[kj] Reformation

[gingoblin at easynet.co.uk]

Ha ha, yeah, I saw that Sham were at Bukta!! What the fuck?!!  Such a 
scenic setting, with Hurry Up Harry blasting out in the background... sheer 
bliss!!!
It's not even Pursey on vocals now... I don't know if that's better or worse...

Dave in Edinburgh


At 00:00 25/03/2009 +0100, Neil Perry <65snoopy at gmail.com>
  wrote:

>I see! 'xHawkwind'... that's unbelievably shit. But quite funny. I saw 

>Inner City Unit a

>couple of times, were always a laugh. Plus I once went to see a play Bob 

>Calvert wrote

>and directed about Jimi Hendrix. It was very good.

>

>As for (Darren's?) comment about Voivod, I'm with you there. Always really 

>wanted

>to like them.. but they were a bit crap. I think I did the same with my 

>copy of that

>first album. I'd probably like 'em now.

>

>Reunions?

>Kyuss would be top of the list, followed by Husker Du, original Helmet line-up

>sticking to the first three albums and actually being able to attend

>the Jesus Lizard gigs which I CANNOT GO TO, godammit.

>

>n

>PS Dave - you won't believe who's turning up at Bukta this year - Sham 69!

>

>

>

>2009/3/24 <<mailto:gingoblin at easynet.co.uk>gingoblin at easynet.co.uk>

>>Nah, it was Bruce Watson from Big Country on guitar for the Skids... did 

>>a good job actually. And Jobson was great too... one of the biggest 

>>cheers of the night was when he said something along the lines of "I've 

>>been guilty of being a bit of an arsehole over the years"... a huge cry 

>>of WE KNOW!!  But he'd put down the SKids for a long time, despite it 

>>(still) being the best thing he's ever done.

>>

>>Neil... it was the REAL Hawkwind that were playing in Oslo. This is the 

>>whole problem, Nik Turner (who left in, er, 1976!) has his own band of 

>>"ex-members" who started off calling themselves xHawkwind. They were 

>>fucking awful actually. Then it changed to Space Ritual after a legal 

>>battle, which is at least a bit less confusing. Now they're playing as 

>>Hawklords, so it's back being confusing again!  I actually know people 

>>who've seen this under-rehearsed shambles and thought they were seeing 

>>the real thing.  On the whole though, it's a bunch of people who never 

>>wrote the songs or played on the records.   Bet you wished you'd never asked!

>>

>>And are there really no other Terry & The Idiots fans on this list??!!

>>

>>Dave in Edinburgh

>>

>>PS. Alex, I'm in full agreement on the Stranglers! It's been about 20 

>>years since I've seen them, and they're still amongst my faves, so not 

>>seeing 'em live is a killer... but it just isn't gonna happen with Hugh 

>>(though I suppose if Magazine can reform, ANYTHING can happen!).   Did 

>>see the DVD of the Roundhouse gig last year with the newish lineup... no 

>>Paul Roberts, and a guy on guitar/vocs so it's back to a 4-piece. It was 

>>actually pretty good.  But they still need Hugh!  Oh, I wanna see the 

>>Stranglers!

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>At 16:31 24/03/2009 +0000, you wrote:

>>>The Skids reformed before Adamson died?

>>>

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

>>>From: <mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net>gathering-bounces at misera.net 

>>>[mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]

>>>On Behalf Of <mailto:gingoblin at easynet.co.uk>gingoblin at easynet.co.uk

>>>Sent: 24 March 2009 16:27

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

>>>Subject: Re: [kj] Reformation

>>>

>>>Strangely, 9 out of 10 (roughly!) of 'em have been great for me!  Ruts,

>>>Skids, Stooges, Magazine, Roky Erickson (though he didn't as much reform

>>>as return from space), Killing Joke, The Sonics... hmm, I'm sure there's

>>>been others.  Only ones that were poor were the Pistols (100% due to

>>>Lydon thinking he's above rehearsing and just generally being an

>>>embarrassment

>>>now) and X Ray Spex (lack of rehearsal it seemed, and crap

>>>drummer).      Terry and the Idiots are the ones I'm really hoping for

>>>though...

>>>Dave in Edinburgh

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>At 08:52 24/03/2009 -0700, you wrote:

>>> >I wish these folks would stop. I guess the royalty checks are getting

>>>thin?

>>> >9 times out of ten, these events are a huge disappointment.

>>> >Unless we've all gone senile and are now in our second childhood?

>>> >

>>> >

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

>>> >Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 07:32:46 +0000

>>> >From: <mailto:bawhitehead at gmail.com>bawhitehead at gmail.com

>>> >To: <mailto:gathering at misera.net>gathering at misera.net

>>> >Subject: [kj] Reformation

>>> >

>>> >On the subject of bands reforming and as mentioned in this article,

>>> >there can't be a lot left.

>>> >We've had Sex Pistols, Magazine, Gang Of Four, KJ (original), Faith No

>>> >More, Pixies...the list goes on and on.

>>> >The one I'd like to see again is a first two LP era PiL.

>>> >

>>> >Brian.

>>> >

>>> >

>>> >2009/3/24 Brendan

>>> ><<mailto:bq at soundgardener.co.nz><mailto:bq at soundgardener.co.nz>bq at sound 

>>> gardener.co.nz>

>>> >Get out your shoulder pads and limber up your anus, Spandau Ballet are

>>> >back...

>>> >

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