[kj] OT: Few lunatic questions

[nicholas fitzpatrick]

The first two albums were industrial. The next two were medieval. The next 
two were pop. The next one was shite. The next lot were metal, until 
Hosannas, which is just brilliant.


>From: "Rob's Arse" <joker at Z6.com>
>Reply-To: joker at Z6.com, "A list about all things Killing Joke (the 
>band!)"<gathering at misera.net>
>To: <gathering at misera.net>
>Subject: Re: [kj] OT: Few lunatic questions
>Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 07:42:37 -0700
>
>I suppose they were industrial in that they represented a kind of cold, 
>mechanical sound with alot of space. But industrial in a sense of mirroring 
>declining industry if that makes sense (when you consider the 
>socio-economic climate of the times). Always gave me images of desolate 
>mills and shattered windows (full of joy today!!)
>
>As for "industrial" I have alwyas hated that term and found "industrial" 
>bands as:
>
>1. Originally, making a fucking tuneless racket that couldn't pass for 
>music (to sound like my Dad there!).
>
>2. The term Industrial as applied to bands like NIN who just make a "flat" 
>sound with formulaic guitar sounds/drum sounds. Horrible.
>
>That's my 2 pennies worth, at the end of the day, it don't move me and I 
>just cannot put Killing Joke in that category. There is a warmth to Killing 
>Joke that I do not find in "industrial" music.
>
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>
>--- bawhitehead at gmail.com wrote:
>
>From: "Brian Whitehead" <bawhitehead at gmail.com>
>To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" 
><gathering at misera.net>
>Subject: Re: [kj] OT: Few lunatic questions
>Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 15:25:25 +0100
>
>There was a discusion on Joy Division on 6 Music last night and they
>described them on more than one occasion as industrial. Just shows its all
>about perceptions.
>
>Brian.
>
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