[kj] Extreme Drum Onslaught

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Wouldn't it be nice if they did EXTREMITIES with two drummers...?!?!!

--- On Sat, 18/10/08, Alexander Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net> wrote:


> From: Alexander Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net>

> Subject: Re: [kj] chicago?

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

> Date: Saturday, 18 October, 2008, 3:12 PM

> Amen to that.

> 

> I didn't speak to my own father for about five years

> until we  

> reconciled last year.

> 

> Life is too short for bad blood.

> 

> Alex in NYC

> 

> 

> On Oct 18, 2008, at 9:38 AM, melinda grant wrote:

> 

> > itlovely when people put their past differances aside

> and start  

> > afresh,its kinda heart warming and a lesson in life i

> think ;)

> >

> > From: vassifer at earthlink.net

> > To: gathering at misera.net

> > Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2008 09:34:57 -0400

> > Subject: Re: [kj] chicago?

> >

> >

> > Ahh, that's quite nice.

> >

> > Alex in NYC

> >

> >

> > On Oct 17, 2008, at 11:19 PM, Cliff Livingston wrote:

> >

> > Hiya Ok guys just got this from Invisible Records

> latest  

> > newsletter.Looks like Martin Atkins and the guys got

> on well in  

> > Chicago,i'm very pleased to hear this.Peace,Cliff

> > Killing Joke

> > Sometimes you can find buckets full of reasons why not

> to do  

> > something.  And my god, I certainly had a few buckets

> worth of  

> > reasons not to go to the Killing Joke Tuesday night in

> Chicago.  A  

> > bucket load of kids at home, a bucket full of jet lag

> from China,  

> > buckets full of other things to do,  and a bucket full

> of emotions  

> > ( good and bad) about the band, the music, the people,

> and the  

> > memories.

> > But, nothing except a bucket full of good came out of

> my trip to the  

> > show Tuesday.  The band was tight.  Paul Ferguson was

> rock solid and  

> > hammered all of the songs in the set (which was made

> up of mostly  

> > early material).  I hadn't seen Youth play bass

> since Hammersmith in  

> > 1981; he was terrific.  Geordie was, well…..Geordie.

>  I still don't  

> > fully get how he makes that noise so effortlessly when

> three other  

> > guitarists and a computer work station would be

> struggling to come  

> > close.  The swagger, the smirk, and the ease just

> underline his  

> > unique vibe.  And, as many times as I found reasons in

> the past to  

> > slag on Jaz, he was leaner than I think I have ever

> seen him, on  

> > form, and hitting all the notes he needed to hit. The

> show was a  

> > triumphant statement of what this band is and was, and

> what music  

> > can be.  It captured the unique chemistry that I was

> fortunate  

> > enough to be part of.

> > I sang along with most of the songs.  I don't know

> if Jaz dedicated  

> > "Love Like Blood" to Raven, but the words of

> the chorus punched me  

> > in the throat as I thought about absent friends.

> > I hadn't spoken with Jaz since leaving the band

> over 10 years ago….   

> > Dressing rooms after a show, (especially the last show

> of a world  

> > tour) can be difficult places for difficult

> relationships to find  

> > peace and reconnections.  I was welcomed and made to

> feel, for a  

> > little while, like a part of this very cool, twisted

> family, happy  

> > to celebrate its ups and downs in an atmosphere where

> past mistakes,  

> > outbursts, indiscretions, or even flat out fights are

> accommodated  

> > and passed over with a raised eyebrow, a smile, or

> simply,  

> > thankfully just hanging out.

> > Where a hole had existed inside of me for a while (too

> important to  

> > ignore, maybe too difficult to confront head-on)

> there's now just a  

> > bucket full of something else sloshing around.  I

> don't know what it  

> > was – the music, Raven's passing, or maybe that

> we're all getting  

> > older and don't know if we're going to see

> each other soon or  

> > again.   But, I feel better, more resolved, prouder of

> my work as a  

> > small part of the family of Killing Joke, and looking

> forward to the  

> > next time.  THANK YOU, Jaz, Geordie, Youth, and Big

> Paul.

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 1:07 PM, drunk wish

> <dwish2000 at hotmail.com>  

> > wrote:

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