[kj] atkins & budgie - a drummer's view

[ade]

I really like Geordies sound on that album - still plenty of twang & not the
massively compressed overly chug-tastic sound of more recent stuff (scoop
them mids). The twang gives the harmonics/open strings a chance to go wild -
on a positive note regarding Hosannas, I think Geordie is trying to
recapture some of that sound, at least in terms of the playing style - how
much it comes across seems compromised by his modern sound. But I guess
that's how he wants to sound :) I think his new material is definitely back
on-track compared to KJ2k3, even if it's not fully realised yet.

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From: gathering-bounces at misera.net
[mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]On Behalf Of dammit bleep
Sent: 31 March 2006 22:53
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
Subject: RE: [kj] atkins & budgie - a drummer's view


No one instrument on "Extremities" comes through and
is produced better on the entire album than Atkins'
snare. That goes for guitar, bass, synths or vocals.
IMHO (albeit biased to a slight degree), that snare
sound is almost as important to "Extremities" as
Geordie's guitar.

Some tracks don't capture the toms as well as I'd like
them to. However, the overall result is a dark,
ferocious eruption of a release that, dare I say it,
did much to re-solodify the KJ legacy.

It's IMPOSSIBLE for me to hear Age of Greed and NOT
start air drumming. I've often interrupted dull
moments in rehearsals with the intro.

It DOES make you wanna play drums.


-jim
--- Papa Lazarou <circuit_bender at yahoo.com> wrote:

> When I hear extremities, I want to hear drums. ;)
>
> ade <ade at the-lab.zetnet.co.uk> wrote:  db, what
> Atkins material are you basing this on? Just
> interested. When
> i hear Extremities, I wanna play drums.
>
>
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