[kj] OT: Swans recommendation

[Blazingstar418]

Leigh, 
If it makes you feel any better, Chrome (during that
*classic* period) only played live twice.

 Once in San Francisco (which I missed) and once in
Italy.

You've got all the best parts of that band's existence
in your record collection. ;)

A L P
--- Leigh Newton <angrytomhanks at yahoo.com> wrote:


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> place for latecomers, namely myself. I'm a latecomer

> to just about everything. It was thanks to the

> Gathering that i got turned onto the genius that is

> Chrome. The Damon Edge/Helios Creed era, to be

> exact. Nothing else is quite like it. Thanks

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> 

> Leigh

> 

> 

> ----- Original Message ----

> From: B. Oliver Sheppard

> <bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net>

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

> <gathering at misera.net>

> Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 11:34:13 PM

> Subject: Re: [kj] OT: Swans recommendation

> 

> Wow, thanks for impressing upon me how genius the

> Swans were, gang, I 

> recently got to explore their back catalogue better.

> Just insane, 

> genius. I never appreciated it, as all I'd heard was

> that dubbed copy of 

> the Body to Body, Job to Job cassette, which I

> liked, but it didn't just 

> overwhelm me or anything. Now I'm totally amazed by

> what I've been 

> hearing by the Swans.

> 

> See, I can be a latecomer to some things. I didn't

> really realize how 

> brilliant KJ were 'til almost two years ago, though

> I'd like stuff by 

> them here and there before that. Then the light

> switch on my brain went 

> on, and I was like, this is actually kinda genius. I

> used to only like 

> fast, crossover thrashy or hardcore punk -- maybe I

> am getting older. 

> But, yeah, The Swans. Wow. The Great Annihilator

> *is* good, like Javier 

> said.

> 

> Thanks so much, guys.

> 

> 

> -Oliver

> 

> 

> 

> B. Oliver Sheppard wrote:

> > About The Swans:

> >

> > I have "Body to Body, Job to Job" compilation,

> which I like, but it's 

> > on an old dubbed cassette that is ... Jesus ...

> maybe 13 years old now.

> >

> > I know a lot of Swans stuff was mentioned, so my

> question is: For 

> > someone who wants the meaniest, nastiest, most

> depressing, noisy Swans 

> > stuff, what is the LP to get?

> >

> > I ask partly because I'm puzzled that I'll do eBay

> searches and find 

> > bands like Neurosis mentioned in the keywords

> along with The Swans, 

> > and I've never though of the two as similar. So

> I'm guessing there's 

> > some Swans stuff I haven't heard that's in that

> vein...?

> >

> >

> > -Oliver

> >

> 

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