[kj] FW: Killing Joke's career/[OT] Other Bands...

[The Exorcist]

We're just a lazy/picky lot.(Well at least I am.)  It'll come around.
Though mentioning it is not the wisest of choices. :)

At 07:16 PM 12/22/2008, Stephen Lawrence wrote:

>for what it's worth i saw them at the academy 

>brixtahn londahn engerland and sorry to say as 

>much as i love the album they were a big 

>dissappointment live so glad to discover prong 

>supporting who didn't get a fair hearing from 

>the sychophantic fnm fans btw i 've commented on 

>a coupla things but nobody seems to wanna acknowledge me or the comments

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>From: bq at soundgardener.co.nz

>To: gathering at misera.net

>Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 04:54:52 +1100

>Subject: Re: [kj] FW: Killing Joke's career/[OT] Other Bands...

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>Angeldust is epic but I’d also have to loved to 

>see FNM touring around the time of The Real Thing:

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><http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAqXJYY11eA>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAqXJYY11eA

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>Chances of getting laid have to be good after 

>going to an early Mike Patton gig



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>I’ve got all their albums, even the early ones, 

>but I don’t even know the guitarist’s name. 

>Reminds me of Kim Thayil. Damn good.

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>From: gathering-bounces at misera.net 

>[mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On Behalf Of jerry bodkin

>Sent: Tuesday, 23 December 2008 04:46

>To: gathering at misera.net

>Subject: [kj] FW: Killing Joke's career/[OT] Other Bands...

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>From: jelbod at hotmail.co.uk

>To: jimharper666 at yahoo.co.uk

>Subject: RE: [kj] Killing Joke's career/[OT] Other Bands...

>Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 17:15:16 +0000

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>

>  Yep, i'm with you Jim, Angeldust is a superb 

> album, funnily enough the Mrs. and i gave it a 

> spin just the other day, well worth it. The 

> only track worth a listen on TRT is Woodpeckers 

>  From Mars, but that's just my opinion.

>

>  Jel No More.

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>Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 17:09:18 +0000

>From: jimharper666 at yahoo.co.uk

>To: gathering at misera.net

>Subject: Re: [kj] Killing Joke's career/[OT] Other Bands...

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>I suspect that the brief single 'squeak' taken 

>from 'Cecilia' was the band's witty riposte 

>after being told off for putting so many samples on Angel Dust.

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>Angel Dust is an incredible album, for sure. I 

>was a bit bemused to see the '1001 Albums You 

>Must Own Before You Die' including The Real 

>Thing but not Angel Dust. TRT isn't a bad album 

>at all, but it's neither as good nor as original as the next one.

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>I've always felt it's a pity that so many bands 

>were inspired by FNM to play a fusion of funk, 

>rap and metal, when they should really have been 

>inspired to ignore genre limitations and carve 

>out their own path- FNM's real musical legacy.

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>Jim.

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>--- On Mon, 22/12/08, Brendan Quinn <bq at soundgardener.co.nz> wrote:

>

>From: Brendan Quinn <bq at soundgardener.co.nz>

>Subject: Re: [kj] Killing Joke's career/[OT] Other Bands...

>To: "'A list about all things Killing Joke (the 

>band!)'" <gathering at misera.net>

>Date: Monday, 22 December, 2008, 4:39 PM

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>FNM, good call. Is it just me or is the horn at 

>6 seconds into Midlife Crisis a crackup?

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><http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESjyB8EMw4w>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESjyB8EMw4w 

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>Angel Dust is an album you gotta have, no excuse 

>permitted. The following video is total proof 

>that nothing coming out these days compares to the early 90s:

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><http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGKjeRgn4CA&feature=related>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGKjeRgn4CA&feature=related 

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>From: gathering-bounces at misera.net 

>[mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On Behalf Of Jim Harper

>Sent: Tuesday, 23 December 2008 03:00

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

>Subject: Re: [kj] Killing Joke's career/[OT] Other Bands...

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>Just thought I'd chime in with a few more acts 

>worth tracking down and evaluating:

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>A) I'm sure most Joke fans (and people into 

>general alternative/metal in the early 90s) will 

>already have digested and evaluated these guys, 

>but if you haven't, it's definitely worth 

>looking at Faith No More. Their first two albums 

>are patchy funk-metal with a bad singer, while 

>The Real Thing is solid funk-metal with a decent 

>singer, but they were something entirely 

>different on Angel Dust, King For A Day and 

>Album of the Year: heavy, experimental, funny, 

>abrasive and defiantly individualist. They were 

>openly influenced by Killing Joke- the drummer 

>was very inlfuenced by the Joke and PiL, Billy 

>Gould's bass playing is often reminscent of 

>Raven's, while they're another of the few 

>rock/metal bands of the time that used keyboards 

>openly without sounding wimpy or poppy. I know 

>not everyone on here thinks much of 'em, but for 

>my money Faith No More were one of the greats. 

>(It's just a shame some of the guitar on Angel 

>Dust is so mediocre- Jim Martin was just not up to the task by then).

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>B) Not as abrasive as the Joke, but the first 

>two Psychedelic Furs albums really deserve a 

>listen for anyone into post-punk or new wave. 

>Having said that, anyone into post-punk or new 

>wave has probably already heard them.

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>C) D'espairsRay. Japanese rock. First-rate 

>Japanese rock, well worth hearing. Much better 

>than the somewhat overrated Dir En Grey.

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>My 2p'th.

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>Jim.

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