[kj] Closest relatives

[Christof hamille]

There was a band from the early 90s called Screwtractor.  From Ohio 
somewhere.  Very good and very killing Joke ala What This For...era

Chris


>From: "GREG SLAWSON" <gregslawson at msn.com>
>Reply-To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the 
>band!)"<gathering at misera.net>
>To: gathering at misera.net
>Subject: Re: [kj] Closest relatives
>Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 11:05:46 -0400
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>I saw an outfit called Tilly and the Wall on Letterman last night--wild 
>stuff. 3 female singers who also appeared to be tap dancing, singing sort 
>of hamonized pop hooks with an "spaghetti Western", almost Mexican feel to 
>the song. Now that was different.
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>As for KJ, there was an album by an early 80s band called TC Matic (the 
>best song was called "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang") that was very KJ sounding, a 
>lot more than PiL or Gang of 4.
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>From: "Tim Bucknall" <tim.bucknall at btinternet.com>
>Reply-To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the 
>band!)"<gathering at misera.net>
>To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" 
><gathering at misera.net>
>Subject: Re: [kj] Closest relatives
>Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 07:58:02 +0100
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>be fair radiohead are at least trying to do something different, with kid 
>a, and TY's solo album
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>at the moment i can only think of 2 mainstream artists who're trying new 
>stuff
>radiohead and mike patton
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>ps: radiohead can't be held responsible for the crap indie bands who try to 
>copy them just as fnm can't be held responsible for nu-metal ;-)
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: ade
>To: 'A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)'
>Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 9:06 PM
>Subject: RE: [kj] Closest relatives
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>I've already heard Radiohead being described as 'groundbreaking' recently. 
>Sheesh...
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]On 
>Behalf Of Dave Noonan
>Sent: 26 October 2006 10:52
>To: gathering at misera.net
>Subject: [kj] Closest relatives
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>I think that PiL must go down as a close relative to the Jokers, mainly 
>down to Wobble's dubby bass, but also due to the intransigent nature of the 
>respective vocalists, both experimental in the face of more populist 
>leanings from their peers (though latterly less so) and both carving out an 
>inimitable style that has prompted many to 'have a go'. On that note I 
>wonder who will
>have a similar influence in 20 years time from today's crop of mutants...
>--
>Dave
>Leeds
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