[kj] 30 years of NIGHT TIME

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Their infamous interview and performance on the Tube in 85 was the moment I fell in love with Killing Joke so having a nostalgic rummage through EweChoob, I stumbled on Eighties from the previous year.
I can’t believe I’ve never seen or heard this before! - Eighties on the Tube with different pre-album lyrics. Crumbs!
Where on earth have I been?!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SeYlZdVVHA

I have to say, all their Tube performances are quite possibly the best live sound by a long mile.
So there.



> On 4 Mar 2015, at 20:29, Neil Perry <65snoopy at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 30 years.. jesus christ. I have very fond memories of that time - I think every party
> I went to throughout that year, Night Time was playing on a loop, LLB and Eighties
> were all over the airwaves, and the band
> were riding the crest of the wave, before it all went, well, you know.
> And in total contrast to a lot of the indie band snobbishness at the time, 
> as in 'I don't want my favourite band to be discovered by the masses', I think
> KJ fans were excited to see them hitting the mainstream/big time - I know I was,
> if only because it raised the likelihood of them appearing on establishment TV shows
> and Jaz enraging the nation in some way.
> Although I never really liked the LP artwork... I found it a bit angsty, hamming it up.
> In hindsight it was certainly a sign that egos were coming to the fore. The Das Boot thing is
> interesting - what a metaphor for being in Killing Joke!
> Have certainly never seen any other pics from that session - would like to now.
> 
> And good luck with the work situation Alex
> N
> 
> On 4 March 2015 at 18:18, Alexander Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net <mailto:vassifer at earthlink.net>> wrote:
> According to most knowledgable sources, NIGHT TIME was released thirty years ago this month (although I can’t find an actual date).
> 
> I’ve always been curious as to the cover shoot. According to Big Paul, it was inspired by the film “Das Boot” … the claustrophobia of being on a submarine (although that’s purportedly a backdrop the gents are standing in front of).
> 
> I’d love to see the other outtakes from the photo session. Anyone ever reach out on that front?
> 
> Your troubled, unemployed friend in New York City….
> 
> Alex in NYC
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