[kj] Band's sound on next cd

[fatpotanga]

I suppose one of the problems with such a diverse back catalogue is you acquire a diverse fan base.
One will inevitably be drawn to the sound/style that first snagged in your brain & made you quit your life as a humble blacksmiths apprentice & leap aboard the Good Shippe Killing Joke for adventure, revelry & much thigh slapping. 
I guess what I'm trying to say is we all hope it'll be like *insert fave style of KJ here* & unfortunately, because of our diversity, a ruck of us end up disappointed.
I wonder if that's why each subsequent offering gets such mixed reactions from us?
Me? 
Well I listen to pretty much anything & everything so am just grateful that there's another album in the pipeline & - occasional bouts of seasickness aside - i am thoroughly enjoying the voyage.
I don't want it to be like X - I don't want it to be like Y. 
What's the point in that?
We'll get what we're given (& if we don't like it, it'll be there again at breakfast) 
We should be thankful we're getting anything at all.

"Que Sera, Sera..." (sing along..) "Whatever will be will be..."

It's just occurred to me that there must be someone, somewhere, who's first experience of Killing Joke was hearing & falling in love with the sounds/style of America  - man, they must have been *really* disappointed!
(almost as much as most of us were...  :)


On 23 Mar 2010, at 23:57, B. Oliver Sheppard wrote:


> So does everyone here like a slick, expensive, "intruments spread way far apart"/stereo-to-the-max type sound???

> 

> Because, honestly, the version I heard of "Endgame" was pretty damn cool, ripped from streaming web audio or not. (And it was.)

> 

> It did not sound like multimillionaires were lurking in the shadows behind the production, throwing money at sound engineers. Granted, I am also a fan of DIY, lo-fi, garage-y, "authentic" type punk sounds. But sometimes I get the feeling that 50% of Killing Joke fans want everything to sound slick and polished like "Love Like Blood" - forever & ever more,  and that they cringe at the idea the band who made "The Wait" (metal) and "Are You Receiving?" (lo-fo yet brilliant early punk) might sound anything less like some slick Top 40, over-produced type of band.

> 

> Me, I like sludgy, lo-fi, trebly, etc., type sounds. Maybe I'm idiosyncratic compared to most KJ fans that way - I dunno. But i LOVED the version of "Endgame" I heard. I do NOT want to hear some slick type crap where it's full bore stereo and every instrument is clean and spread way far apart in a super-duper iMax 3D type setup. Give me a break. not ven they wanted that on Hosannas. Which I LOVED. I think Jaz knows what he is doing. I liked "Time Wave."

> 

> -Oliver





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