[kj] Mojo Review........

Alexander Smith vassifer at earthlink.net
Sat Oct 2 11:47:38 EDT 2010



'this one's an out-of-the-blue anti-establishment classic'


Nice!!

Alex in NYC

On Oct 2, 2010, at 11:43 AM, Rob Horan wrote:


> sorry, I can't reproduce it....oh fuck it, is a quiet Sat arvo

> anyway.......

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> 'Jaz Coleman's crew (!), rarely absent from duty, perma-influential

> via grunge, industrial and thrash/death/black metal have doled

> outsome mighty records in latter years, including 1994's trance-

> tinged Pandemonium, and 2003's Killing Joke, which boasted pre-

> Vulture guest sticksman Dave Grohl. Finally reunited with lengthiest

> deserter 'Big' Paul Ferguson (drums), plus Youth on bass, this

> gnarly, apocalyptic, uniquely relevant combo deliver their late-

> period masterpiece. Far from a cheery re-invocation of Ferguson-era

> post-punkage, Absolute Dissent ploughs on triumphantly into that

> murky, tribal, empire-busting KJ netherworld. On This World Hell,

> Geordie achieves sufficient riff-chunkiness to decapitate even a

> Slayer nut, while European Super State could have a field full of ex-

> Eastern Bloc ravers waving glow-sticks with abandon. The sound,

> throughout, is immense, infernal, but anthemic. From the title

> track's monolithic defiance down, this one's an out-of-the-blue anti-

> establishment classic'

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> Andrew Perry (any relation to our gatherer?)

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

> From: gathering-bounces at misera.net on behalf of Rob Horan

> Sent: Sat 02/10/2010 15:07

> To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)

> Subject: RE: [kj] Reviews now stored on KJ MySpace blog:

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> this month's Mojo does have the review, 4 stars as well!

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> Subject: [kj] Reviews now stored on KJ MySpace blog:

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