[kj] Regrets fuck banshees

[Tim Bucknall]

i didn't know about the alcohol, but i suppose its not the sort of thing
that gets mentioned when someone dies,

it can't be as long ago as 7 years surely?

I heard he'd actually trained as a nurse, I guess the video to "the body"
must have affected him more than we thought!


On 29/09/2007, MARK SAXTON <ranjeef at btopenworld.com> wrote:

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>   John Mcgeoch died of alcohol related ill health I believe. About 7 or 8

> years back, a specialist nurse I knew was seeing him regularly at his home

> somewhere in Derbyshire.Absolutely gifted and sadly missed.   Mark

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

> From: Brian Whitehead <bawhitehead at gmail.com>

> To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!) <gathering at misera.net

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> Sent: Tuesday, 25 September, 2007 11:16:55 AM

> Subject: Re: [kj] Regrets fuck banshees

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> "i did meet him on more than a few occassions"

> I would have loved to have met John McGeoch. He is second to only one

> guitarist and we all know who he is.

> Saw him play with Magazine a couple of times in half empty venues.

> Never discovered what caused his death at such a young age.

>

> "playground twist"

> Top track and ecellent, as are the rest, on the Voices On The Air sessions

> CD.

>

> Brian.

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> On 24/09/2007, melinda grant <hollytree1961 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> >

> >  hi brian,

> >

> > maybe you are just listening to the guitar parts and if your a true fan

> > of that instrument,i can understand you doing that

> >

> > as for myself,i tend to take in a whole tune,what ever i am listening

> > to,that including all the instruments,plus vocals and lyrics,all at oncealthough like most,i do hear the individual instruments,but its on a unison

> > level although for me,it does have an order

> > first i hear mostley in everything the drums   and vocal/lyrics,then

> > comes the bass

> >

> > the guitar is the last instrument that turns me on

> >

> > ok i never said anything personally against  the guitarist they had

> > during that peroid,actually,i did meet him on more than a few occassions i

> > can tell you now,that he was a lovely guy,genuine,a bit of a one off,and he

> > loved his guitar alot,credict where credicts due,they got the right guy

> >  kaleidoscope,i think personally,is definatly a mellow--mood style of

> > album ,i did prefure the s.a.t.bansheese in there earlier days to be

> > perfectly honest(although there are still gem tracks on every album they did

> > beyound the first 2--just not every track was great in my eyes)

> >

> >  and if you want to know what track where the guitar is very original to

> > me  ,its--playground twist--i rate that track alot,actually the range of

> > instruments on that track blend so superbly--the bells

> >

> > melinda

> >

> >

> > Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 10:54:01 +0100

> > From: bawhitehead at gmail.com

> > To: gathering at misera.net

> > Subject: Re: [kj] Regrets fuck banshees

> >

> >  "i found kaleidoscope very weak in both material,power and true banshee

> > style"

> >

> > I think it's widely thought amongst Banshees fans that Kaleidoscope was

> > one of the weaker albums, especially of the first four or five. McGeoch was

> > absolutely fantastic on this album and proved how right in guitar playing

> > terms that "less is more" or which ever guitar player said "it's what you

> > dont play rather that what you do play that counts". McGeoch came up with

> > the guitar part for Happy House as part of his Banshees

> > audition...brilliant. Maybe I'm listening to the LP and just taking in the

> > guitar?

> >

> > Brian.

> >

> >

> > On 23/09/2007, *melinda grant* <hollytree1961 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> >

> >   i saw my first bansheese gig in 1979 at the rainbow threatre that was

> > in area  called-- finsbury park,this gig was absolutly amaizing,i was blown

> > away by the sheer power of siousxies voice and the instrimental side of

> > matters left an impression on me for many years,it was that

> > effective--jealouse?? you should be  for it was one not to miss

> >  seen then after that time through the years!

> >

> > as i appreciate--the scream/join hands....so very much,i found

> > kaleidoscope very weak in both material,power and true banshee style,i guess

> > that was there resting period  as it certainly sounded like it they were

> > just warming up ready for the master piece of

> >

> > --ju  ju --  ive always loved the bansheese,they were/are, on a

> > whole very good wether its solo stuff they were doing or as a group,but for

> > me o would not say they are better than k.j,just different

> >

> > melinda ps dont worry alex,   ok ;)))

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