[RE]Re: [kj] A Different Sort of "Gathering" (OT)

[ade]

I, too, do not have it in for Perry.
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  From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]On Behalf Of Javier Garcia
  Sent: 05 October 2006 20:22
  To: gathering at misera.net
  Subject: [RE]Re: [kj] A Different Sort of "Gathering" (OT)


  Second that man. I was really into Jane's Addiction, they made a secret gig here in Mexico City when Perry was shooting his film "The Gift" (circa 1991-92). There was a small amount of tickets available -and i didn't got one- but a not very small crowd went out of the venue to see if there was a chance to get into the place (i was within that crowd), some guy of the Jane's Addiction staff showed up before the gig started and let us all in, saying the guys in the band didn't want to let all us people outside. It was a great show... not a full concert, a littl e bit more than an hour maybe; but it was the first time ever i saw a band i actually liked a very lot. 

  I may be considered a Farrel's fan, i almost like everything he does. Strays may not be as rough as their predecessors, but still is good to me. And the maximum prove that the man has a huge -positive- influence in all his projects is that huge piece of shit called Panic Channel (just like T.B. said). Absolutely disappointing and lame. 
  On the other hand i recently listened some tracks by Thievery Corporation, and they invited Perry Farrel to sing one song, it's pretty cool. The man has a great spirit to sing and to spread the message of his songs, you may hate his voice, but you may also recognize he's got a lot of feeling. 

  Mis dos pesos 

  Javier 
  Mexico City 
  (Gatherer since 1997) 


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  >Subject : Re: [kj] A Different Sort of "Gathering" (OT) 
  >Date : Thu, 5 Oct 2006 09:12:02 -0700 
  >From : "TB" 
  >To : "A list about all things Killing Joke \(the band!\)" 
  > 
  >Avery certainly played a significant part in the bands' unique sound and his 
  >contributions in the original lineup can't be underestimated even though he 
  >was "just" the bass player. Avery and Farrell had bad blood between them 
  >going back to '91 during the final tour when supposedly Avery tried to pick 
  >up on Farrell's (now ex) girlfriend which is behind a lot of Farrell's nasty 
  >onstage comments about "would you steal your best friend's woman" before the 
  >band would play "Been Caught Stealing" during that tour. Farrell supposedly 
  >tried to reconcile with Avery when the rest of the band decided to record 
  >what would be the "Strays" album but he turned the offer to rejoin the band. 
  > 
  >IMO, "Strays" isn't a terrible album by any means, but it certainly lacks 
  >the rough edges, the sense of daring experimentation and youthful 
  >exuberating Jane's previous work had. It's just too polished and 
  >overproduced. When I saw them debut a few songs that would eventually show 
  >up on Strays on New Years Eve in '02 (a couple of those performances are on 
  >the dvd that came with that album), I thought the band and new music showed 
  >a lot of promise (even though the new bass player could have been a 
  >cardboard display figure for all the personality he showed onstage) but I 
  >understand as the tour wore on and they let themselves be involved in 
  >another lame incarnation of Lollapalooza that tour, things fell apart and 
  >the band wound up disintegrating before even finishing the tour. 
  > 
  >If as a former Jane's Addiction fan you wanna be really let down, swipe a 
  >couple tunes from The Panic Channel's debut album which is basically the 
  >Strays lineup minus Perry Farrell which imo is probably the worst thing any 
  >of the various members of JA has been involved with. 
  > 
  >T.B. 
  > 
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