[kj] fully ON topic - new tracks

[Karen Weil]

Lame as it may be, that was a killer i-view with the great BPF. I learned more about him reading that than I had in reading dozens of standard KJ pieces over the years.
(Done with the praise, now) ; ) 

Cheers,

K.W. 
The Left Coast 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Alexander Smith 
  To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!) 
  Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 4:00 AM
  Subject: Re: [kj] fully ON topic - new tracks




  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


    Bollox
    Anyone who saw them in those early years till the split will know they were nothing close to 'metal'


    What a ridiculous pile of intellectualised bs

    Karl Hunt




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


      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.

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




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