[kj] Anyway we can get KJ to play Austin's South by Southwest Music Fest this March!?

[Alexander Smith]

I'm not denying that there's any sonic/aesthetic link between KJ and  
LZ, but the *VASTY, SLACKJAWED MAJORITY* of Zeppelin fans are narrow- 
minded classic rockheads who revile anything even tenuously connected  
to Punk Rock.

Alex in NYC



On Jan 12, 2008, at 6:29 PM, ade wrote:


> Some of us see much in common between Zeppelin & KJ.

>

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

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> [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]On Behalf Of B. Oliver Sheppard

> Sent: 12 January 2008 08:32

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

> Subject: Re: [kj] Anyway we can get KJ to play Austin's South by

> Southwest Music Fest this March!?

>

>

> Yeah, KJ supporting Led Zeppelin just sounds like a nightmare for  

> about

> 3 or 4 different reasons I can think of off the top of my head. KJ  

> will

> come off as the odd sideshow during which all the folks will be  

> milling

> around and ignoring, or trying to show up after. KJ shouldn't try to

> ride the coattails of folks like Led Zeppelin or Motley Crue --  

> they're

> too good for that, and it's an odd, incongruent fit. Imagining Jaz inw

> arpaint blasting through "The Wait" while people want to hear  

> 'Stairway"

> -- I don't know; it strikes me as really odd.

>

> Early on The Damned did a small support tour for Marc Bolan, circa  

> 1978.

> That always struck me as really odd. Not sure how that actually fared,

> though.

>

> -B.

>

>

>

> Alexander Smith wrote:

>>

>> "if they take the opportunity to be the support band for led zep"

>>

>>

>> I don't know, Melinda --- I think they'd be eaten alive. I hate to

>> suggest it, but your *AVERAGE* Led Zep fan isn't notorious for being

>> especially open-minded.

>>

>>

>> Alex in NYC

>

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