[kj] Killing Joke and the U.S.

[fluke fluke]

I do recall KJ getting 70 people at a gig in the U.S.A in 2003 and other gigs were poorly received , as I recall.
    You have to look at the financial side of things , it must be a huge financial outlay to tour the U.S. and the band/promoter may not wish to risk making a huge loss on the tour .
   To say that K.J arent visiting the U.S because Jaz "Doesn't like Americans" is rather Juvenile , especially considering that both Geordie and Raven, at the time lived,  in the U.S.   Jaz doesn't like the Capitalist mentality of America and the American Government.....dont take it personally
 
 

> Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:20:52 -0600> From: bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net> To: gathering at misera.net> Subject: Re: [kj] Killing Joke and the U.S.> > Yeah, New Model Army in US are not "popular" but have managed a somewhat > comprehensive tour of the US regardless. Someone brought up that KJ were > barely known in the US. Same with NMA, or much less the dozens of > crustpunk bands that regularly tour the US from Scandinavia and Japan.> > My initial wish, over a year or so ago, was that KJ would play Austin's > SXSW (March) fest as a one-off deal; that'd surely net them more than > 300 people, create buzz, etc.> > If KJ want assurances that at least 1000 plus people will be at every > show in the US, well, they might have to piggyback on the likes of > Motley Crue which they already did --in Europe!> > -Oliver> > > fluke fluke wrote:> > > > > > > > I was talking about popularity, playing a gig in front of 300 people > > doesn't constitute being popular> >> >> > _______________________________________________> Gathering mailing list> Gathering at misera.net> http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/gathering

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