[kj] fully ON topic - new tracks

[Alexander Smith]

Nothing lamer than quoting one's own interview, but from back in `04:

ALEX: It seems Killing Joke are often lazily tagged as a Punk band.  
There are several Punk compilations that feature “Wardance” or  
“Eighties”. It seems to me that Killing Joke are so much MORE than  
just simply a Punk band…

BPF: Well exactly, and I’m never quite sure whether to be offended by  
that or not, because, I loved Punk music, but we weren’t. And I think  
our influences were beyond Punk. Obviously before Punk, there was Led  
Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and there was Yes even and King Crimson, and  
those had all influenced me as a player, and the other guys would say  
other things, but I’m sure they were all part of their history as  
well. I know Geordie was really influenced by Van Halen.

ALEX: Really?

BPF: Maybe I shouldn’t say that, but I’d never heard Van Halen until  
Geordie played it. And AC/DC. So, for us to be called a Punk band –  
yes, we came from that era, but we weren’t just about jumping up and  
down and spitting and three chords. We really wanted to create  
something that was really, really heavy and dramatic and life changing.





That doesn't make KJ a metal band per se, but there are certainly  
metal elements to their sound.



Alex in NYC




On Oct 8, 2009, at 6:23 AM, Simon Abinett wrote:


> Never have and never will be a metal band.

> They didn't even venture into metal crossover territory until  

> Pandemonium era.

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> From: ukarl.hunt at googlemail.com

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2009 09:49:50 +0100

> Subject: Re: [kj] fully ON topic - new tracks

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> Bollox

> Anyone who saw them in those early years till the split will know  

> they were nothing close to 'metal'

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> What a ridiculous pile of intellectualised bs

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> Karl Hunt

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> On 7 Oct 2009, at 22:38, "Brendan" <bq at soundgardener.co.nz> wrote:

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> They've been metal from the first album, and late model KJ isn't  

> pseudo metal it's full blown. More metal than punk over the course  

> of their career IMO, and for the better too.

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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENiZLWuDjAo

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