[kj] (OT) Jane's Addiction possibly reuniting (again)

[Alexander Smith]

"Will Sargeant [Electrafixion],"

Cripes, not to be a dick, but this like saying "Geordie [Damage Manual]"

Will Sergeant is from THE BUNNYMEN.

Alex in NYC


On Apr 13, 2008, at 5:09 PM, sade1 wrote:


> (gratuitous listing follows)

>

> My list would include

> Daniel Ash,

> Will Sargeant [Electrafixion],

> Eddie Van Halen,

> Rick Nielsen,

> Jimmy Page,

> Tipton/Downing [Priest],

> Smith/Murray [Maiden],

> Brian May.

> And Geordie.

>

> Bette Dillinger <bettedillinger at live.com> wrote:

> Man, did Dave Navarro jump the shark.  I used to think he was  

> actually kind of interesting a while back.  Now he seems to be too  

> much into Botox and eyeliner to care about actually discussing music.

>

> He said he was influenced by Daniel Ash because Daniel Ash and David  

> J played on his solo album.  He even had some loops from Diamanda  

> Galas thrown in, since she apparently is such an influence (though  

> she is not a guitarist...and he does little with vocal  

> distortion.....anyhoo).

>

> Re:  Geordie.......I can't remember where I read it, but I read he  

> was a big fan of AC/DC, and got razzed by the other members of KJ  

> for it.  I could some of that influence in those demos he had on  

> myspace, but really, he is in a class by himself.  Angus Young is  

> just an incredible savant.

> Honestly, I understand why he cites these particular guitarists  

> because they all seem to go into that "trance" you do when you make  

> music or are really absorbed in your art, or even listening to great  

> music.

>

> -Bette

>

>

> Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2008 10:00:48 -0400

> From: fluwdot at earthlink.net

> To: jimharper666 at yahoo.co.uk; gathering at misera.net

> Subject: Re: [kj] (OT) Jane's Addiction possibly reuniting (again)

>

> odd how a guitarist who plays with such garden variety pentatonic LA  

> rock regurgitation as navarro - would quote so many inventive  

> guitarists as his influence.

>

> yet someone truly magical and maverick like geordie will claim jimmy  

> page, van halen, and jeff beck as influential.

>

> i get the feeling boring guitarists like navarro just drop names of  

> musicians they think will give them some kind of alt. cred that they  

> can't obtain with their own lack of creativity.

>

>

> Jim Harper wrote:

> A few years back Navarro gave an interview to the UK Total Guitar  

> magazine and was talking about his favourite guitarists- Daniel Ash  

> and Bernard Sumner were the first he mentioned, and later discussed  

> Robert Smith and Geordie too.

>

>

> --- On Sun, 13/4/08, T.B. <Partyslammer at socal.rr.com> wrote:

>

> From: T.B. <Partyslammer at socal.rr.com>

> Subject: Re: [kj] (OT) Jane's Addiction possibly reuniting (again)

> To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" <gathering at misera.net 

> >

> Date: Sunday, 13 April, 2008, 12:57 AM

>

> "sade1" wrote:      >I agree about Jane's live performances being  

> great.  >    i was at Borders books reading a book on Jane's that  

> described  >  the tour with Jane's and Love And Rockets; that would  

> be a helluva  >  treat to see that now.    That song is on the Porno  

> For Pyros 2nd album, "Gods Good Urge."

>  There's   quiet a few interviews from the late 80's where various  

> band members  mention   Bauhaus and Love and Rockets were a huge  

> influence on Jane's.    BTW, in addition to L&R playing the  

> Coachella Festival here in California  in   a cuople weeks, they are  

> also going to be playing one of the days of the   Summer  

> Lollapalooza fest in Chicago and it appears they'll have a full   

> scale   Summer tour of mid sized venues in support of a brand new  

> studio album.    >  So whatever happened to Perry's "Satellite  

> Party?"    I think that fish is now dead in the water.  The band or  

> project or whatever   showed some serious promise prior to the album  

> being released as evidenced   by a handful of well-received shows in  

> Hollywood, but once the album was   released to almost zero sales  

> and the subsequent tour barely made it through   some shaky club  

> dates and festival appearances, it was obvious that when   guitarist  

> Nuno Bettencourt bailed unexpectedly, Perry wasn't going to be

>   able to hold it together.    T.B.      

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