[kj] KJ - L.A.

[Brendan]

With you on POTF, really evocative song, not many people are big fans from
what I gather.


> An incredibly psychedelic/out of body experience...raged with Dave Grohl,

> Pat Smear & Kevin Haskins.  Vangelis/Blade Runner soundtrack into

> REQUIEM...was out of this world.  Pleasures of the Flesh would've created

> a collective (good) acid trip out of this world...Killing Joke in Palm

> Tree world - does it work?  Fuck Yeah.  Milleniums better than the El Ray

> show in 2003...although we miss Raven like a motherfucker...no offense,

> but Youth needs to tune his fucking bass...love the man though.  A being

> of pure love.  Unreal to witness the OG lineup.  Jaz couldn't breathe into

> the mic without creating the sound of the earth vomiting life into SoCal -

> no political commentary, just...MONEY!!!  MONEY IS NOT OUR GOD!!!...with

> Big Paul behind him & Geordie doing his relaxed guitar orchestra...un -

> fucking - believable.  Thank you for rocking the planet with your

> primordial breath, KJ...

> Please bring back PLEASURES OF THE FLESH & perhaps...TABAZAN!!!

> -GC

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

>   From: LONESTYLE at aol.com

>   To: gathering at misera.net

>   Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2008 12:39 PM

>   Subject: Re: [kj] chicago?

>

>

>   The People?

>

>   Do does that mean us the KJ fans?

>

>   Mmmmmmm?

>

>   ~LB

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>   In a message dated 10/17/2008 8:19:45 PM Pacific Daylight Time,

> cliffmonk at gmail.com writes:

>     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.

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