[kj] Fleece Review

[Alexander Smith]

Seems like friction's always been an integral part of the KJ dynamic.  
I just hope it all holds together.

Then again, they've made it this far.

Alex in NYC


On Sep 26, 2010, at 9:19 AM, Chris Williamson wrote:


> Totally agree with your views of the band being negative.  They  

> were, and also they (Geordie and Jaz mostly) were squabbling on  

> stage more than once.

>

> it was funny when Youth said who wants to hear Jaz speak and  

> everyone shouted "No"  ha ha ha.

>

> they were late on because of problems with the sound on the new  

> tracks.  half the problem is that if the drums are to loud, Jaz has  

> to shout instead of sing which defeats the feel of the track  

> especially the likes of Raven King.  The new tracks definately need  

> working of properly with regard to the sound.

>

> They didn't come back on because they were arguing (apparently).

>

> Don't get me wrong, I still really enjoyed the night and the gig but  

> there are issues that require addressing in my opinion.

>

> Chris

>

>

>

> > Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 13:24:33 +0100

> > From: npscott at blueyonder.co.uk

> > To: gathering at misera.net

> > Subject: Re: [kj] Fleece Review

> >

> > I can do a far more coherent review I think, I am only wasted  

> because

> > I went already with man flu, and really do feel after it all like I

> > have real flu today...so was on the pop....yes real pop last night.

> >

> > To start with, nope they didn't play Butcher at all...they opened  

> with

> > Tomorrow's World. I cannot remember the track running order, but can

> > remember all the songs and relevant albums, so here we go :

> >

> > Killing Joke 1980/EPs

> >

> > Tommorow's World

> > Requiem

> > The Wait

> > Wardance

> > Change

> > Psyche

> >

> > What's This For?!

> >

> > This Is Madness

> > Fall Of Because

> >

> > Killing Joke 2003

> >

> > Asteroid

> >

> > Absolute Dissent

> >

> > The Great Cull

> > Fresh Fever From The Skies

> > In Excelsis

> > European Superstate

> > This World Hell

> > The Raven King

> > Depthcharge

> >

> > Crowd were great, sadly although an enjoyable gig it was dampened my

> > Jaz's mood and the lateness they came on etc.

> >

> > Considering that it was meant to have been an early start (no later

> > than 9, and the band off no later than 10:30) they didn't come on

> > until after 9:30 after waiting for a full rendition of another

> > frigging Sensational Alex Harvey Band blasting through the speakers.

> >

> > Youth goaded Jaz to talk to the crowd, he didn't want to, no love  

> for

> > the Gathering shown at all, Jaz was more content with negativity

> > addressed to his hate of the City of Bristol...with one amusing

> > comment after playing "The Great Cull" about ending life quicker by

> > jumping off the nearby Clifton Suspension Bridge.

> >

> > After exiting the stage on the closer Psyche at just after 11pm, and

> > 10 minutes of the lights dimmed low, with the crowd shouting for an

> > encore, the lights went on, still crowd waiting, but not to be, the

> > road crew starter dissembling Pauls' Drum Kit and the pissed off  

> crowd

> > started exiting.

> >

> > New songs fit in and went down well, crowd were fantastic down the

> > front, some moshing in the middle at times, but most seemed somewhat

> > considerate of others, lots of smiling and acknowledgement of

> > others..we Gathers deserved a lot more love than Jaz dished out.

> >

> > Considering it was their first audience played to of their new

> > material, I really thought there would have been a better atmosphere

> > amongs the band itself.

> >

> > Great night, slightly dampened by band (particularly Jaz's) mood.

> >

> > On 26 September 2010 11:49, ADRIAN WASON  

> <adrianwason at btinternet.com> wrote:

> > > I accidentally had 12 pints of pear cider and 2 large red bull  

> vodkas before the gig so its a bit blurry.The venue was awesome i  

> think they opened with Butcher,Fresh Fever was brilliant, most of  

> the new songs were very catchy. Ithink they did asteroid but they  

> didnt do an encore and there were 4 more songs on the setlist.BPF  

> was hidden away in the corner but generally all on form.We saw Jaz  

> in the bogs and he  was completely wasted about an hour and a half  

> before they went on so how he gets himself together I'll never know.  

> There was a bit of moshing but there was a poor fella in a  

> wheelchair down the front. I seem to remember they did the wait.  

> Hopefully someone else can provide a more coherent review so I can  

> remember it!

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