[kj] Killing Joke- Buy or Die

[Neil Perry]

lol

Bailiffs... or maybe lawyers


Phillipps Marc <Marc.Phillipps at enfield.nhs.uk> wrote:       >If they're not making a living doing this after all this  time, they're in the

>wrong  career.


 Killing Joke Removals . . 
  
 Or  maybe greengrocers?
  
  
    -----Original Message-----
From: Neil Perry    [mailto:neilfperry at btinternet.com]
Sent: 06 February 2007    16:47
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the    band!)
Subject: Re: [kj] Killing Joke- Buy or    Die


Same here, but to back up my earlier outburst,
I've    already bought every KJ release 3, sometimes 4 times - vinyl,
replacement    copies for fucked vinyl, CD, re-issued CD, etc - so
there you go, I've    already paid for someone's free download several
times over... generally I    wouldn't do it to new/upcoming bands
but someone as long in the tooth as    KJ? No problem. If they're
not making a living doing this after all this    time, they're in the
wrong career.
N


"B. Oliver    Sheppard" <bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net> wrote:   
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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