[kj] KJ & zigzag

[juliet pleming]

Aaaah, you remember, and he had at least one  dog, which I always imagined
to be the barking   immortalised on one of  KJ's  songs. Can't  remember
which one  -  I'm sure someone can.....


juliet


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "melinda grant" <hollytree1961 at hotmail.com>
To: <gathering at misera.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 11:02 PM
Subject: Re: [kj] KJ & zigzag


> hi juliet... i remember     dave who used to breath fire,ect....think he
was
> some kind of wizard,it was very good watching him//vry
effective........mel
>
> >From: "juliet pleming" <pricepleming at tiscali.co.uk>....
> >Reply-To: "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] KJ & zigzag
> >Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 22:50:41 -0000
> >
> >Bloody hell! I remember Kris Needs. I'd totally forgotten him until I
read
> >that. He was like a smaller, weedier version of Youth - lots of dreads. I
> >can't even remember where I remember him from. Probably general clubbing
&
> >seeing him hang out with Youth. I DO remember him - I can actually see
him
> >in my minds eye.
> >
> >What about Dave, the nutter who used to breathe fire to start the show
off
> >?  Does anyone remember him? ( I know I have asked that before and noone
> >answered) Was he a precursor of Miss Weasel or whatever that american
woman
> >was called who breathed fire out of somewhere else.
> >
> >Juliet
> >   ----- Original Message -----
> >   From: Alexander Smith
> >   To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
> >   Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 2:55 PM
> >   Subject: Re: [kj] KJ & zigzag
> >
> >
> >   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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