[kj] Killing Joke is not an Industrial band

bongo humanhybrid666 at gmail.com
Wed Apr 29 17:49:47 EDT 2015


and cant forget that GODFLESH were initially named The Fall Of Because, if
memory is correct . . .
so there are very definite links, tho i do agree that KJ are NOT punk,
goth, industrial or any other easily pigeonholed classification..



"due to a lack of trained trumpeters, the end of the world has been
postponed indefinitely..."

On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 8:02 AM, Simon Usher <louiecipher33 at hotmail.com>
wrote:

> *Correct they are not an Industrial band anymore than they are a Goth band
> , I don't even really think they are a Punk band. They do however cross
> over into these genres.*
> *I can see why around the time of Extremities they were mentioned
> alongside the likes of Ministry and other guitar led Industrial bands .*
> *I see the fact that they get thrown in with so many different musical
> genres goes to prove that they can't be pigeon holed into just one.*
>
> *Which is no bad thing.*
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2015 10:14:23 -0500
> From: b.oliver.sheppard at gmail.com
> To: adrianwason at btinternet.com; gathering at misera.net
> Subject: Re: [kj] Killing Joke is not an Industrial band
>
> I agree with Alex. I don't think of Killing Joke as being in the vein of
> SPK, Throbbing Gristle, and Test Dept, but more of the late 70s and early
> 80s postpunk milieu of PiL et al, and yeah there's overlap, but except for
> "Butcher" and the samples on S036 to me it's really a stretch to call them
> an industrial group.
>
> I can imagine NiN covering "Butcher." And I guess the Pandemonium LP is a
> 90s industrial rock album. It's neat that from the late 80s until tday
> industrial artists have cited them, but I don't see them as industrial,
> properly speaking, either.
>
> -0liver
>
> On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 1:26 PM, adrianwason at btinternet.com <
> adrianwason at btinternet.com> wrote:
>
> Boiler Suit is great whether Black Khaki or Dollars
> ----Original message----
> From : paul.rangecroft at gmail.com
> Date : 28/04/2015 - 08:45 (GMTDT)
> To : gathering at misera.net
> Subject : Re: [kj] Killing Joke is not an Industrial band
>
> Don't forget the boiler suit!
>
> On 4/27/15, jpwhkj--- via Gathering <gathering at misera.net> wrote:
> > "Whatever Jaz brings seems to elevate them above industrial music."
> >
> >
> > Like the growly vocals maybe?  ;-)
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