[kj] No Pylons in Norway

[Jari Pakarinen]

They've been to Finland at least 8 times in recent years after bpf joined.
Before that was 82 or 83 so a bit of a gap there. Reason might be spinefarm.
26.10.2015 21.34 "Neil Perry" <65snoopy at gmail.com> kirjoitti:

> So I head up to one of the two vinyl-only stores in central Oslo
> to buy a copy of Pylon this afternoon, only to be told "It might be here
> by Friday". Oh well, I'll try the other shop then. "Nah... we've ordered a
> few
> copies but haven't heard anything yet." Hmm.
>
> Dammit. Right then, I'll go and buy the CD in the nearest branch of the
> main
> music/DVD chain store.... except they haven't got it either. And they
> don't know
> if they will be getting it, ever, at all. But now the spending urge has a
> grip, so I
> go looking for the 3CD Singles Collection, which I never bought at the
> time, but
> meant to get around to picking up one day. Not there. In fact, no Killing
> Joke
> whatsoever. Not a thing. Nada. No one really knows about Killing Joke in
> this country. (When they've come up in conversation quite a few of our
> Norwegian friends have given me blank looks.)
>
> While I'm walking home I ponder on the fact that the last time Killing Joke
> played Norway was 1982, according to the gigography on the official site.
> I don't remember seeing any of the Scandi nations included in Euro tours.
> Someone told me their theory a while back - that it was too close to
> Iceland
> for comfort, considering the enemies they'd apparently made there - but
> I never bought that, seeing as its just as easy for someone in Iceland to
> fly
> to Scotland as it is to fly to Norway if they were on a mission to
> assassinate/curse/stalk Jaz.
>
> Anyone know why? I mean, +every+ band on the planet comes through Oslo,
> Stockholm and
> Copenhagen on European tours. Every damn one. Apart from Killing Joke.
>
> Anyway, I bought the new Clutch album instead. And mighty fine it is too.
>
>
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