[kj] Killing Joke's genre

[melinda grant]

u took the words right out of my mouth--n stole my thunder lol..hey well 
wrote juliet...

mel ldn uk.

>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] Killing Joke's genre
>Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 08:01:19 +0100
>
>Yeah, I agree. And the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. For
>me, thinking back to when they first came along, I think it was that
>synthesis of lots of different styles, but I think mainly it was that
>driving, rolling energy -. bit like a repressed rage that is sort of
>bubbling along under the surface and exploding. Dark, but really
>uplifting and energizing too. They just blew me away the first time I
>saw them. I found them so exciting. And the tension created by
>difference between the individual members. I am trying to explain, but
>partly it was just a gut physical reaction that is beyond words.
>
>And it was so different to anything that had come before.
>
>juliet
>
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>
>Nicely put sir. Don't forget to put a bit of reggae in the mix though ;]
>
>GregSlawson at aol.com wrote:
>We're forgetting that the Joke were the first, or one of the first, to
>come up w/ a new style and sound (a lot like the Ramones in punk, or
>Gang of 4 in post-punk, or Dizzy Gillespie in jazz, or Bo Diddley in
>rock, or Bill Monroe in folk, etc. etc.). They combined punk, new wave,
>metal, industrial/goth, funk, and electronic music into a new sound that
>no one had at the time, and that millions of bands have been influenced
>by since. That's one reason (aside from being a good band) that they
>deserve a place in rock history.
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