[kj] Soundgarden

[ade]

Well, when you're not filtering your creativity through prejudices, there's absolutely no reason
why ANYTHING can't be done, let alone mixing punk & bluegrass, or whatever. That's how Punk
came abput in the first place, surely? Oh, sorry, I forgot free expression is a crime in the Punk Bible.
Not at first, but the 'fans' soon changed that  ;)

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From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]On Behalf Of Brendan Quinn
Sent: 17 March 2008 00:40
To: 'A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)'
Subject: Re: [kj] Soundgarden



When did they claim to be the new punk...I think you've got your lines crossed on that one. This is one of their few forays into the punk ethic:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qEETTedSz0

 

Ben Shepherd who wrote the above song, the bassist, was more into the punk side of things. He defended mixing hillbilly and punk on this track as a completely natural thing to do because of the energy of the music, nothing to do with genres at all. Most of the comments I've read from them mention staying away from being pigeon holed into any genre at all. If you want I can forward you a link to a site with dozens of articles and intereviews from their whole career, a bit of an irrational domain, but with more (all lyrics, tab, articles, discography etc etc...quite an amazing site). 

 

To me they share with Killing Joke a certain darkness and intensity, their lyrics both deal with personal demons, politics, philosophy etc.

 

I can see how some people would find Cornell a bit screamy, esp early on.

 


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From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On Behalf Of GREG SLAWSON
Sent: Monday, 17 March 2008 1:17 p.m.
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
Subject: [kj] Soundgarden

 

I despise Soundgarden (esp. the Led Zep/JudASS Priest vocals), but i listened to that song "Nothing to Say" or whatever that was just posted, and I did hear a rather Geordie-esque guitar part...I guess that's why the site the Joke as an influence (don't they?). I still don't get why they always claimed to b the new punk though...


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Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:14:17 +0000
From: ade at the-lab.zetnet.co.uk
To: gathering at misera.net
Subject: [kj] [KJ] OT: Prescient Tory anti-Labour Poster...

Sh!t, man - looks like the tories got it right after all !!! 
http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Politics/Pix/pictures/2001/03/09/PAdemoneyes.gif 
I love that poster ! 


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