[kj] Kerrang! (Kerrcrap!) Review of KJ Forum gig

[adrianwason at btinternet.com]

was it Jaz who said that the most striking thing about a killing joke gig was the reaction of the crowd to their music-or words to that effect...
in the mosh pit this has got more muted every year and at its worst at the Forum gig.
taking Rob's point if I had written songs like darkness before dawn/struggle/nightime/solitude/termite mound/for the love of the masses/judas goat/universe b/fresh fever/depth charge/colony collapse/poleshift etc -i would want to play these every night, but to my knowledge they've never even played 4 of these songs live.
 
To me now Killing Joke have become 2 bands-the studio band peerless writing songs like colony collapse/poleshift in their 33rd? year and after the singles tour the live band which needs a nudge.
 
I thought the gig I saw on the 2012 tour in Bristol was really good, some of the gigs on the Absolute Dissent tour were good such as the Fleece and Rock City but you have to go back to 2005 in my opinion to say that they were really on it with Raven and Benny.
 
I'd like to see Jah Wobble play gigs with Killing Joke. The only time I've seen him it blew my mind at the Astoria 2 playing for the Damage Manual.Ok he did spend most of the gig sitting on a sofa with his back to the audience but he added an extra dimension which made up for that Scottish Wanker
 
 
 

--- On Wed, 10/4/13, Alex Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net> wrote:


From: Alex Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [kj] Kerrang! (Kerrcrap!) Review of KJ Forum gig
To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" <gathering at misera.net>, "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" <gathering at misera.net>
Date: Wednesday, 10 April, 2013, 18:52



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I get the feeling "Asteroid" would be a lot of fun to play ... but i think it could stand to be retired for a little while (just my opinion, mind you).


Alex in NYC



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On 10 Apr 2013, at 16:21, Alex Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net> wrote:

"This World Hell" is a bad song. There, i said it.



Couldn't agree more, shame as there's that really great bit in it.
I wonder if they just like playing it. I can imagine it being fun to play.
 

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