[kj] OT: Few lunatic questions

[robert at jrcardwell.fsnet.co.uk]

Would you settle for Raven in a dress?


Hell yeah!!!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alex Smith" <vassifer at earthlink.net>
To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" 
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Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 5:09 PM
Subject: Re: [kj] OT: Few lunatic questions


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> 1. I've never understood why people call Killing Joke industrial. 
> Honestly. They play drums, guitars, bass and keyboards. No one bangs on 
> metal. Comparatively conventional instrumentation is the order of the day. 
> They may share a bleak, apocalyptic world view with some of the 
> "industrial" acts, but I don't see any connection beyond that.
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> 2. KJ with a woman drummer or bass player? Sure, although I'm not sure it 
> would necessarily fit. For better or worse, I think there's always been a 
> prominently testosterone-centric vibe to the `Joke (who knows? Maybe 
> that's been their undoing!) Much like, say, the early Stranglers, Killing 
> Joke carry themselves like a gang of thugs. That's how they potray 
> themselves and, presumably, how they live. That atmosphere of menace and 
> the veiled threats of violence -- however ultimately childish and 
> impractical -- seem like thoroughly male traits. I think a female in the 
> ranks would greatly change the dynamic. I'd be curious to see/hear it, but 
> I wouldn't hold my breath.
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> Would you settle for Raven in a dress?
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> Alex in NYC
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> -----Original Message-----
>>From: Lennonka <svoje.ja at centrum.cz>
>>Sent: Sep 5, 2006 11:47 AM
>>To: gathering at misera.net
>>Subject: [kj] OT: Few lunatic questions
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>>Please try to think about it first before you reprobate me : )))
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>>1. Tried someone to listen to KJ music after smoking a joint? It seemed to 
>>me more like "techno" than "rock". Is it because that they're so 
>>industrial or I smoked too much? : ))
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>>2. Are they an interlink between rock music and electronical music?
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>>3. How would you like if a woman was in a role of the KJ instrumentalist?
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>>Lennonka, currently in Netherlands (that is explaining all, I think : )))
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