[kj] Ski Patrol reissue with Coles artwork

[Neil Perry]

Very well put. Except whenever I try to describe them they always sound
like a (very good) pub rock band,
and they were so much more than that. One of the best rhythm sections I've
ever seen/heard. And singer Bill Carter
was both a superb guitarist and a great lyricist. He also had a thoroughly
menacing stage presence, that
1000 yard stare thing going on. I still listen to their songs all the time
but most of my love for them was
down to the live show - I rank them up there with Killing Joke and a few
others as my all time favourite live band.
Just a classic power trio. But yes, go for Gun Shy and Good and Gone.

You get a vague idea here, them doing Sweet Water Pools live:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWtuWU1KyFI

and two of my favourite tracks, Twin Cadillac Valentine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeGtlaizSzg

and Wild Blue Yonder

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U2usL5TMkA

Unfortunately they blew it, or lost it, or something... signed to Warners,
Bill (allegedly) had his head in a bag of coke,
plus they suffered the horror of the novelty hit - the song I Wanna Be A
Flintstone, which is
otherwise a great song, got attached to that god awful Flintstones movie.

Funnily enough, just heard from a friend a few weeks ago that Bill Carter
has come in from the
wilderness and is writing songs again...

n



On 28 January 2014 16:56, Rheinhold Squeegee <kjlist at live.com> wrote:


> Was a big fan of Screaming Blue Messiahs back in the day. First album,

> ,"Gun Shy," is the one to have, although the prior EP "Good and Gone" also

> has merit.  A very aggressive, muscular band; like a child of Dr. Feelgood

> and older brother to the Godfathers.

>

> ------------------------------

> Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 14:50:48 +0100

> From: 65snoopy at gmail.com

> To: gathering at misera.net

>

> Subject: Re: [kj] Ski Patrol reissue with Coles artwork

>

> Oh man don't get me started!

> At work right now but will wax lyrical about them later...

>

>

> On 28 January 2014 14:21, <jpwhkj at aol.com> wrote:

>

> Screaming Blue Messiahs - don't think I ever heard them.

>

>  What should I listen to?

>

>  Jamie

>

>

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

> From: Neil Perry <65snoopy at gmail.com>

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

> >

> Sent: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 11:21

> Subject: Re: [kj] Ski Patrol reissue with Coles artwork

>

>   Just remembered/re-discovered why the Lowery name was so familiar:

>

> "Going out on his own under the King Blank moniker, Lowery continued his

> wicked ways on the three-track *Mouth Off*, featuring the input of

> Screaming Blue Messiahs honcho Bill Carter, who produced and played on one

> song and co-wrote two. With the Messiahs backing him on the title track,

> Lowery seems newly dangerous..."

>

>  I had this EP only because the Messiahs were (and still are) one of my

> favourite bands, but I remember it being good.

>  Sigh, time to get busy on ebay I guess.

>

>

> On 28 January 2014 09:39, bongo <humanhybrid666 at gmail.com> wrote:

>

> i had King Blank on record, or maybe one of my first ever cd's...

> cant remember, sold it ages ago...

> checking it all out on youtube again now

>

>  =)

>

>

>

> "due to a lack of trained trumpeters, the end of the world has been

> postponed indefinitely..."

>

>

> On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 9:09 PM, Neil Perry <65snoopy at gmail.com> wrote:

>

> I have a Ski Patrol 7" in a box somewhere, Cut I think. I remember the Ian

> Lowery group being OK,

> sure I saw them live back in the day - no, I never realised it was the

> same guy. He died in 2001 apparently.

>

>

> On 27 January 2014 23:08, <jpwhkj at aol.com> wrote:

>

> Wow!

>

>  That's excellent news.  I only properly got into the Joke in '83, and

> back in those pre-internet days it was a real journey of discovery.  For

> example, it took a while to discover that they'd released something before

> Wardance / Pssyche.  After that I found out about Red Beat and Ski Patrol,

> but it wasn't till 1988 that I managed to get a copy of a tape of Red Beat

> (and some while later that I found some vinyl at a record fair or 2nd hand

> shop)... but I never found any Ski Patrol.

>

>  Agent Orange sounds pretty cool (on the link below) and I didn't know

> that Jaz played synth for them.

>

>  Thanks for posting...

>

>  Jamie

>

>

>

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

> From: Stephen Robinson <heiferboy at robinsonworld.freeserve.co.uk>

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

> >

> Sent: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 20:12

> Subject: [kj] Ski Patrol reissue with Coles artwork

>

>  Can't remember if anyone else has mentioned this, probably..

> http://www.skipatrolband.com/news.html

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