[kj] Killing Joke - Is that it?

[Jiri]

I'd certainly love another effort (if it sucks, it sucks, so what. It's 
just music. I'd rather hear the attempt than nothing at all). Even with 
their poor organization/motivation and another 7-year hiatus, they 
surely will want to record again at some point. But if I had to bet, I'd 
say we're looking at another long, post-Democracy-like period of 
canceled tours (check!), inactivity (check!) and aborted half-attempts 
at a new recording, with the return of the ever-changing cast of 
discarded session drummers. And Jaz becomes Axl Rose.

But this is where health enters the equation. Their lifestyle and 
advancing age may conspire to botch their next attempt. The body 
forgives alcoholism for a while -- hell, it forgives daily drinking up 
to a  point -- but if they carry this self-abuse on unchanged into their 
50s, well...I for one wouldn't underwrite their insurance policies.

I've often wondered how Jaz's symphony colleagues receive his act -- 
esp. if/when he shows up blitzed. I wonder if the "mysterious tortured 
genius" act gets their forgiveness.

TB wrote:

> ++++++++

>

> I don't know if it's over, but the band is certainly not in any sort of 

> positive territory right now and I'd expect a long period of inactivity for 

> at least the next couple of years. The last album basically fell off the 

> map, the band has been mostly uninspired live the past year, they couldn't 

> even get over to the US (and seem to not desire to make the effort) for any 

> sort of tour and everything just seems to point to Jaz and Geordies 

> lackluster interest in making any real effort to go any further at this 

> time.

>

> T.B. 

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