[kj] Sisters Mercy Public Enemy

Wed Dec 15 10:41:29 EST 2004

I saw that tour.  It my opinion it ws horrible at best.  PE was at their 
peak (and starting to come down, in my honest opinion), The Sisters of Mercy 
had put out one of their worst albums (to date, it is not a horrible album, 
but is not a good Sisters record), the Gang of Four record was forgettable 
(sadly) and Warrior Soul were never good (yes I know Big Paul was in it at 
one point).  PE was not allowed to play (the infamous Mayor Coleman Young) 
in fear of a riot (why I do not know), Gang of Four looked out of place and 
Warrior Soul was...I was either at the car or purchasing drinks.  The 
Sisters were.. the Sisters.  They have had the same show for the last ten 
years.  And they will probably have the same show for the next ten.  I went 
out of obligation.  The Sisters looked out of place outside (the smoke 
machine looked more like a bbq on the side of the stage).  I am all for 
mixing it up.  I actually encourage it.  But there has to be some sort of 
middle ground.  Which all of those bands have/had.  They all have some sort 
of political voicings and share unique careers.  Motley Crue and Killing 
Joke share that they use electric guitars, microphones and a drum kit.  
These two go together like Ted Nugent and Rage Against the Machine (that is 
all I could think of off the top of my head).  And it would make more sense 
if it was a festival.  I would not discount their friendship.  Good for 
them.  But this is ...silly

Chris

>From: "death wish" <dwish2000 at hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" 
><gathering at misera.net>
>To: gathering at misera.net
>Subject: Re: [kj] Sisters Mercy Public Enemy
>Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 15:06:51 +0000
>
>Reminds me of when I started writing for my university newspaper in 87 - 
>the Sisters This Corrosion had just come out and I was declaring my love 
>for it when I got into a scrap with another writer who was into Public 
>Enemy. At the time, my knowlege of rap was zilch. Four years later, I and 
>this guy went to see the Sisters and PE play the same stage on their Fear 
>Of A Black Planet tour. In the interim I'd become a PE fan and he a 
>Sisters'.
>
>Oh, and that was the tour with Gang of Four as well - sweeeet.
>
>T.
>
>>From: Alex Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net>
>>Reply-To: Alex Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net>,"A list about all things 
>>Killing Joke (the band!)" <gathering at misera.net>
>>To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" 
>><gathering at misera.net>
>>Subject: Re: [kj] Killing Crue Motley Joke
>>Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 11:53:38 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
>>
>>
>>It's stupid anecdote time, as once again, I am sequestered here in an 
>>internet cafe on a fucking freezing December day.  Rewind to the Summer of 
>>1984. Joke-wise, I've only heard the 12" singles for "Eighties", "A New 
>>Day" and "Let's All Go to the Fire Dances" (and its b-sides, "Dominator" 
>>and the live "Fall of Because") and am hungrily snatching up all the old 
>>Killing Joke I can find before departing on a bicycle trip across 
>>Massachusetts (a cheap ploy by my family to get my ass out of the house 
>>for a month).  I spot a t-shirt in a local record store (the wonderful 
>>ROCKS IN YOUR HEAD on Prince Street) featuring a Killing Joke design 
>>(later on in life, I'd learn that it was sleeve design for TURN TO 
>>RED....Mr.Punch and the Centre Point, etc.) Not even caring, I of course 
>>purchase it.  The next day, I leave on my crappy bike trip.
>>
>>And crappy it is. As wonderful as Massachusetts can be in the summer, I'm 
>>bunched together with a veritable chain-gang of other characters. I 
>>befriend a Bostonian metalhead named Josh (who turns me onto the Satanic 
>>majesty of Venom) and a fellow New Yorker named Mike (who, similarly, 
>>introduces me to the work of early XTC).  There are also two guys from a 
>>town in Long Island, appropriately named Dix Hills (and believe me, these 
>>guys are indeed dicks). At first, they strike up a conversation with me 
>>because I happen to be wearing a Motley Crue t-shirt (this time the white 
>>"Alleister Fiend" model, for those of you playing along at home).  A day 
>>later, I'm sporting the recently aquired Killing Joke shirt I mentioned in 
>>the first paragraph. "What the fuck is KIlling Joke?" asks one of the Dix 
>>Hill Dicks. "Oh, they're this amazing band I've recently discovered," I 
>>reply enthusiastically. "I've never heard of them," comes the 
>>reply.....vaguely suggesting that I have -- in fact -- made them up. "No, 
>>honest, they're fantastic, trust me!" Dix Hills looks entirely unimpresed. 
>>Later in the week, I play him a mix tape I'd made for the trip. On comes 
>>"Dominator". "What's this fagget shit?" says the Dix Hillzer. "THIS is 
>>Killing Joke, man!" I earnestly point out, getting frustrated. "Well, it's 
>>crap.  Turn off this New Wave disco fagget bullshit and put on some Motley 
>>Crue." Suffice to say, from that point on, myself and this idiot are no 
>>longer friendly.
>>
>>Fast forward to 2005 and Killing Joke are to share the same stage with 
>>Motley Crue. Wonder what Dix Hills would think of that.
>>
>>Alex iN NYC
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Graeme Rowland <crackedmachine at yahoo.co.uk>
>>Sent: Dec 14, 2004 8:57 AM
>>To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" 
>><gathering at misera.net>
>>Subject: [kj] Man Whose Backass Expanded
>>
>>No mention of Killing Joke on magazine ads & posters
>>round Manchester for Motley Crue gigs.
>>
>>Never thought I'd go to a Morrissey gig, or a Motley
>>Crue one. Just back from Glasgow and now off to
>>BurningHum for the last PJ Harvey gig for a while.
>>
>>
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