[kj] October File banner ad w/ pic of Jaz on it

[B. Oliver Sheppard]

Haha, I'm constantly amazed that Killing Joke has some of the most 
critical fans I think I've ever seen on a mailing list.

I'll regularly get berated, etc., for saying Hosannas is good; people 
bitch about Jaz's behavior; Christof thinks most of the LP titles suck 
(he's right about the cover of Nighttime though); etc. One guy on a 
MySpace KJ forum really launched into a huge, shitty, spiteful tirade 
against me for trying to say Hosannas was a good album. I tried to 
remind him he was on a fan forum ("fan" is short for "fanatic") for 
Killing Joke and that he shouldn't be surprised if someone on a KJ fan 
forum says one of Killing Joke's albums is good. This enraged hi further.

On the other hand, boy does BTATS suck. :)

-Oliver



Christof hamille wrote:

> Really are any of Killing Jokes album titles good.........

>

> s/t - okay it's the first official record

>

> What's This For? - Uh I don't know. Maybe the best one out of them 

> all. But still for the uninitiated it seems a bit...presumptuous, 

> confusing, not sure. Something.

>

> Revelations - Good but kind of cheesy. "Look at us we will show you 

> the light" kind of thing

>

> Fire Dances - It seems like they are assuming they are the (fire) gods 

> of tribal, electronic whatever.

>

> Night Time - Same as above. And the cover stinks.

>

> Brighter than a Thousand Suns - Look above. We are 

> sooooooooooooooooooo great.

>

> Outside the Gate - Same as the previous ones and the album stinks. And 

> the cover is worse

>

> Extremities, Dirt & Various Repressed Emotions - I like it but it 

> would work better as a book title. It sucks having tot try to spill 

> all of that out. So then you try to tell your friend which albums to 

> buy and you have to fumble through all of that. Especially after 

> you've had a few. But it is unique and it is not a song title. Some 

> thought may have been put into it.

>

> Pandemonium - It'll work. Bit of a phone in. Let's pick a song title.

>

> Democracy - Same as above.

>

> s/t 2003 - Lazy. Pure laziness. I'd rather have a song title. And the 

> argument that Peter Gabriel did it 3 times doesn't help. And the cover 

> stinks.

>

> Hosannas from the Basement of Hell - Another long one that you have to 

> slur out. And it's not good. I don't care what it means. It sounds 

> silly. Are they a garage band? Maybe they are so "underground" deep 

> and brooding. Either way pick something else. The cover would have 

> been fine if Jaz didn't do the lettering with his crayons.

>

> When going to comps, etc

>

> Ha! - it's fine. Again are they laughing at you for buying it? Or 

> maybe for not being there? Or maybe for not getting it.

>

> An Incomplete Collection - Phone in.

>

> Laugh? I Nearly Bought One - It's fine. Maybe poking fun at themselves.

>

> Wilful Days - Another phone in but it'll work.

>

> No Way Out But Forward Go - Look at Extremities. Say this three times 

> fast. I would almost bet that Colsey came up with it. It's cool but damn.

>

> Unperverted Pantomime - I like it but again I would bet that Colsey 

> came up with it.

>

> Chaos for Breakfast - look above

>

> 25th Gathering Let Us Prey Live - It is fine.

>

> At this point in the day work is slow and I'd rather mull over album 

> titles than Amy Winehouse - who I've never even heard of until yesterday-

>

> Chris

>

>

>> From: "Phillipps Marc" <Marc.Phillipps at enfield.nhs.uk>

>> Reply-To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the 

>> band!)"<gathering at misera.net>

>> To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" 

>> <gathering at misera.net>

>> Subject: Re: [kj] October File banner ad w/ pic of Jaz on it

>> Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:09:49 +0100

>>

>> >CHEERS Oliver, stupid title for an album innit?

>>

>> See also Hosannas from the Basements of Hell (good album, crap title)

>>

>>

>>

>> -----Original Message-----

>> From: gathering-bounces at misera.net

>> [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]On Behalf Of Rob Horan

>> Sent: 30 August 2007 13:04

>> To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)

>> Subject: Re: [kj] October File banner ad w/ pic of Jaz on it

>>

>>

>> CHEERS Oliver, stupid title for an album innit?

>>

>> -----Original Message-----

>> From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]

>> On Behalf Of B. Oliver Sheppard

>> Sent: 30 August 2007 12:56

>> To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)

>> Subject: [kj] October File banner ad w/ pic of Jaz on it

>>

>> At their MySpace page blog entry here:

>>

>>

>> http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=11772626

>> &blogID=301428158

>>

>>

>> Still no songs posted with his vox, though.

>>

>> -Oliver

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