[kj] The Fall vs Killing Joke

[Jpwhkj at aol.com]

If that's reckoned on stating their ideals, then didn't it include "total anonymity"?

It's interesting to note that (like KJ) the Fall also went through a relatively soft phase in the late eighties - although that probably had more to do with the creative input of Brix than any particular stab at commercial success.

Jamie


fluw <fluwdot at earthlink.net> writes:

>the original ideal, as stated in the ad for a guitarist/bassist was, "total exploitation".
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>they exploit each other, as well as outsiders, very well wouldn't you say? so the answer is  ....*yes*
>however,* they seem to have no idea how to exploit the industry for their own wealth* unless the monetary sob story every five years or so is a bilk job
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>Jpwhkj at aol.com wrote:
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>>The Fall have stayed true to their original ideals.*
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>>Killing Joke haven't.
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>>Discuss.
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>>* Some UK radio DJ asked Jaz and Raven in '85 whether they'd stayed true to their original ideals. The (abbreviated) answer was "Yes".  Shortly afterwards the DJ was found bound, gagged, and slightly nauseous after a lunch of raw meat and maggots.