[kj] Top 10 bands

[Brendan Quinn]

Saw Killers this year, I really don't get what the hype is all about
either...and I gave them a fair shot, listened to some of their stuff
beforehand. Luckily Muse and TOOL were up next. The only reason I was in the
crowd for Killers is because I wanted to secure a good spot for when Tool
played, and I did :) 

But takes all sorts, I bet some of you laugh at my Queen / Police leanings
etc :)  

Muse still strike me in some songs as a massive Radiohead rip off but I have
to admit Supermassive Black Hole went off, still haven't decided where I sit
with those guys...

Serj from System of a Down came on in the middle of Tool's Sober, that was
highly unexpected and pretty damn smurfy, esp. as I had had my first joint
in several weeks a few mins before...


-----Original Message-----
From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On
Behalf Of Alexander Smith
Sent: Sunday, 1 April 2007 12:10 a.m.
To: TB; A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
Subject: Re: [kj] Top 10 bands


I liked a bit of Wolfmother initially, but that guy's voice gets a  
bit grating after a while.

The Killers can go fall in a well.

Alex in NYC


On Mar 30, 2007, at 11:40 PM, TB wrote:


> "Alexander Smith" wrote:

>

> Mik -- Welcome back, my friend.

>

> In terms of the new bands, I quite like:  The Horrors (I know, I

> know, I'm sorry), Secret Machines (thought their guitar player just

> quit), Brand New, The Sword and Mastodon.

>

> +++

>

> Yeah, Secret Machine's guitarist Ben Curtis quit the band in late  

> February leaving his brother Brandon and drummer Josh Garza to  

> somehow carry on as a duo (at least that's what Brandon says  

> they'll be) as they prepare to record their third album in May.  I  

> was lucky enough to catch them right at the beginning of their "Ten  

> Silver Drops" tour a year ago when they were probably at their peak  

> in every sense of the word in a very small venue (the same place I  

> saw KJ in '03 in LA) and it was a great concert. I thought they had  

> tremendous potential and I wonder if they'll survive this lineup  

> change.

>

> Regarding Mik's comments about most of us, myself included naming  

> mostly 80's bands as favorites and apparently not showing much love  

> for any bands who've been around a few years or less, I have to  

> admit very few new artists catch my interest anymore. The few bands  

> that do are mostly decent rehashes or extensions of familiar genres  

> like the aforementioned Secret Machines, Arcade Fire, Wolfmother,  

> The White Stripes (and The Raconteurs), The Killers, Mastodon and  

> The Glitterati.

>

> Still, I get more enjoyment out of "discovering" older bands that I  

> neglected in their heyday. Just this month, I started diving into  

> Christian Death's catalog.

>

> T.B.

>

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