[kj] RE: CULT & Damned

[jane.shadforth at shell.com]

I'm very pleased to report that the Cult were superb in Leeds on Saturday too. It was like watching a different band to that on Wednesday in Manchester, the sound was good, and they were playing like they really meant it.... and were rewarded with an enthusiastic crowd, and lively moshpit. Counting the bruises now... ow!!! I'm very pleased we bothered to go, and now have memories of a good gig from them to look back on.
 
Re: the Damned, Jamie  - I usually try and see them 3 or 4 times a year, and whilst they've played some awful gigs at times over the last 20+ years, imo I'd say they've been pretty consistently good for the last 5 or so years.  Smash it up, Neat Neat Neat, etc always get an outing, and the moshpits can still be fairly exciting, (although the old punks don't seem to have the stamina they used to, so the "riots" don't last long...) Also, I can't remember when I last heard Grimly Fiendish. I know it might not be quite like the old days, but they are a million miles better for a thrash about than most bands out there.
 
Jane 

-----Original Message-----
From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]On Behalf Of Rob Horan
Sent: 23 September 2006 12:11
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
Subject: OT: CULT @ Brixton Academy


great show last night....astbury and duffy in effusive form, almost in tears at the end humbly thanking a lively audience for 'being with us since blah blah' (you Manc lot must have wound them up!!) - hour and a half of Electric and Love....Page/Plant acoustic moment with an acoustic Edie, no lighters from the crowd (but close)....am I the only BOC fan here or are there many similarities between the two bands, albeit different eras, motivations etc., even Phoenix is a Nosferatu ripoff......Astbury really is a good front man, mildly Maradona but more Morrison definitely.......anyway, not a lot on the horizon gigwise except Asia (original lineup) at SBE in December...sorry, that'll make several of you lot puke.............
 
horbag

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