[kj] SOAD Drummer

Thu Mar 2 11:01:49 EST 2006

His parts were definately generic but like i said,
they were never really about guitar. It's just one
more element that adds to the mix and if it were
flashier or weirder or whatever, it would ruin the
thing that made their music so appealing to me when i
first heard it. The tribal drums and repetative parts
and droning keyboards. All beautiful and simple. My
favourite Faith No More album is Introduce Yourself.

Leigh

--- Jim Harper <jimharper666 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> 'Generic' is the only word that springs to my mind
> when I hear a fair amount of Jim Martin's guitar
> parts. 'KFAD' and 'AOTY' had more bad songs on their
> other albums certainly, but half of 'Angel Dust' is
> littered with Martin's just-about-good-enough
> metalisms ('Jizzlobber', for example), making him
> the weakest link on the album. 
>    
>   Jim.
> 
> Leigh Newton <angrytomhanks at yahoo.com> wrote:
>   No waaaaaaaaaay! Well, yes, what he played was
> pretty
> standard, but the songs weren't guitar driven when
> he
> was in the band. It was all the instruments meshing
> together in a big stew. You could tell that the
> songs
> were written without much input from Jim and that
> he'd
> sort of add his stuff at the end of the process. It
> all made for an amazing sound. The stuff they did
> after was a lot more guitar driven and sounded a lot
> more generic. Plus, i think Angel Dust was the last
> album where they all really gave a shit. The next 2
> just sound like going through the motions.
> Especially
> Album of the Year. There's a couple of amazing songs
> on there, but you can just hear the ambivilence
> inbetween the notes. Plus, shit like Collision and
> Mouth to Mouth and Carhalo Voador and Take This
> Bottle
> and Coocoo for Caca are all unforgiveably bad.
> 
> Leigh
> 
> 
> --- Alexander Smith wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Meh. It was standard metal power-chordage. Their
> > work got 
> > significantly more interesting once he was gone.
> > 
> > Alex in NYC
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Mar 1, 2006, at 10:03 PM, Leigh Newton wrote:
> > 
> > > The only good FNM stuff was the Jim Martin
> stuff.
> > > There was nothing wrong with his playing at all.
> > It
> > > was beautiful in its simplicity.
> > >
> > > Leigh
> > >
> > >
> > > --- Jim Harper wrote:
> > >
> > >> I believe FNM felt in retrospect that Geordie
> was
> > >> very much into his own style, which was
> different
> > >> from their own. FNM didn't turn him down; both
> > >> parties felt the union wouldn't be best for
> them.
> > >>
> > >> Jim Martin was tolerable at best, but neither
> > as
> > >> talented or interesting as Trey Spruance or Jon
> > >> Hudson.
> > >>
> > >> Alex Smith wrote:
> > >> You could be right. A bit rich of FNM to
> > claim
> > >> that Geordie could only play in one style. I'd
> > >> hardly call Jim Martin a virtuoso by ANY
> stretch
> > of
> > >> the imagination.
> > >>
> > >> Alex in NYC
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: Mike Cooper
> > >> Sent: Mar 1, 2006 3:58 PM
> > >> To: Alex Smith , "A list about all things
> Killing
> > >> Joke (the band!)"
> > >> Subject: Re: [kj] SOAD Drummer
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> I always thought Geordie had a audition /
> > or
> > >> even joined FNM for a short while but they
> > claimed
> > >> he could only play in one style and wasn;t
> > suitable
> > >> - but I could be wrong - lnog time ago.
> > >> ----- Original Message -----
> > >> From: Alex Smith
> > >> To: James Osborne ; A list about all things
> > >> Killing Joke (the band!)
> > >> Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 7:29 PM
> > >> Subject: Re: [kj] SOAD Drummer
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Geordie was briefly rumored to have been
> mulling
> > >> over an invitation to join Faith No More when
> Jim
> > >> Martin left.
> > >>
> > >> Ale xin NYC
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: James Osborne
> > >> Sent: Mar 1, 2006 2:21 PM
> > >> To: Alex Smith , "A list about all things
> Killing
> > >> Joke (the band!)"
> > >> Subject: Re: [kj] SOAD Drummer
> > >>
> > >> Geordie and Faith No More...what?
> > >>
> > >>
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