[kj] New Topic-Best Drummer

Darren A. Peace dpeace at bigfoot.com
Tue Jan 19 10:34:07 EST 2010


Another vote for Benny as the second best. I really liked what he added
live.



Darren

Hungerford, UK



From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On
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Sent: 19 January 2010 9:28 AM
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
Subject: Re: [kj] New Topic-Best Drummer



No question big paul he is essential to the joke, without big paul they are
only a likeness.



Exactly Todd!

When he was kicked out the dynamic changed & they gradually became this big
rock monster.

I've said before rock drummers were never right - you needed someone with
that sense of feeling & expression.

Listen to Pauls stuff, it's not these HUGE rock drums, just very musical
drumming, bristling with energy that was totally interwoven into the music.

Atkins however was truly superb on EDVR.

After seeing them on the extremities tour (although if memory serves they
played a few dates with Atkins before it's release?) I wrote an embarrassing
rambling drunken letter to ODIC bemoaning that Atkins was great drummer but
wasn't Killing Joke

It's a shame it had to be something as tragic as ravens passing that
facilitated something as positive as Pauls return.



For me Benny was the best they'd had in lieu of Paul but lets face it there
has only ever really been one drummer.

Everyone else has merely been keeping his seat warm & I'd be surprised to
find a single person who'd disagree.





On 18 Jan 2010, at 23:26, fluw wrote:







No question big paul he is essential to the joke, without big paul they are
only a likeness.



Atkins is over rated










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