the ambivilence
>inbetween the notes. Plus, shit like Collision and
>Mouth to Mouth and Carhalo Voador and Take This Bottle
>and Coocoo for Caca are all unforgiveably bad.
>
>Leigh
>
>
>--- Alexander Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>> 
>> Meh. It was standard metal power-chordage. Their
>> work got  
>> significantly more interesting once he was gone.
>> 
>> Alex in NYC
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Mar 1, 2006, at 10:03 PM, Leigh Newton wrote:
>> 
>> > The only good FNM stuff was the Jim Martin stuff.
>> > There was nothing wrong with his playing at all.
>> It
>> > was beautiful in its simplicity.
>> >
>> > Leigh
>> >
>> >
>> > --- Jim Harper <jimharper666 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>> >
>> >> I believe FNM felt in retrospect that Geordie was
>> >> very much into his own style, which was different
>> >> from their own. FNM didn't turn him down; both
>> >> parties felt the union wouldn't be best for them.
>> >>
>> >>   Jim Martin was tolerable at best, but neither
>> as
>> >> talented or interesting as Trey Spruance or Jon
>> >> Hudson.
>> >>
>> >> Alex Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> >>       You could be right. A bit rich of FNM to
>> claim
>> >> that Geordie could only play in one style. I'd
>> >> hardly call Jim Martin a virtuoso by ANY stretch
>> of
>> >> the imagination.
>> >>
>> >>   Alex in NYC
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: Mike Cooper
>> >> Sent: Mar 1, 2006 3:58 PM
>> >> To: Alex Smith , "A list about all things Killing
>> >> Joke (the band!)"
>> >> Subject: Re: [kj] SOAD Drummer
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>       I always thought Geordie had a audition /
>> or
>> >> even joined FNM for a short while but they
>> claimed
>> >> he could only play in one style and wasn;t
>> suitable
>> >> - but I could be wrong - lnog time ago.
>> >>     ----- Original Message -----
>> >>   From: Alex Smith
>> >>   To: James Osborne ; A list about all things
>> >> Killing Joke (the band!)
>> >>   Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 7:29 PM
>> >>   Subject: Re: [kj] SOAD Drummer
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Geordie was briefly rumored to have been mulling
>> >> over an invitation to join Faith No More when Jim
>> >> Martin left.
>> >>
>> >>   Ale xin NYC
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: James Osborne
>> >> Sent: Mar 1, 2006 2:21 PM
>> >> To: Alex Smith , "A list about all things Killing
>> >> Joke (the band!)"
>> >> Subject: Re: [kj] SOAD Drummer
>> >>
>> >> Geordie and Faith No More...what?
>> >>
>> >>
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