[kj] KJ at Alt-Fest 2014

[Tabazan]

I remember he got rather pissed off with the sound problems

I also remember it being absolutely freezing that day


On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 10:42 AM, Rob Moss <rob.moss at gmx.com> wrote:


> It was. When it worked!

>

> Raven sitting in the stage having a beer at Finsbury park cos his bass had

> packed up. Classic!

>

> On 28 Nov 2013, at 09:42, jpwhkj at aol.com wrote:

>

> I don't remember the sound being bad.

>

>  I preferred Money as an opener - the bass at the beginning... monstrous.

>

>  Jamie

>

>

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

> From: adrianwason <adrianwason at btinternet.com>

> To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!) <gathering at misera.net

> >

> Sent: Thu, 28 Nov 2013 5:30

> Subject: Re: [kj] KJ at Alt-Fest 2014

>

>   that was only the second time ive seen kj and they were still big news

> back then.

> the week after there was a double page spread in one of the music rags

> I couldn't comment on the sound I was just glad to see them

> the only disappointment was that they opened with MINOG not Termite Mound

> I think they played Dominator as wel

> Henry Rollins was quite funny

>

>    *From:* Carlos Fandango <stronkle at hotmail.co.uk>

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

> gathering at misera.net>

> *Sent:* Thursday, 28 November 2013, 2:13

> *Subject:* Re: [kj] KJ at Alt-Fest 2014

>

>   The sound was awful at finsbury & spoilt what otherwise would have been

> a classic performance. I thought reading was much better & Phoenix festival

> was better still,they blew everyone off stage that day

>

> Sent from my Windows Phone

>   From: adrianwason at btinternet.com

> Sent: 11/26/2013 12:19 PM

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> Subject: Re: [kj] KJ at Alt-Fest 2014

>

>   Finsbury Park was great

> Even in daylight it was awesome for a short set

> We all fucked off after the joke, no point staying

>

>    *From:* "jpwhkj at aol.com" <jpwhkj at aol.com>

> *To:* gathering at misera.net

> *Sent:* Monday, 25 November 2013, 17:42

> *Subject:* Re: [kj] KJ at Alt-Fest 2014

>

>  Funny thing is, at the time it felt like ages had passed in between

> those two gigs.  Reading '86 was before Brighter had been released (just),

> and featured the Jaz/Geordie/Raven/Big Paul line-up that was pretty much

> classic Joke, whereas Finsbury Park was post-OTG, post-implosion, and

> indeed post the point where it looked like the Joke was over.  Five years

> was forever back then.

>

>  So yeah, I feel old too...

>

>

>

>

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

> From: Tabazan <tabazan at gmail.com>

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> Sent: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 16:59

> Subject: Re: [kj] KJ at Alt-Fest 2014

>

>  Has it really been 23 years since Finsbury Park? . . . . Christ I feel

> old now

>

>

> On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 3:28 PM, <jpwhkj at aol.com> wrote:

>

> >> Next summer, however, I will be sitting at home drinking tea

> (probably).

>

>  And so will they, probably.

>

>

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

> From: jpwhkj <jpwhkj at aol.com>

> To: gathering <gathering at misera.net>

> Sent: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 15:27

> Subject: Re: [kj] KJ at Alt-Fest 2014

>

> A long time ago - by the time alt-fest happens, it'll be nearly 28 years -

> I went to Reading Rock Festival in order to see t'Joke.  I slept in a

> subway in Reading station that night, in between a gang of casuals and a

> gang of bikers who spent the night hurling insults and threats at each

> other.  As a scrawny young punk, I didn't fancy my chances if they decided

> to meet half-way.  Also, it had rained at the gig, so I was a bit damp.

>

>  It was 100% worth it.  I'd recorded the whole thing (the gig, not the

> insults & threats) on my ghetto blaster and I still have the tape

> somewhere...

>

>  Slightly less time ago (but still, by the time alt-fest happens, approx

> 23 years) I went to a gig in Finsbury Park in order to see KJ.  It was a

> short set, in daylight, but it was the Extremities tour, and they opened

> with Money.  Feckin hell, but they rocked.  NMA came on after them.  "This

> one's for Killing Joke.  It's called Men In White Coats." Ha!

>

>  Also 100% worth it.

>

>  Next summer, however, I will be sitting at home drinking tea (probably).

>

>  Old Jamie

>

>

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

> From: Kevin Marion <kevinmarion at yahoo.com>

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> >

> Sent: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 13:57

> Subject: Re: [kj] KJ at Alt-Fest 2014

>

>   That's a pretty sweet line-up already.  But I have never been to any

> large fest-type concerts.  I've only been to a couple shows that had an all

> day line-up with all bands playing the same stage inside the same venue

> that could hold 2-5 thousand people.

>

>  What is everyone's experience with these large fests?

>

>

>  On Monday, November 25, 2013 7:07 AM, Brian Whitehead <

> bawhitehead at gmail.com> wrote:

>

>

> http://www.alt-fest.com/index.html

>

>  Brian.

>

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