[kj] Can We Sue for Libel?

[B. Oliver Sheppard]

The cover to KJ 2003 doesn't help when you're trying to turn folks onto 
the band who have a visceral aversion to anything associated with 
rap-metal or nu-metal because though you shouldn't judge a book by the 
cover many of these folks do -- and it looks like KJ 2003's comin' at ya 
straight from the "yo yo yo whattup juggallos???" side of bro-ham land.

Although I think I heard many people slag it, the Hosannas artwork is 
great. Especially on the double vinyl LP, when you open it up -- it's 
just absolutely gorgeous and really fits the album well, methinks. The 
first s/t LP cover will always be my fave, though.

The Jaz/Adicts resemblance sucks because The Adicts are so damned 
cartoony and, yes, people think droog or of the WAY played out Clockwork 
Orange thing, and I know Jaz's initial angle with his paint was that it 
was "war paint" (if I'm not mistaken?) which I liken more to later-day 
black metal corpse paint -- but, yeah, my gf and a pretty respectable 
music critic I have known at first thought Jaz was going for an Adicts 
cartoon punk angle, which disappointed me. In some versions of his 
recent war paint he also looks a lot like Alice Cooper, which isn't bad, 
necessarily -- but Jaz is Jaz, man!

-Oliver



Alex Smith wrote:

> Ha...never thought of that (the Addicts resemblance). Argh indeed.

>