[kj] KJ in LA --

[Alexander Smith]

Must we go through this again?

Alex in NYC



On Mar 19, 2008, at 2:59 AM, Leigh Newton wrote:


> One of my favourite things to do on this list is reiterate that  

> Jane's Addiction were LA Glam Metal with dreadlocks.

>

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

> From: Bill Meissner <BMeissner at encorehollywood.com>

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

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> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 10:09:55 PM

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>   I saw JANE'S ADDICTION for $5 at a place called the Blind Pig in

> Illinois years ago during the Triple X/ Live years before "Nothing's

> Shocking" came out - also saw them at the first Lollapalooza in 91' w/

> Siouxsie and the Banshees - great live show! I was tripping balls! Fun

> Fun Fun.......

>

>       Billy Goat

>

>

>

>

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> On Behalf Of T.B.

> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 6:39 PM

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

> Subject: Re: [kj] KJ in LA --

>

> "sade1" wrote:

>

> (snip)

>

>>   The HoBs-Anaheim on the other hand, the prob' is the people who go

>> there. I always

>> compare on other lists (LiveJournal, Craigslist, MySpace, etc.) shows

>

>> that play both

>> Sunset and Anaheim by people who've gone to both (Cure, Murphy,

> Ministry,

>> Siouxsie,

>> etc.), and the 'feel', that crowd 'vibe', is just frustratingly

> missing,

>> big time. And i see

>> that every time.

>

> Yeah, I have to agree the majority of shows have more of a "vibe" at  

> the

>

> Hollywood HOB.

>

>> P.S.

>>  What's Jane's Addiction like live? I've only seen 'em at Amoeba and

> i

>> loved them.

>

> I've been lucky enough to see Jane's Addiction over half a dozen times

> dating back to their "Nothings Shocking" album in '88.  IMO, drummer

> Stephen

> Perkins is one of the top 10 greatest rock drummers on the planet.

>

> I've never really seen a bad show by them although a couple shows have

> been

> barely average.  However, a few shows have been out of the ballpark  

> home

>

> runs including a Hollywood Palladium show early in the Ritual de Lo

> Habitual

> tour in '91 that was professionally recorded and filmed by the band

> (several

> songs from this show showed up on the "Kettle Whistle" album).   

> Probably

> the

> best show I've caught and certainly my favorite was the ENIT festival

> show

> in San Francisco in '97 with Flea on bass.

>

> Unlike a lot of Jane's fans, I liked the last studio album "Strays" in

> '03 a

> lot although the bass player they had that album and tour was not even

> close

> to Eric Avery or Flea.

>

> There's going to be a pretty nice live cd/dvd box set of several key

> Jane's

> shows probably all from the original lineup coming out near the end of

> '08.

>

> T.B.

>

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