[kj] No KJ/October File tour (what next for KJ?)

[Paul Rangecroft]

Hear, hear! [waves order paper in the air approvingly]

On Jan 20, 2008 4:19 PM, pssyche23 <antoni at clara.net> wrote:


>  I was thinking about this the other night ... with Raven's death, where

> does that leave KJ as a touring band ? Raven really was the life and soul of

> the live KJ experience. Is now bassist Kneill Brown a permanent member of

> the band ? Either way, what are Benny and Reza doing whilst KJ goes into a

> regular inactive period ? They have other projects so will the current line

> up ever record or tour again ? Will those Geordie demos come out as a solo

> venture or will some of the riffs end up on the next KJ album ?

>

> So it's 2008, if I was a betting man, I'd say that unless there was a

> burning desire to record new stuff (which itself would seem quite

> unnecessary considering most of those mighty stomps off Hosannas were never

> given a proper airing), the sensible money would be on a tour in 2009. Why

> 2009 ? It's the 30th anniversary of course ... and what better selling point

> for such a tour than "KILLING JOKE - ORIGINAL LINE UP" ... after 30 years if

> it's not the original lineup it borders on a glorified tribute band anyway

> ... of course Transmission brought Youth and Raven back together and Raven's

> funeral re-united the surviving originals ... any possibility ? It's what I

> am hoping for ... what better way there be to pay tribute to Raven than have

> the original line-up do one last big global tour, then maybe call it a day

> ... Jaz maybe wants KJ to go on forever ... well it does via the recordings

> ... I'd rather one big highly motivated effort from the original line

> up, than a faintly half-hearted follow up effort to Hosannas ...

>

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

> *From:* melinda grant <hollytree1961 at hotmail.com>

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

> *Sent:* Sunday, January 20, 2008 3:48 PM

> *Subject:* Re: [kj] No KJ/October File tour

>

> good atleast that k.j are planning to tour at some point in this year,but

> you know what jaz is like,says something,then its changed the next

> second,lets hope he means what he said this time ;)

>

>

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