[kj] What about Benny?

[Brendan Quinn]

I hope they’ve patched things up now, it’s a long time since  ‘87 was it?

 

I had a falling out with my best mate last year, will be the same deal I
think. It’s all just a shame. Working with friends…fraught with risk. As is
friending with workers :)

 

Hopefully Benny understood what he was getting himself into from the outset,
they aren’t a fresh young band starting off, and he’s already number, dunno,
since the first drummist. Jaz raved about him on the XXV DVD.

 

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From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On
Behalf Of Javier Garcia
Sent: Saturday, 1 March 2008 3:17 p.m.
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
Subject: Re: [kj] What about Benny?

 

Well that Van Halen thing was really, really stupid... 

On the KJ side, i understand they will even will record an album with the
original members. If this, along with the tinny reunion tour, means more
money for them: congrats! i don't mind at all. 
The return of Big Paul after more than 20 years is something extraordinary,
and something many of us were asking for, we almost dreamed about it. So i
don't get it now, you're sad because Big Paul is back and Benny's out? 
On the other hand Youth is just the right man for the bass job after the sad
loss of the Black Bird. 

Have you considered we're talking about what could easily be the last KJ
tour and album? (and i honestly hope it won't happen) 

They have been unfair to Ben since they don't make gigs anymore. How many
times did he play live? 

Benny's a young man with more musical projects going on and more new things
to come. 

Big Paul is not so young... and he's almost like a living legend. 



I'm pretty excited! 


My two pesos 

Javier 
mexico city 










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Subject : Re: [kj] What about Benny?

Date : Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:40:31 -0800


>From : "T.B." <Partyslammer at socal.rr.com>


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



Stamperdanny at wmconnect.com wrote: 






> With Big Paul returning, does this mean Ben Calvert will no longer play 



> with 



> KJ, or will they utilize two drummers? It seems unfair to cast him by the 



> wayside as great a drummer as he is. 




Bands unfortunately do that all the time when the lure of any kind of money 

for a "reunion" gets in the main band member's heads. Just ask 30+ year 

bass player Michael Anthony for Van Halen when he was unceremoniously dumped


when Eddie decided he wanted his 16 year old son in the band when they got 

David Lee Roth back in the band. 



T.B. 



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