[kj] Jaz interview

[Steve Hackett]

He has also written the soundtrack for several Disney movies,

Anyone enlighten me as to which ones?

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> Cheers for this, Nick!
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> Alex in NYC
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>>From: nicholas fitzpatrick <gasw30 at hotmail.com>
>>Sent: Apr 10, 2006 11:33 AM
>>To: gathering at misera.net
>>Subject: [kj] Jaz interview
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>>I presume this is an Australian newspaper...
>>
>>
>>>>>>Sunday Herald Sun
>>April 2, 2006 Sunday
>>HEADLINE: Joke's Crue blue
>>
>>BYLINE: PAUL STEWART
>>
>>Jaz Coleman is the lead singer of a heavy metal/punk band but he hasn't
>>forsaken his classical roots. PAUL STEWART reports
>>
>>IT seemed like a good idea at the time, but Killing Joke's Jaz Coleman now
>>regrets the British band's decision to support US wild boys Motley Crue on
>>tour.
>>
>>''Those guys are just idiots,'' said Coleman, whose latest single, 
>>Hosannas
>>from the Basements of Hell, has just been released.
>>
>>''Our manager was asked if we would like to meet Tommy Lee. So he goes 
>>in -- 
>>Lee's got all these dumb, brain-dead women sitting around -- and he goes,
>>'Ah, you manage Killing Joke. They're great. I've got six of their albums.
>>What are those guys doing now?' '' Coleman said.
>>
>>''He didn't even know we were on the road with them. I'm never, ever doing
>>something like that again.''
>>
>>But fellow artists aren't generally so ignorant about Killing Joke. Since
>>releasing its first album in 1979, the group has inspired a legion of
>>musicians, including members of Nirvana, Nine Inch Nails, Ministry,
>>Metallica, Tool, Soundgarden, Fear Factory and others.
>>
>>Foo Fighters frontman and former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl is a fan and
>>drummed on the last Killing Joke album.
>>
>>''We have a very eclectic and passionate underground audience,'' Coleman
>>said.
>>
>>''They are intelligent thinkers, ranging from people who were sperms when 
>>we
>>put out our first record to people of our own age.
>>
>>''We are not a band that has ever had major pop appeal. But after 27 years
>>you see them on the way up and you wave to them again on the way down. I
>>think we chose the right path.''
>>
>>Coleman remains one of popular music's more interesting characters. When 
>>he
>>is not performing with the uncompromisingly heavy Killing Joke, he works
>>with some of the world's leading symphony orchestras.
>>
>>He has also written the soundtrack for several Disney movies, become the
>>first western musician to study oriental music at an Arabic conservatory 
>>and
>>worked with acclaimed composer Philip Glass.
>>
>>He was endorsed by the surviving members of The Doors to write a violin
>>concerto based on their work and collaborated with Mick Jagger on a
>>classical version of Angie.
>>
>>Coleman studied piano and violin at the age six and by 10 had sung in many
>>of the great cathedrals of Europe.
>>
>>But his life changed when he fell in love with punk rock in the 1970s and
>>formed Killing Joke.
>>
>>''It was just so much fun to play after all the structure of classical
>>music,'' Coleman said.
>>
>>When he's not on tour with Killing Joke, Coleman spends his time living on
>>an island off the coast of New Zealand or working on a classical music
>>project.
>>
>>''I do not need a studio on my island because I can write classical music
>>from my head straight down on to paper,'' he said.
>>
>>''My island is the perfect place to retreat to. Lots of magnificent 
>>fishing
>>and just sitting around relaxing.''
>>
>>It's a far cry from the days when Killing Joke's first recordings were 
>>three
>>tracks paid for by Coleman's then wife. But the band's fortunes soon
>>changed.
>>
>>''We went straight from the studio to the BBC and waited outside for the
>>legendary DJ John Peel to emerge,'' Coleman recalled.
>>
>>''He came out and we gave him a copy of our first three songs and he then
>>played it for 10 weeks straight. By the time of our first ever gig, you
>>could not book a ticket to get in.
>>
>>''It was packed. John Lydon of the Sex Pistols really championed us 
>>earlier
>>on.''
>>
>>Coleman, who once famously dumped a hunk of maggot-infested meat on the 
>>desk
>>of a noted music critic, said Killing Joke's new album had been an
>>interesting affair to make.
>>
>>''I think there were three major fights, three pregnancies and lots of 
>>great
>>wine involved in its making. I cannot wait until we do the next one.''
>>
>>Killing Joke is expected to tour Australia this year.
>>
>>LOAD-DATE: April 1, 2006
>>
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