[kj] Top 10 and the "throwback" era

[Pssyche]

You're definitely right that it splits opinion - I got it after a mate down
London had been raving on about it - I think it fucking stinks -
mindnumbingly dull.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "B. Oliver Sheppard" <bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net>
To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)"
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Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 3:59 AM
Subject: Re: [kj] Top 10 and the "throwback" era



> I was quoting one of the main opinions out there, of course (the

> "rockist" stance?), not my own. I like stuff that deviates from three

> chord rock & roll, obviously, or else I wouldn't be on a Killing Joke

> list, or have them in my Top 10 fave bands ever.

>

> But I do sympathize with the view that when prog gets to the point of

> Peter Frampton, it's like, okay, fuck this. That type of prog is not my

> bag. A recent punk band that have been becoming more & more prog are

> Fucked Up. People either love'em or hate'em. Their debut on Jade Tree

> was a bloated double LP monstrosity (_Hidden World_:

> http://www.jadetree.com/releases/product/JT1122) that I hated -- many

> songs were over ten minutes long. It's prog-hardcore punk, but I don't

> hate it because it's prog-punk. I just hate it because it is just boring.

>

> I like no-wave and post-punk and some ambient/industrial (Coph Nia are a

> recent addiction); it's not either/or for me -- but it is for some,

> which is what I said. I like Chuck Berry and Lydia Lunch, personally. I

> don't want to have to choose between the two.

>

> -Oliver

>

>

> Geoffrey ODonoghue wrote:

> > Yeah - it was just so wrong to try and expand the boundaries of rock

> > by incorporating jazz, classical and other influences and also trying

> > to challenge the traditional song structure etc etc. Those poor

> > misguided fools - everybody knows rock should just be three chords and

> > three minutes.

> >

> > */"B. Oliver Sheppard" <bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net>/* wrote:

> >

> >     Punk rock ... setting rock 'n roll ... away from the "mistaken"

> >     turn it had taken in the early 70s

> >

>

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