[kj] For those who miss the old Geordie sound/ blonde hair and hollowbodies

Michael Garcia sandstorm_mg at yahoo.com
Tue Oct 14 23:06:04 EDT 2008


I have the cult live at Lyceum (1983???) . Pre Love hair black wearing all leather hoisting his gretsch white falcon. One hell of an imressive night from Duffy

Michael


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From: Alex Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net>
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Subject: Re: [kj] For those who miss the old Geordie sound/ blonde hair and hollowbodies


I remember first seeing the video for "She Sells Sanctuary" -- feat spikily bequiffed Duffy wielding a big, thick-body Gretsch and *IMMEDIATELY* thought he was ripping of Geordie.

Alex in NYC


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>From: fluw <fluwdot at earthlink.net>

>Sent: Oct 14, 2008 11:22 AM

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

>Subject: Re: [kj] For those who miss the old Geordie sound/ blonde hair and hollowbodies

>

>

>I recently saw a gretsch guitar company interview with billy duffy and he

>mentioned brian setzer with the stray cats in the UK in '79 as being his

>influence to pick up a gretsch.

>

>As far as comparison of sound and look of billy to Geordie - it is a

>question - I am not sure the gathering as ever been able to answer.

>

>Does anyone remember when billy first pick up the gretsch and combed his

>hair in a blonde pompadour? Was it before 82 when Geordie returned from

>Iceland with his similar new sound and look?

>

>

>-----------

>BTW, I'm probably stating the obvious, but did Billy Duffy of The Cult ever

>-cite Geordie as a big influence because he certainly nicked Geordie's basic

>

>tone down to playing a somewhat similar kind of guitar (Gretsch) and maybe

>even Geordie's look during The Cult's Dreamtime/Love era.

>

>T.B.

>

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