[kj] KJ = Anti-Gay Rock Band? This is a new wrinkle...

[sade1]

Ha, never in my wildest screams did I ever think I'd see a disclaimer on a KJ record!
All good tho', and sadly called for in today's day and age. Maybe Brother Martin or Friar Jaz can marry a few gay couples when the tour comes to L.A. 

And about Organized Crim'*erm*Religion being singled out, yes please, never stop.

 
Blessed are the Cracked for 
  they let in the Light,
    others all are just a..
      'nother brick in the Wall


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 From: Ana Madani <madanistan at gmail.com>
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!) <gathering at misera.net> 
Sent: Wednesday, February 8, 2012 9:14 AM
Subject: Re: [kj] KJ = Anti-Gay Rock Band? This is a new wrinkle...
 

Well, it looks like it hit a nerve.  This is from the Facebook page (I know, I know), for what it's worth:


Killing Joke: Official
Okay so in case it is not absolutely clear, Killing Joke have zero 
intolerance to any way of life that does not cause harm to others. I 
cannot honestly believe that in the year 2012 ANYONE would have an issue with peoples sexuality, race or or disability come to that. Killing 
Joke have always been a tool that is designed to poke fun at authority, 
greed stupidity not strip normal people of any creed and kind of their dignity. 

Without wishing to stoop to the level of some of 'Some our best friends
 are gay' etc, it really shouldn't come as much surprise to anyone that 
scrapes below the surface, that this band was born out of the 
countercultural movements (good and bad) and the kind of clubs where ANY
 degree of misguided prejudice would have been swiftly dealt with. 

The quote that people are getting in a twist about (which will be given
 no dignity here) was printed uncredited an Zig Zag magazine 27 years 
ago and even at the time the band totally denied saying it, following up
 with their totally horror of having visited the Death Camps that year. 
The only group of people that were singled out by the band were the 
hypocrites of organised religion, again made the target of satire on the
 cover of the singles album 'Laugh I Nearly Bought One' which features 
catholic dignitaries being Nazi Saluted on the front. This was comment 
at the permissive nature of organised religion.

In Summery 

If anyone out there thinks that we as a band are Homophobic, Racist, 
Facist or anything of the sort and feel this is a positive FUCK RIGHT 
OFF and stay away from us

Is that clear now?

Killing Joke


On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 11:59 AM, Paul Rangecroft <paul.rangecroft at gmail.com> wrote:

I tried it on with Geordie once, but he wasn't having any of it.

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>Fuckin' tease.

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>On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 3:34 PM, Simon Abinett <louiecipher33 at hotmail.com> wrote:

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>Has anyone had any actual genuine experience of a member of the band being anti gay ??

>>I do find this really hard to believe

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