[kj] Hammersmith highlights

[Paul Wady]

Well....
I can only add to what has been said.  I was right down the front with fine company from the Latymers, far right of the stage.  Jaz as definitely a happy man that night.  He spoke eloquently and wel (OOH, SO THIN!  GOT THAT BIKINI FIGURE NOW HAS OUR JEREMY).
At the end his praise of Geordie had the man smiling with embarrassment and love as he looked on at Jaz.  Then they got Paul from the back of the drums and all stood together in one big group-hug line, bowing simultaneously.  Really touching stuff.  
Walking through the building into the arena itself, there in the doorway leaving was Youth, right in front of me, texting as he went.  I said "good luck, good luck".  He smiled and walked off down and empty corridor to backstage, to emerge later in a white two-piece suit.  I couldn't hear the keyboards sometimes but they were there during others.  I was right below the speakers with my ear-protectors on so I did miss some notes, or they just werent there as has been commented.
A fine group of people in the pub.  Much respect to you all.  Like coming to a party you invited yourself to with people you have known for 7 years but never met!  Classy crew.  xxx
Got lots of pixx.  Where shall I post them all?  Please?





To: gathering at misera.net
Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2010 04:23:10 -0400
From: jpwhkj at aol.com
Subject: Re: [kj] Hammersmith highlights

One was definitely John Hinklenton (spelling according to Wiki).  Not sure about the other, but Youth's dad would make sense.












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I believe it was Youth’s father (Alan Glover) and John Hinkleton (the Judge Dread artist who spent time in the studio with KJ and later checked into Dignitas) ... but you are right that previously it has been dedicated to Ron and Ron ... 


 






From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On Behalf Of sade1

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Great summary, thanks lots for it.





 






> ..LLB next. It was dedicated to two people. Don't know who. 






 





I think the two persons Love Like Blood is dedicated to are Jaz's and Geordie's fathers, as in past. (both are deceased).





 





 









From: nicholas fitzpatrick <gasw30 at hotmail.com>

To: gathering at misera.net

Sent: Sat, October 16, 2010 5:08:40 PM

Subject: [kj] Hammersmith highlights





It was a long gig. They must have played the entire first album, except SO36. From memory, other albums visited were: WTF (Madness, Fall of Because); Nighttime (80s, LLB); Pandemonium (Pandemonium); KJ 2003 (Asteroid|); Absolute Dissent (AD, This World Hell, In Excelsis, European Super State... and others but I forget now). Also Change and Pssyche.

 

It was reported on the Gathering recently that Geordie was seen to smile on stage. I can report that he was smiling tonight too, a hell of a lot. He must have some good stash at the moment. He did not smoke on stage (not that I saw) and I doubt he even had time to have one in the break. Nor was there a bottle of wine on the amp. It's like he's being professional, or something.

 

They opened with Tomorrow's World. Youth's bass wasn't working at first. They then did LLB next. It was dedicated to two people. Don't know who. To my ear, Youth messed it up a bit in the instrumental break, or perhaps it was a mixing problem.

 

If there was one song that really got the crowd up it was Requiem, which came about half way through. The rendition was momentous, the sound cavernous. Everyone in the crowd knew the lyrics. It was the best moment and I hope they never drop it from the set list. Requiem seemed to launch the final absolutely frenzied half of the gig. They just went mental. Unfortunately I was having a standing-at-the-back-watching-type gig as I was with a mate who isn't a fan. I wish in hindsight it had been an in-the-pit gig because the set list was superb. They've obviously totally scrapped the old predictable roster of Communiun, Frenzy etc - though War Dance featured prominently at about three or four songs in. And it was crap. Youth didn't even play that nice litte doink-doink-doink bit on the harmonics.

 

I must say, Youth has really grown on me. He's cool. 

 

A Jaz moment: "Every concert I'm always asked about 2012. The truth is, I don't know. But I do know one thing..." Unforturnately, Gatherers, my hearing let me down here, so if anyone can fill in the gap. They then launched into Asteroid.

 

Also: "We want a European superstate so we can put Blair, Rumsfeld and Cheney on trial."

 

Another moment, just before the last song, Jaz gives the thank-yous: "I first want to thank this man here. Geordie. Geordie is the most tenacious... He's the only other member of Killing Joke that has been at every Killing Joke event since we started... I love him, he's a brother.... [Jaz then thanks the drum roadie, calling him, I think, the Stud Roadie, but I may have miss-heard; he then thanks the manager, saying he's the best they've ever had; he thanks the guitar roadie, saying he can remember him coming to KJ gigs with his school satchel]...Youth, Youth has brought so much honour and glory to the Killing Joke family; and finally Big Paul, without whom there would be no Killing Joke at all."

 

All the above is open to correction and clarifications by others. It's a bit late. I'm home now eating peanut butter on toast and watching a Tony Curtis film.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 


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