[kj] [KJ] Killing Joke "Rawk"

[Dimitri Bukharin]

Lemmy said in an interview once that Motorhead were a punk band and you just
labled Killing Joke as one too so your as guilty of pigeonholing bands as
anyone!

On 1/10/07, Peter Moltesen <sneakypete at uwclub.net> wrote:

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>  why has everything got to be classified ????

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> I really don't understand that – I was listening to the first KJ album

> today and I can hear all kinds of

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> influences, from punk to funk to krautrock. Theres all sorts of things

> going on in there. Maybe that's why

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> KJ stood out so much from the other bands that were around then – I mean

> back in 1979/80 how many

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> other punk bands would have admitted being influenced by Chic / disco

> music ?

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> Stop pidgeonholing everything. Its BORING

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> PS - Lemmy never wore spandex – does that mean he's not 'rawk' ???

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> *From:* gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]

> *On Behalf Of *Dimitri Bukharin

> *Sent:* 10 January 2007 15:41

> *To:* A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)

> *Subject:* [kj] [KJ] Killing Joke "Rawk"

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> I listened to the first 5 studio albums today and could not find any

> "Rawk" in any of them. Am I missing something while listening to these fine

> works? I dont remember Jaz in spandex or Geordie with a V-neck guitar

> although I remember Big Paul having a somewhat large drum kit. What "rawk"

> bands from the 80's shared the Joke's sound? It seems to me fans who come to

> the Joke from a "rawk" background hear something I don't. I once knew an ELO

> fan who belived they inspired house music! He was a wrong and so are many of

> you IMO.

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