[kj] Oslo gig

Thu Dec 1 14:46:31 EST 2016

Killing Joke, Butlins. Two great British institutions together at last!

On 1 December 2016 at 18:02, Nick Scott <npscott at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

> Same at the first gig, for an odd location of Butlins Bognor Regis...having
> earlier spoken to Jaz and Youth and after the gig Big Paul they were all in
> great spirits...the sound was spot on (as was all the gigs that weekend to
> be
> honest)...I have never heard the band sound so good before.
>
> In fact, I was really disappointed with the sound on the Pylon tour...it
> was
> shockingly bad at B'ham Institute, Digbeth.
>
> Had the privilege of taking a ride up in the hotel lift with Jaz who was
> staying
> on the floor above ourselves....and then just before the gig we popped
> back to
> our hotel room...waiting for the lift...who should come out but a wild
> eyed Jaz
> pointing at us "not you two again"..poor man must have thought we were
> stalking
> him lol.
>
> What was also surreal was going for a swim the very morning KJ played, I
> opened
> the Butlins pool main entrance door, my wife following holding it open for
> a
> very distinct cockney accent ...turned around and it was none other than
> Jah
> Wobble who we saw playing the previous night....proceeded to the changing
> rooms
> where he was a little surprised "just communal changing?"
>
> So there he was, swimming some lengths and doing some stretches outside of
> the
> pool.
>
> Kind of the best thing though about being at Butlins..quite easy to meet
> the
> artists, and in odd settings!
>
> Nick
>
>
>
> > On 01 December 2016 at 16:48 Neil Perry <65snoopy at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Yes, Pssyche too, and Unspeakable also. The playing was as close to
> perfect
> > as you can
> > get I think - after 10 years together, this original line up MkII must be
> > playing from muscle memory
> > or something. What came over most was that they were very obviously
> loving
> > playing together.
> > Never seen so many smiles on a KJ stage. It was a bit unnerving, to be
> > honest...
> >
> > On 1 December 2016 at 16:55, andreas misera via Gathering <
> > gathering at misera.net> wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks for writing this, Neil! The Munich gig had pretty much the same
> > > result for me - good sound, awesome atmosphere, all of them played
> REALLY
> > > well and it all fit together amazingly. One of the best KJ gigs I have
> seen.
> > >
> > > When they played Pssyche, it was so PERFECT! Oh, and I met Mik Raven
> > > there, another bonus for this great gig.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > -Andy
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Paul <dubecho at gmail.com> schrieb am 16:39 Donnerstag, 1.Dezember 2016:
> > >
> > >
> > > Nice one Neil. Glad you had a good one and not a plane in site : )
> > >
> > > On 1 December 2016 at 14:51, Neil Perry <65snoopy at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Well that was a fucking fantastic show. When we walked out
> > > I was a bit lost for words... they are in the form of their lives. Big
> > > smiles
> > > all round, obviously enjoying themselves, bit of amusing banter onstage
> > > between them, it was a pleasure to see. Set list was the same as the
> pics
> > > of
> > > the set list that I've seen except for the encore, which was TD&RS and
> > > Pandemonium.
> > >
> > > Crowd was pretty decent considering. Rockefeller is one of those
> > > older theatre type venues with the balcony stretching round - the
> upstairs
> > > was closed as we expected but downstairs was pretty full, probably
> around
> > > 400 at a guess.
> > > So it was nicely crowded but not too packed so us old 'uns could get
> > > relatively close to the stage and not take a battering...
> > >
> > > Oslo crowds are notoriously stand-offish - we saw PiL at the same venue
> > > a few years ago, similar deal, not sold out, less people than for KJ in
> > > fact, and
> > > much of the crowd spent the whole gig stood still with their arms
> folded -
> > > which is
> > > how this one started, but by the end everyone in there had their arms
> in
> > > the
> > > air shouting their heads off.
> > >
> > > Weirdly the sound did the same as the Roundhouse gig last year -
> started
> > > off
> > > pretty bad (Geordie too quiet, Paul too loud) but by Requiem was
> sorted.
> > > It was fun watching the crowd - a fair few hardcore fans but a lot of
> > > curious
> > > people I think - when they started with The Hum a guy next to me went
> from
> > > standing still to apeshit in about half a second, saw another guy do
> the
> > > same
> > > thing when Unspeakable started.
> > >
> > > Some moments: Jaz did his scary face shouty WARDANCE!! intro... then
> > > nothing
> > > happened, he turns round to see Youth fiddling with his amp. "Youth
> what
> > > the
> > > fuck are you doing?" Youth looks round sheepishly, Geordie starts
> laughing.
> > > I completely revise my opinion of  Autonomous Zone - I never really
> got it
> > > before, but after last night I do. There's that drum break about 4
> minutes
> > > in, both
> > > Geordie and Youth went and stood round the drumkit while Paul hammered
> away
> > > like he was trying to break through the earth's crust. Just an immense
> > > display
> > > from him all night - even my wife, who rarely takes notice of such
> things,
> > > nudged me
> > > at one point and said "He's a very good drummer isn't he?"
> > >
> > > Jaz seemed in a great mood, didn't take off his smart frock coat all
> > > evening but
> > > put in some serious dance moves. He introduced Eighties by saying,
> > > "things have changed since we were last here!" Before Complications he
> > > started going on about waking up in the morning in a dark Norwegian
> winter
> > > and
> > > how you'd want to kill yourself and Youth shouted "What a load of
> > > bollocks!"
> > > Later introducing Turn To Red he said, "We haven't been here since
> 1983,
> > > but this
> > > is from 1979!"
> > >
> > > Only Exorcism didn't work - the vocals have got all that echo on them
> and
> > > it
> > > was a bit of a mess, although at the end Geordie marched across the
> stage
> > > and
> > > had a go at someone in the wings so maybe something was wrong.
> > >
> > > Highlight for me was Change. They have that rhythm nano-second tight. I
> > > don't know if anyone here knows or likes the New York band Endless
> Boogie.
> > > I have a soft spot for them, the
> > > clue is in the name - first time I saw them they played for 80 minutes
> and
> > > only did
> > > four songs, one was 30 minutes long, and I could have watched KJ do
> that
> > > with
> > > Change last night. During the guitar break section Youth and Geordie
> stood
> > > facing
> > > each other up close, grinning, with Jaz almost between them throwing
> out
> > > some dance shapes
> > > and generally losing himself - it was just a pleasure to watch, the
> sound
> > > was
> > > razor sharp and heavy by this point, just phenomenal. TD&RS was also
> > > superb.
> > >
> > > During the Pandemonium intro Jaz started talking about how beautiful
> > > Norway was,
> > > pointing at people and telling them they were the guardians of the
> forests
> > > and fjords.
> > > Then he broke into a huge smile and everyone started cheering, it was a
> > > weirdly
> > > warm moment that I have never previously associated with a KJ gig! The
> big
> > > softies.
> > >
> > > At the end, my wife found a fellow north-Norwegian staff member and
> > > sweet-talked him into
> > > giving her the only poster for the gig that we could see in the whole
> > > place, which they already
> > > had in a frame on the wall. So, result.
> > >
> > > Would love to know what the band thought about it, but that's one of
> the
> > > best KJ shows
> > > I've seen, at least in this century.
> > >
> > > n
> > >
> > >
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