[kj] Opening Track/the Mish/Speed

[Neil Perry]

It is sad cos he's a lovely bloke but my mate said many people have
tried to help him, all to no avail. Things got very dark in that circle when
people started injecting, a whole step up from snorting the odd line now and
then. Or even snorting the odd line every night.
As for the appeal, well I used to shovel it in like there was no tomorrow
but
that's OK when you're 25! Agreed, I don't know how people do it when
they're 60 - or why some can function and some end up like Mick.

n

On 8 December 2010 13:41, Alexander Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net> wrote:


>

> 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>

>> 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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