[kj] Killing Joke live bbc ect

[B. Oliver Sheppard]

Jamie,

Ah, that's cool, about Omega Tribe. In places like AllMusicGuide I 
always see how Killing Joke influenced Nine Inch Nails, Tool, and, 
frankly, a lot of bands I have no interest in. I agree about KJ staying 
sort of above the fray of the morass of punk and post-punk throughout 
the 80s and especially the 1990s. I came to KJ belatedly after growing 
up on hardcore punk, thrash, and the like. Suddenly something about KJ 
"clicked" for me, but I am still grounded in a lot of the hardcore I 
come from.

A friend of mine mentioned that even though Killing Joke do not cleanly 
fit into any single genre, but have covered a lot of sonic terrain, they 
have "virally influenced" a lot of types of punk-related music, 
alternative, industrial, what have you. I think that's a good way to put 
it. A viral influence, not as direct and immediate as The Ramones, but 
more nuanced.

-Oliver



jpwhkj at aol.com wrote:

> Omega Tribe also named-checked KJ in an early(ish) interview, not 

> really as a musical influence but just as a band they liked.  I think 

> KJ commanded a certain respect among the more intelligent anarchos 

> because they weren't just tagging along to whatever was currently trendy.

>  

> KJ always tried to stay out of any of the subsects of punk (or indeed 

> anything). I don't think Jaz could bear to be compared to anyone! 

> <grin>  So of course they variously dissed anarchos, positive punk, 

> goths, tribal bands, etc etc.  And in fairness, they didn't fit into 

> any of those categories, at least not till 84 or later. (John Peel 

> remarked that Eighties sounded like all those bands who tried to sound 

> like Killing Joke.)

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> Jamie

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