[kj] Milan report (Saturday)

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I had to translate it for you after clicking the link...


Grand, eagerly awaited reunion tour for?Killing Joke,
band that is defined as "new wave" by those who follow music sporadically, yet it is is a fundamental band in the band history of metal (especially industrial)? music-- it suffice to count the covers proposed by eminent bands, such as Metallica, Foo
Fighters, Helmet, Amen, Disbelief.

 It is a reunion that sharply turns the clock back to the very early Eighties, with the curious decision to play two concerts in every city that is reached, by proposing the first two albums in their entirety (Killing Joke and What's THIS For...!) in the first show, and?Pandemonium along with the very first singles on the second date.

I attended the second show in Milan, in a Rolling Stone that was surely not sold out, nevertheless it was energized by a warm audience, ready to welcome Jaz Coleman and follow him in his music delirium. It does not matter if hair is probably dyed, it does not matter if the band is a little more static than it was twenty years ago, the grinning of Jaz's teeth is enough to unleash frenzy and ovations, the starting of?Kings And Queens intro is enough to bring all the presents back to a part of music history.

All in all, a very good, very visceral and very long show, with 22 songs in the setlist and that lasted almost two hours. A unique experience, which the pictures you can see below cannot do justice to, if not for looking at them and admire how the years have passed on the skin of the musicians, yet without weakening their determination .




                            KILLING JOKE - live @ Rolling Stone, Milano, Italy

  20 September 2008

    SETLIST:



  01. Communion

  02. Wardance

  03. We Have Joy

  04. Sun Goes Down

  05. Whiteout

  06. Exorcism

  07. Kings And Queens

  08. Millenium

  09. Black Moon

  10. Labyrinth

  11. The Pandys Are Coming

  12. Turn To Red

  13. Empire Song

  14. Mathematics Of Chaos

  15. TimeWave

  16. The Wait

  17. Money Is Not Our God

  18. Asteroid

  19. Pandemonium

  ---

  20. The Hum

  21. Eighties

  22. Pssyche



    Photos by Paolo "The Punisher" Bianco



                                                    



KILLING JOKE is:

        Jaz Coleman

  Kevin "Geordie" Walker

  Martin "Youth" Glover

  Paul Ferguson


                        





 





 



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Apologies if this URL has already been posted but some bloody good photos 
from the 20th ... anyone able to translate ? Cheers?

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> Youth does elaborate a bit :?




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> 22 Sep 2008?




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>     All the fun of the fair !?




>?




>      Well the second show in Milan was a classic Moody one....ruffled?




> feathers and lashing outs all round .The crew and support band are?




> revolting........!It ain't easy and the bus is tough but they didn't have 

> to?




> go around Germany for 6 weeks in a transit with no hotels in the?




> 80's...thats what I call bad! Still our veteran of the road,the good 

> Captain?




> Patrick Sparrow, our road manager ,routed the rebels with a promise of F1?




> motorway hotel for the night and the circus rolled on out of town intact !?




>      I met John from England who has a 4 volume complete collection of Kj?




> press.He brought one with and kindly allowed my to take some pix (check?




> photo blog) I really encouraged him to publish the whole thing with a?




> CD....what a quest !I hope he wasn't too disappointed with meeting?




> us....lots of expectation!?




>      It was a pleasure to meet old friends of the band like Luca and 

> Stefan?




> .Weird after first show in the taxi back to the hotel an Infadels single i?




> produced this year came on "free things for poor people" sounded fat ,then?




> after the second show the DJ drops "twist"by the Futureheads, another 

> recent?




> production ....the intro took me bye surprise and I mentioned to Jaz 

> "check?




> this tune out" then realized I had made it ! She sounded razor sharp and 

> the?




> Milanese saturday night dancefloor exploded with a youthfull indie stomp.?




> Jaz raised one caterpillar eyebrow and dismisively muttered "Powerpop" 

> under?




> his breath ...with a grunt...bless him!?




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>> That is the setlist from the 2nd night BUT they didn't play Timewave (and?




>> 5?




>> other songs were dropped - Sun Goes Down, Asteriod, Pandemonium, The Hum 

>> &?




>> Eighties) ... Geordie was not at the soundcheck ... I was relieved to see?




>> him come on stage as Dave Simpson (guitar tech was standing there for 

>> ages?




>> with the golden harp and I thought he was gonna have to fill in !!!) ... 

>> I?




>> believe the atmosphere was a tad strained afterwards (not that I was 

>> party?




>> to this) ... Jaz stormed off after Pssyche (which admittedly was the last?




>> song of the set) ... they played about 1hr 15mins as opposed to 1hr 45?




>> mins?




>> the first night ... the 19th was tremendous & mostly the 20th was?




>> fantastic?




>> although it was disappointing not to hear Time Wave and The Hum ... I?




>> can't?




>> really elaborate more on proceedings ... I hope that any issues get?




>> resolved?




>> before tonight (Zurich) and the 2 nights in Berlin ...?




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>> Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 5:27 AM?




>> Subject: Re: [kj] Milan report?




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>>> Check out song Number 15:?




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>>> KILLING JOKE - live @ Rolling Stone, Milano, Italy?




>>> 20 September 2008?




>>> SETLIST:?




>>>?




>>> 01. Communion?




>>> 02. Wardance?




>>> 03. We Have Joy?




>>> 04. Sun Goes Down?




>>> 05. Whiteout?




>>> 06. Exorcism?




>>> 07. Kings And Queens?




>>> 08. Millenium?




>>> 09. Black Moon?




>>> 10. Labyrinth?




>>> 11. The Pandys Are Coming?




>>> 12. Turn To Red?




>>> 13. Empire Song?




>>> 14. Mathematics Of Chaos?




>>> 15. TimeWave?




>>> 16. The Wait?




>>> 17. Money Is Not Our God?




>>> 18. Asteroid?




>>> 19. Pandemonium?




>>> ---?




>>> 20. The Hum?




>>> 21. Eighties?




>>> 22. Pssyche?




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