[kj] KJ & zigzag

[Alexander Smith]

Well, ZigZag was also the mighty KRIS NEEDS' magazine, and Kris was 
huge pals with Youth. I had the pleasure of working with Kris in the 
early 90's (when he was in pretty bad shape, actually) at the 
long-since-defunkt NEW YORK REVIEW OF RECORDS, and he'd constantly 
regale me with stories about Youth and Jaz (Jaz apparently put a hex on 
him at one point).

Alex in NYC



On Tuesday, January 18, 2005, at 08:57 AM, <antoni at clara.net> wrote:

> ... and on the subject of the ZigZag magazine, KJ did get some good 
> coverage, most especially within the original publication 
> (http://home.clara.net/antoni/zzback.JPG), whose last issue (No 130) 
> appeared in October 1982, with Siouxsie Sioux on the cover. It 
> contained a rare interview with Youth's Brilliant & I have a copy. The 
> magazine was relaunched as New ZigZag in October 1983 with issue 
> number 1 (http://home.clara.net/antoni/zznew01.JPG) being a goth's 
> paradise, with Sex Gang Children on the cover - plenty of Alien Sex 
> Fiend, Sisters Of Mercy, Death Cult, X-Mal Deutschland and the Cocteau 
> Twins.  
>  
> Back to the original ZZ magazine, there were major pieces on KJ in 
> issue 100, with an interview and that infamous page sized photo of the 
> KJ lads in the builder's skip with a brick in hand, issue 105 with a 4 
> page centre spread article about the recording of the first album plus 
> Youth & Geordie on the cover. Issue 116 contained an interview with 
> Youth about the WTF album - KJ rarely got any coverage in the "new" ZZ 
> (and if so it was hardly complimentary) and that was probably as much 
> down to the fact that Mick Mercer became the editor. KJ was not one of 
> his bands. I'm not sure why. Did they once tell him to f*ck *ff ?  The 
> truth is out there somewhere.
>  
> Regards,
>  
> Antoni
>  
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