[kj] Killing Joke- Buy or Die

B. Oliver Sheppard bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net
Mon Feb 5 22:36:25 EST 2007



Obviously, I love KJ, or I wouldn't be here. But I'll admit that I heard
msny of their albums illegally and unauthorized over p2p file sharing
networks before I decided, "Okay, I am definitely a fan of this
excellent band." A band whose oeuvre I might not've heard hadn't it been
for Soulseek. Then I decided to collect the physical merchandise.

At that point, I did proceed to track down vinyl and CD copies of the
band's material, as well as other non-downloadable merch., like
t-shirts, stickers, et. al.

I don't think many bands realize how much mp3 downloads really HELP
them. If a band is so insecure about its material that it wants folks to
buy their LPs before listeners hear them and find out they suck -- well,
then, posh on that band. A confident band would WANT to get the music
out there, bar none, to prospective listeners, and would confidently
assume real appreciators of the band would buy the real vinyl/CD. That's
how many punk bands operate nowadays.

I have a fine collection of KJ merch. I dunno how much of my purchases
goes into Jaz's, Geordie's, etc, pockets, but that's not my fault. I
download *AND* I buy. The two are not inseparable.

See, for example, this picture of me with a really nice right-eye shiner
(seizure disorder) in my very proudly-owned KJ "Requiem" t-shirt. My
girlfriend bought it for me from England for Xmas. So, no, I am not some
slovenly bootlegger who never buys actual KJ merch. I really do love
Killing Joke, heart and soul. I love owning their actual, physical
material. But I'm also a punk at heart: Music for the masses/don't quit
your day job.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v16/wolfbrigade/badeye2.jpg


Yours 'til the Aocalypse,

Oliver





Neil Perry wrote:

> Bah, screw Killing Joke. Download/pirate/boot as much

> as you like. Financial knife-edge? They'd use it to slit

> your throat before giving you anything for free. Only if

> Colesy is involved would I say don't do it.

>

> 'Servicing their fanbase'? I hope this is an example of an

> extremely dry sense of humour. We've all been 'serviced'

> by KJ at one stage or another.

>

> Take take take

> N

>

> *//*




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