[kj] THEYR featuring Jaz Coleman...make a book
sade1
gathering@misera.net
Sat, 24 May 2003 14:17:33 -0700 (PDT)
Something along the lines of that Echo and the
Bunnymen book where the song lyrics are interspersed
throughout the book amidst the narrative parts.
Methinkx it would make for very good reading.
Saul
Antoni writes:
Maaaaan, some day, some one needs to sit down and
> make a book out of all
> this. What a band, what a history. It's bloody
> criminal
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--- Antoni Adamiak <antoni@clara.net> wrote:
> As from the NME reports, cuttings of which I *lent*
> to Paul R & were up on
> The Last Laugh website, after Jaz fled to Iceland,
> only Geordie followed
> whilst Big Paul & Youth then formed Brilliant who
> brought out the ironic 7"
> single "What Good Friends Are For" - from a further
> NME press cutting (link
> below), it appears that Jaz fell out with various
> people (In a Bjork
> interview, she was in KUKL and said that many people
> got very upset) and yes
> probably this guy was briefly in Killing Joke, but
> at some stage BP rejoined
> the fold & that's when long time KJ fanatic Paul
> Raven joined on bass -
> hopefully one day the Black Bird can elaborate
> further on the circumstances
> of his recruitment but that's about as much as I
> know.
>
> http://home.clara.net/antoni/icekj.jpg
>
> Maaaaan, some day, some one needs to sit down and
> make a book out of all
> this. What a band, what a history. It's bloody
> criminal that nobody has
> undertaken such a project but then again, I'm
> probably as guilty as anyone
> in that respect !
>
> Regards,
>
> Antoni
>
> * http://home.clara.net/antoni/ *
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "JOKERS PUB CAFE" <circusbar@uol.com.br>
> To: <gathering@misera.net>
> Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2003 4:24 PM
> Subject: Re: [kj] THEYR featuring Jaz Coleman
>
>
> Hi all, while I was looking trough the links Antoni
> sent, I find something
> interesting::
>
> does this guy "Birger Mogensen" ever played with the
> joke???
>
>
> KUKL. Icelandic group created in Reykjavik in August
> '83 with Einar Örn
> Benediktsson (vo, tp) (earlier in Purrkurr
> Pillnikk); Björk Guðmundsdottir
> (vo) (earlier in Tappi Tikarrass); Guðlaugur
> Kristinn Ottarsson (el-g)
> (earlier in þeyr); Birger Mogensen (el-b) (earlier
> in Killing Joke) ; Einar
> Melax (keyb) (earlier in Van Houtens Koko) and
> Sigtryggur Baldursson (dm)
> (earlier in þeyr).
>
> diaz
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Antoni Adamiak <antoni@clara.net>
> To: <gathering@misera.net>
> Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2003 11:52 AM
> Subject: Re: [kj] THEYR featuring Jaz Coleman
>
>
> > The name is THEYR but it's a funny "P" (which in
> Icelandic is "th") so
> they
> > get referred as Peyr.
> >
> > The 3 tracks with Jaz, from an audio tape shipped
> out of the recording
> > studio, ended up in John Peel's postbox so he
> promptly played them each at
> > least a couple of times. Good quality MP3 versions
> are up on Madani's
> > website.
> >
> > The "As Above" LP does not feature Jaz Coleman.
> The vinyl is pretty rare
> but
> > you can get a recently compiled & released CD,
> with most of the tracks off
> > "As Above" from the Bad Taste website, They plan
> to release a couple more
> in
> > due course.
> >
> > A few links for your perusal :
> >
> >
>
http://larbib.larvik.folkebibl.no/~vidar/musikk/#iceland
> >
> >
>
http://larbib.larvik.folkebibl.no/~vidar/musikk/theyr.html
> >
> > http://home1.swipnet.se/~w-10797/kukl/theyr.htm
> >
> > https://www.smekkleysa.net/ (you can buy the CD
> here)
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Antoni
> >
> > * http://home.clara.net/antoni/ *
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "wardance" <wardance@wardance.net>
> > To: <gathering@misera.net>
> > Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2003 3:18 PM
> > Subject: Re: [kj] THEYR featuring Jaz Coleman
> >
> >
> > Indeed yes, as far as I know, THEYR and PEYR are
> just one and same
> > icelandic project (It just seems like there were
> two different ways to
> write
> > the band's name... Quite weird, isn't it ? ;-).
> >
> > <I've also only heard 3 songs, the ones that's on
> the Joker_place site,
> > Guess again, The <Catalyst and Take what's Mine,
> that's the ones you're
> > talking about???
> >
> > Those are the same tracks as the ones I've already
> got.
> > They were recorded in Iceland in 1982, and the
> singer was Jaz, that's
> all
> > I know so far...
> >
> > Hans Wehrwolf
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: JOKERS PUB CAFE
> > To: gathering@misera.net
> > Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2003 4:12 PM
> > Subject: Re: [kj] THEYR featuring Jaz Coleman
> >
> >
> > Is Theyr the same as Peyr, from the iceland
> Episode.???
> >
> > I've also only heard 3 songs, the ones that's on
> the Joker_place site,
> > Guess again, The Catalyst and Take what's Mine,
> that's the ones you're
> > talking about???
> >
> > does anybody knows more info about these songs,
> whose playing what,
> date,
> > etc???????????
> >
> > diaz
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: wardance
> > To: The Gathering
> > Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2003 10:51 AM
> > Subject: [kj] THEYR featuring Jaz Coleman
> >
> >
> >
> > Does anyone know if THEYR "As above" LP
> (recorded with Jaz on vocals)
> > has ever been re-released on CD ??...
> >
> > If not, does anyone have it in a good sound
> quality on CD-R ??...
> > I only managed to check 3 tracks from THEYR so
> far, but unfortunately
> > with an awfuly poor sound quality (maybe demos or
> rehearsal recordings
> > ?...).
> > That's quite frustrating, 'cos I'm VERY
> interested in this rare
> > curiosity !!... ;-)
> >
> > Hans Wehrwolf
> >
> >
> >
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