[kj] Opening Track/the Mish/Speed

[Alexander Smith]

Cripes, he sounds like the Mish's own Syd Barrett.  How sad! If memory  
serves, he was somewhat hard to understand even back in the early 90s.

Never understood the appeal of speed -- how have guys like Wattie and  
Lemmy managed to keep imbibing it and stayed (relatively) healthy?

Alex in NYC


On Dec 8, 2010, at 4:08 AM, Neil Perry wrote:


> Funnily enough I was staying with an old mate in London last week,  

> him and

> his girlfriend are from Leeds and part of the old Mish circle. I  

> asked specifically

> about Mick and was told that due to him never giving up the old  

> speed-fuelled

> lifestyle, he is now pretty fucked and has ballooned to an enormous  

> size. He

> lives like a recluse and is rarely seen out, and people even have  

> trouble

> understanding him as he tends to gabble. All very sad. Most of the mob

> up there knew when it was time to give it up - there were several  

> heart attacks and

> other related health scares, a lot of them were injecting their  

> drugs - but Mick has

> carried on. I last saw him about 7 or 8 years ago and he was pretty  

> bad then, so

> god knows what he's like now. A great shame.

>

> n

>

> On 8 December 2010 04:47, Alexander Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net>  

> wrote:

>

> Why won't Mick do it? I mean, really -- fuck else is he doing?

>

> Alex in NYC

>

>

> On Dec 7, 2010, at 10:29 PM, Michael Garcia wrote:

>

>> I was at those final 4 shows. The CDs don't do it justice. I have  

>> video I shot there. The vibe was unlike any concert  I've been to  

>> before. We all knew those were final shows and the crowd responded  

>> with such intensity that I was blown away. Heading back there in  

>> October for the 25th reunion shows. Wayne simon and Craig minus  

>> Mick though

>>

>> Michael

>>

>> www.thor_recording at yahoo.com

>> www.myspace.com/pleasureandpainmusic

>> Skype: dragonfly_mg

>>

>> On Dec 7, 2010, at 1:32 PM, Alex Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net>  

>> wrote:

>>

>>> "time has really not been kind to it."

>>>

>>> Sadly, no it hasn't. Lost of the Mish stuff has aged more like  

>>> milk than like wine, especially with regards to Wayne's lyric- 

>>> writing and the production. That all said, they did have their  

>>> moments. Perhaps if they only released singles (instead of filler- 

>>> choked albums), they'd have been looked upon now with more kindness.

>>>

>>> I actually sprang for that five-CD live retrospective of their  

>>> goodbye stint at the Shepherd's Bush Empire wherein they played a  

>>> different album each night.

>>>

>>> I've listened to it once.

>>>

>>> Alex in NYC

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

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

>>> From: Peter Moltesen

>>> Sent: Dec 7, 2010 4:25 PM

>>> To: 'Alex Smith' , "'A list about all things Killing Joke (the  

>>> band!)'"

>>> Subject: RE: [kj] Opening Track

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> On 7 Dec 2010, at 19:56, Alex Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net> wrote:

>>>

>>>> For my money, the Mish were at their best when they were drunk  

>>>> off their ass and playing covers, but I'll never part with my  

>>>> copies of GOD'S OWN and THE FIRST CHAPTER.

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> Me neither – or all those damn / limited / numbered /  

>>>> autographed / 7”/10”/12” / box set singles they  

>>>> released….well….up to Tower ofStrength, anyway

>>>>

>>>> I listened to God’s own Medicine recently for the first time in  

>>>> ages and time has really not been kind to it.

>>>>

>>>> I always preferred Fields of the Nephilim (and still do)

>>>>

>>>> Peter

>>>>

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