[kj] fully ON topic - new tracks

[Christof hamille]

You know..... I don't know what's worse.  That you would bring up a later era Hagar/HAlen album or that you can specify names off said albums.

The minds reels

;)

Chris

p.s. to clarify there were no bad Roth era albums.  The greatest hits thing doesn't count.  And for as cheesey and lame some of the 1984 songs were they are still more listenable and enjoyable then Cheesecake or I81B4U, etc., etc. puke you up your over-priced tequilla


> From: planetary at socal.rr.com

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2009 08:27:57 -0700

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

> 

> Alexander Smith wrote:

> 

> 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.

> 

> ++++++++++++++

> 

> Heh, I wonder if Geordie was specifically into the Roth era or Hagar era?

> 

> There's some elements in Eddies later playing on the F.U.C.K. album and 

> especially on the '94 "Balance" album that certainly draw some comparisons 

> to KJ and especially Geordies early 90's style.  Of course, you have to 

> consciously tune out Sammy Hagar's inane lyrics but listening to songs like 

> "The Seventh Seal" and "Learning to See," there's definite comparisons 

> between the two bands and guitarists.

> 

> T.B. 

> 

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