[kj] (OT) Brian James w/ The Damned One-Off Gig in London

[Alex Smith]

Yeah, I saw a clip of him recently, and he looks barely alive. You know who looks amazing, though? I watched "New York Doll," the documentary about Arthur Killer Kane of the New York Dolls yesterday, and there's a brief interview with Tony James (of Gen-X/Sigue Sigue Sputnik/Sisters of Mercy) and he's positively ageless (though blonde, now). He wisely ditched both the pineapple-stack hairstyle and the Slash-baiting top hat.

Alex in NYC



-----Original Message-----
>From: TB <partyslammer at socal.rr.com>
>Sent: May 15, 2006 11:19 AM
>To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" <gathering at misera.net>
>Subject: Re: [kj] (OT) Brian James w/ The Damned One-Off Gig in London
>
>gingoblin at easynet.co.uk wrote:
>
>
>> They're not touring or playing as The Damned... just doing this gig to 
>> celebrate the 30th anniversary.  There was almost a full reunion and world 
>> tour, but it all fell apart. You think the internal wranglings etc of 
>> Killing Joke are bad? Try the Damned!
>> Reckon this gig will be a good 'un... about time Scabies was back pounding 
>> the drums (last time I saw him he was playing for Donovan!!). Not so sure 
>> about the vocals though!
>
>Brian's health is only so-so nowadays and he's getting up there in the 
>years. He's lost most of his teeth, his hair's mostly gone and he's put a 
>lot of miles on his body through the usual recreational excesses. Honestly, 
>I don't think he's got it in him to do any more full blown tours traversing 
>the globe these days so it's a pretty rare opportunity to see him playing 
>live.
>
>T.B. 
>
>
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