[kj] More KJ LA Ticket News (sorta)

[sade1]

> KJ hasn't sold out already.

 
Be careful what you wish for..
 
I think they came close to it when they toured opening for Motley Crue.
 


 
... ... ... ... ... ... 

[looking at the current state of things]

'Save me...
  save me from Tomorrow..
   I don't want to sail in this Ship Of Fools...!'   

--- On Thu, 8/28/08, Karen Weil <karen.weil at sddt.com> wrote:

From: Karen Weil <karen.weil at sddt.com>
Subject: Re: [kj] More KJ LA Ticket News (sorta)
To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" <gathering at misera.net>
Date: Thursday, August 28, 2008, 10:13 AM

Hmmm.. I can't believe for the life of me that KJ hasn't sold out
already.

k.w.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "TB" <partyslammer at socal.rr.com>
To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" 
<gathering at misera.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 4:48 PM
Subject: [kj] More KJ LA Ticket News (sorta)



> Saw Kings X and early 90's pop metal band Extreme last night at the 

> Hollywood House of Blues where Killing Joke is playing in October.  It was



> one of those spurious "why not" kinda shows that I impulsively

picked up a 

> ticket for just last week, mostly out of boredom wanting to see a live 

> band that I figured wouldn't disappoint.  I can't wait for

Motorhead's 

> club show and Nine Inch Nails early in September.

>

> I know of Extreme more via Gary Cherone's (mostly terrible) short

tenure 

> in Van Halen and Nuno's short stretch with Perry than Extreme

themselves. 

> I did pick up their new album a couple weeks ago on advice from a couple 

> other people and I think it's one of the best retro-hard rock releases



> this year.

>

> But wow.  Last night turned out to be a much better show than I figured 

> mostly due to the fact Kings X was the opening band..... or maybe 

> co-headlining band as they got a pretty generous hour plus set and imo and



> many others, came close to blowing Extreme off the stage. Extreme, which 

> is generally known as a poppish hair metal band from the early 90's

was 

> very impressive as well.  Their guitarist, Nuno is an incredible shredder 

> and overall, the band was incredibly tight and put on a very solid 90 

> minute set of their oldies and a few excellent cuts of their new album.

>

> On the KJ front, I asked a staff person at the box office about how well 

> tix for KJ are selling for the hell of it and she said I could buy as many



> as I want as "less than a hundred" appear to have been sold. 

Not good.

>

> T.B.

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