[kj] Rare Raven Footage (revised)

[Jim Harper]

Yeah, that's Ray McVeigh. I've never been entirely sure just how much of the guitar on the Zilch album was played by McVeigh. What I've heard of the Professionals doesn't convince me that he's particularly suited to drop-tuned industrial metal. And every note sounds like hide.

Jim.

On Fri, 9/2/18, T.B. <planetary at socal.rr.com> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [kj] Rare Raven Footage (revised)
 To: "'A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)'" <gathering at misera.net>
 Date: Friday, 9 February, 2018, 22:54
 
 Notice the main guitarist
 McVeigh(?) is playing a modified Gibson ES-295.
 Raven looks kinda like Adam Clayton of U2 in
 this clip.
 
 T.B.
 
 -----Original Message-----
 From: Gathering [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]
 On Behalf Of Jim
 Harper via Gathering
 
 Good evening everyone:)
 
 I know we all like to see
 unusual footage of the Blackbird in action, so I
 though I'd post this up here.
 
 Here's the backstory. As
 most of you know, Zilch was a band recruited by
 legendary Japanese guitarist hide with a group
 of British and American
 musicians: Raven on
 bass, Ray McVeigh from the Professionals on second
 guitar and Queens of the Stone Age drummer Joey
 Castillo. They only recorded
 one album
 before hide's death in 1998, but the album also featured
 guest
 appearances from Jaz and Geordie, as
 well as some familiar song titles:
 Inside
 the Pervert Mound and Psyche. It also featured a guest
 appearance
 from drummer Chris Vrenna, which
 means that the entire KJ lineup that
 recorded 'Our Last Goodbye' appear. Ray
 McVeigh tried to keep the band gong
 in a
 blatant attempt to screw more money out of hide's
 suicide, but Raven
 refused to be
 involved.
 
 Now, the video
 here is not a Zilch track. It's called
 'Bacteria', and it's a
 song from
 hide's second solo album. Although Zilch are credited
 with backing
 vocals on the song, the music
 is performed by hide and his then current
 backing band. The song wasn't released as a
 single, but a promotional video
 was made,
 and as you can see, it's not hide's regular band,
 but Raven,
 McVeigh and Castillo in the
 video:
 
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8X15saCO_0
 
 Interesting glimpse of Raven
 in a non-KJ setting.
 
 Jim.
 
 
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