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The live energy of Killing Joke is truly a very special phenomena. 
Perfect chemistry hey!

God for War?

Buddha for Peace?

"Upheaval Oblivion your Fate".

Stop this Madness.

- Red Beat - http://www.manicmachine.com

On 9 Apr 2008, at 17:20, B. Oliver Sheppard wrote:


> I have to agree that, live, Killing Joke come off as much better than 

> they do in the studio probably 90% of the time. That's why probably 

> one of my favorite "albums" of theirs isn't an album of all, but that 

> DVD. The songs just seem so much more imbued with an intensity and 

> ferocity that doesn't always translate well across vinyl.

>

> -Oliver

>

> fatpotanga wrote:

>> I'm playing this for the 1st time in - crumbs -  probably since 

>> Hosannas came out.

>>

>> I'd forgotten how good an album it actually is.

>>

>> Maybe it's hearing it again after so long.

>> Compared to the muddy production of Hosannas it sounds really fresh.

>>

>> Hanyhoo, it's got me thinking...

>> Actually, I'm going to pretend I'm that woman on Men in Trees.

>> (Yes, I am a girl, but the wife likes it & it reminds me of Northern 

>> Exposure.)

>>

>> "Hey Elmo, me & my friend Patrick were just discussing the production 

>> short falls of the ever unpopular but oh so influential beat combo 

>> Killing Joke.

>> Would our affections towards certain recordings be different were 

>> they produced differently from the outset? Live many tracks take on a 

>> totally different light.

>> So my question to you Elmo is: with better production, how many 

>> Killing Joke albums would we view in an entirely different light?"

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