[kj] Jaz owns the name - back to iceland

[Papa Lazarou]

Sorry if this has already got posted, or mentioned, waAAy too much traffic lol..not too sure on the source either?
   
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  Problems for the remaining trio began a week later when Jaz had still failed to show up even for their first national T.V. appearance on the BBC's Riverside programme. A mannequin was used in his place and the performance went ahead. The first that was heard from Jaz was when he made two phone calls: one to his mother and one to E.G.: he made no attempt to contact Malicious Damage or any of the band members who determined to go on, had arranged series of dates for April.   By now the whole music press were having a field day playing on Jaz's fascination with the occult and Aleister Crowley (for whom he shared a birthday). The release of Empire Song couldn't have predicted Britain's Falklands crisis one week later but still had the gossip columns joking about impending apocalypse. Then it was announced that Jaz had been found in Iceland and was working with Icelandic group Peyr. He still wasn't talking but a statement was made saying he had no intention of coming back.   Mal
 icious
 Damage advertised for a new singer and the music press turned the whole saga into a kind of soap opera in weekly instalments. Jaz would only talk to E.G. and the NME, much to the annoyance of the others. Killing Joke as a band were fast losing their credibility. The fact that the new LP Revelations would get into the top ten would do little to cushion the backlash.   The real bombshell hit in the second week of April when it was announced that Geordie too had left for Iceland. Jaz issued a statement saying that they intended to continue with the name Killing Joke and wanted no further involvement or communication with their other half.   Brian Taylor was bitter about the whole thing and it was clear in a short NME interview that he had had enough. To make matters worse Youth and Paul had decided to go in a new direction forming a group called Brilliant and were quite adamant there would be no reunion; Youth dismissing Peyr as a group in awe of Killing Joke and would be to Ja
 z a sort
 of personal fan club.   ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------   ICELAND   Peyr were in fact part of a large group of Icelanders, mainly musicians and free-thinkers, who were trying to build their own community. They were very much into Icelandic legend and their ancient past and amongst other things were experimenting with electromagnetic waves in the hope of controlling people's minds. This of course was all stuff which would interest Jaz. and Iceland itself with its natural isolation and its rich cultural heritage and deep rooted traditions left a big impression. During his stay he embarked on a series of projects including writing a book, opening a club, writing a symphony and of course recording with Peyr. Three songs The Catalyst, Guess Again and Take What's Mine were recorded as a joint effort but an LP by Peyr called As Above, which was released around this time, has no Killing Joke involvement whatsoever.   Back in the UK a
 nd with
 only one week gone since the formation of Brilliant, Paul was beginning to have doubts. Two songs had been recorded which would eventually be released as the first single, but Paul was far from happy with the overall sound, and so he too finally flew off to Iceland taking with him a new bass player called Paul Raven. Anyone interested in Mr Raven's early work need look no further than the bargain bins for a band called Neon Hearts who released a handful of singles and an LP in the late seventies but the music is just about as awful as are the clothes he is shown wearing.   Brilliant continued on regardless with Youth remaining as the only constant member over the next few years; their peak came in 1985 with the top ten hit Its A Mans Mans Mans World..........' http://ilx.wh3rd.net/thread.php?msgid=1157150 
  

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