[kj] OT: Few lunatic questions

Blazingstar418 blazingstar418 at yahoo.com
Thu Sep 7 00:37:26 EDT 2006


 Good evening All,

> No one bangs on metal.

 *ahem*
 Except on "Change". ;)

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--- Alex Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net> wrote:

> 
> 1. I've never understood why people call Killing
> Joke industrial. Honestly. They play drums, guitars,
> bass and keyboards. 
> Comparatively conventional instrumentation is the
> order of the day. They may share a bleak,
> apocalyptic world view with some of the "industrial"
> acts, but I don't see any connection beyond that.
> 
> 2. KJ with a woman drummer or bass player? Sure,
> although I'm not sure it would necessarily fit. For
> better or worse, I think there's always been a
> prominently testosterone-centric vibe to the `Joke
> (who knows? Maybe that's been their undoing!) Much
> like, say, the early Stranglers, Killing Joke carry
> themselves like a gang of thugs. That's how they
> potray themselves and, presumably, how they live.
> That atmosphere of menace and the veiled threats of
> violence -- however ultimately childish and
> impractical -- seem like thoroughly male traits. I
> think a female in the ranks would greatly change the
> dynamic. I'd be curious to see/hear it, but I
> wouldn't hold my breath.
> 
> Would you settle for Raven in a dress?
> 
> Alex in NYC
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Lennonka <svoje.ja at centrum.cz>
> >Sent: Sep 5, 2006 11:47 AM
> >To: gathering at misera.net
> >Subject: [kj] OT: Few lunatic questions
> >
> >
> >
> >Please try to think about it first before you
> reprobate me : )))
> >
> >
> >
> >1. Tried someone to listen to KJ music after
> smoking a joint? It seemed to me more like "techno"
> than "rock". Is it because that they're so
> industrial or I smoked too much? : ))
> >
> >2. Are they an interlink between rock music and
> electronical music?
> >
> >3. How would you like if a woman was in a role of
> the KJ instrumentalist?
> >
> >
> >
> >Lennonka, currently in Netherlands (that is
> explaining all, I think : )))
> >
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