[kj] Roundhouse

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"I came away as usual believing that this is the greatest song ever written"


Indeed.  It was a stunning rendition (though it usually is).


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: Wed, 11 Nov 2015 9:40
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Had a great night out, good to see those I did see - Mr Tibbits and I parked out ourselves out back at the Monarch,

got to say hi to Colesy, Frank Jenkinson of KJ Photo Book fame, in fact I think there was quite a class of 1979

mini-gathering going on there at one point, and had an amusing walk from pub to venue in the company of

Laughing Chris - Jamie sorry I didn't find you, pints next time... and Antoni at the end.


So, full disclosure, Pylon doesn't do it for me. I don't like it. Probably haven't been left this cold by a

KJ release since Democracy. I like four songs - Euphoria, New Jerusalem, Big Buzz and Delete - but none

of them were played.

Having said that, the energy level was immense - some of the new stuff works live in terms of sheer power,

the band are fully fired up and I haven't seen them this committed for some years. Those of you waiting in the US,

I think (hope) you are in for a treat.

As for the sound... I've long since given up expecting a good sound at a KJ show, anything more is a bonus.

I took a friend who's heard me going on about KJ for many years, this was her first gig, and for

the first half she was looking at me with a 'what the fuck?' expression. We were up in the balcony

and the sound was horrible, about 70% big booming drums and 30% thrashy mess, although Jaz's vocals

were clear. Then with Requiem someone presumably remembered to press a button - everything cleared up,

and the sound was great. After 36 years, I've given up wondering why they can't get their fecking live sound

sorted.

As for the oldies, it's just personal isn't it? I hate Eighties and never want to hear it again, but Wardance was

a sight and sound to behold, likewise Change, LLB and Pandemonium. The performance of Pssyche was

stunning (even though they managed to screw up the sound level for BP's last verse). I came away as usual

believing that this is the greatest song ever written. It more than made up for having to sit through Asteroid.


And my enjoyment of Turn To Red was in no way spoiled by Jaz banging on about bloody chemtrails in the intro ;-)


N



On 7 November 2015 at 17:47, jpwhkj--- via Gathering <gathering at misera.net> wrote:

So, the setlist:



The Wait
Autonomous Zone
The Fall of Because
Eighties
Beautiful Dead
I Am the Virus
Exorcism
Change
Money Is Not Our God
Requiem
Dawn of The Hive
Panopticon
Wardance
Into The Unknown
Asteroid
Pssyche


Encore:
Turn To Red
Madness
Love Like Blood
Pandemonium



I was seated upstairs - front seat, great view, but still slightly sad not to be getting sweaty and battered down the front.


The track I was most looking forward to, based on recent setlists, was Delete, so it was a bit galling that they dropped it... on the other hand, several less-recent numbers were absolute stormers, so overall no complaints!  Particularly good ones for me were:


Fall of Because (the first KJ track that really grabbed me, all those years ago)
Eighties
Beautiful Dead
I am the Virus
Change
Pssyche


Contrary to expectations, I rather enjoyed Wardance and Pandemonium.  The former certainly got a large section of the crowd going.


The sound was a bit disappointing.  Too loud, I thought, and Geordie's guitar didn't really come through in all its glory.  Especially disappointing for LLB, which lives and dies on the guitar.


Best thing was probably having such a great view of the whole band, all the way back to Big Paul.  He was absolutely pounding those drums... fearsome energy all the way through.


Cheers,


Jamie

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