[kj] Killing Joke's career/[OT] Other Bands...

[jpwhkj at aol.com]

Interesting, I'd never listened to Faith No More (although I'd kept meaning to, given their desire to recruit Geordie).

Anyway, listening to that second vid (A Small Victory) you can really see why they wanted him...





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From: Brendan Quinn <bq at soundgardener.co.nz>
To: 'A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)' <gathering at misera.net>
Sent: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:39
Subject: Re: [kj] Killing Joke's career/[OT] Other Bands...




FNM, good call. Is it just me or is the horn at 6 seconds into Midlife Crisis a crackup?

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESjyB8EMw4w

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Angel Dust is an album you gotta have, no excuse permitted. The following video is total proof that nothing coming out these days compares to the early 90s:

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGKjeRgn4CA&feature=related

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From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On Behalf Of Jim Harper
Sent: Tuesday, 23 December 2008 03:00
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
Subject: Re: [kj] Killing Joke's career/[OT] Other Bands...


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Just thought I'd chime in with a few more acts worth tracking down and evaluating:



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A) I'm sure most Joke fans (and people into general alternative/metal in the early 90s) will already have digested and evaluated these guys, but if you haven't, it's definitely worth looking at Faith No More. Their first two albums are patchy funk-metal with a bad singer, while The Real Thing is solid funk-metal with a decent singer, but they were something entirely different on Angel Dust, King For A Day and Album of the Year: heavy, experimental, funny, abrasive and defiantly individualist. They were openly influenced by Killing Joke- the drummer was very inlfuenced by the Joke and PiL, Billy Gould's bass playing is often reminscent of Raven's, while they're another of the few rock/metal bands of the time that used keyboards openly without sounding wimpy or poppy. I know not everyone on here thinks much of 'em, but for my money Faith No More were one of the greats. (It's just a shame some of the guitar on Angel Dust is so mediocre- Jim Martin was just not up to the task by 
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B) Not as abrasive as the Joke, but the first two Psychedelic Furs albums really deserve a listen for anyone into post-punk or new wave. Having said that, anyone into post-punk or new wave has probably already heard them.



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C) D'espairsRay. Japanese?rock. First-rate Japanese rock, well worth hearing. Much better than the somewhat overrated Dir En Grey.



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My 2p'th.



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Jim.

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