[kj] Anyway we can get KJ to play Austin's South by Southwest Music Fest this March!?

[Alexander Smith]

Well, that was the point -- NO ONE took up that particular torch.  
Sure, lots of bands attempted -- everyone from Kingdom Come through  
the Mission through Soundgarden -- but there is only one Led Zeppelin.

Alex in NYC



On Jan 13, 2008, at 8:07 PM, Brendan Quinn wrote:


> Yeah Olly, ROCK THE FUCK UP! When you’re playing Led Zep records,  

> you can always make the excuse that there’s a Killing Joke link that  

> you need to explore…I promise I won’t tell anyone on Cult Punk that  

> you’re listening to SYMPHONIC PROG ROCK COVERS (well at least for a  

> couple of days that is)

>

> So anyone willing to venture a comment as to who if anyone took the  

> torch from Led Zep after they broke up?

>

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

> ] On Behalf Of melinda grant

> Sent: Monday, 14 January 2008 10:58 a.m.

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

> Subject: Re: [kj] Anyway we can get KJ to play Austin's South by  

> Southwest Music Fest this March!?

>

> yeah,i knew you would feel this way about the idear,

>

> but again i stress--k.j riding on coattails of  ledzep,would get  

> them more respect fpr doing that,than (as they did) with motly  

> crud--!!

>

> as a man of your knowledge and exsperience  oliver,of both music and  

> with a purpose i am alarmed by your pairtinf thus those 2(mot..crud/ 

> zep ;( how very dare   bleeeep..............................

> ...

> ---as with the 3 bands in question k.j/ledzep/ and crud lol,i will  

> put 3 different catorgorys

> music with feeling/music with a purpose and

>  music with no purpose at all really apart from arse and  

> titilation----k.j and zep,fall into first two catorgorys ;D/

>

> motly crud fall only into the last catorgory,there just a bunch of  

> itis really,apppealing to people who are interested in nothing but  

> tits ;D)))) !!!!

>

> can you see now what i am getting at  ok zep have about 5 tracks in  

> there vast back catologue of tunes,that will appealing to men being  

> men,you get my meaning?good--every track of the muts cruds(motly  

> crew)is there to appeal to men being men and some more  ;/

> if you cannot see the similaritys between k.j and zep,then you  

> either dont know  enough about k.j or enough about zep,i suspect it  

> is the  latter,,try reading up on the zep a bit,inside the zep--to  

> find out what they were about.

>

> i have footage of when the damned appearing on marc boland show on  

> vid,i know what you mean,those 2 groups were not similiar,either in  

> dress or thought,but mysterially,as time moved on,i can kinda link a  

> bit of a sililarity in style music wise,if only on a handful of  

> tunes,between marc.b/t.rex  and the later damned of say--mid 80s  

> onwards.

> ppshere you go,judging anaudieance b.4 you have given them a chance  

> to prove you wrong or right--i still think you are wrong on this  

> one,and as long as you keep thinking,ledzep are motly crud mutt part  

> 2,you will never change your mind about k.j and zep gig----move away  

> from the image of zep/mutt crud forget it,there from 2 different  

> mind sets completley..now visualise,k.j and ledzep.but go really  

> learn about zep b.4 you do that ok ;) xx

>

>

> > Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 02:31:34 -0600

> > From: bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net

> > To: gathering at misera.net

> > Subject: Re: [kj] Anyway we can get KJ to play Austin's South by  

> Southwest Music Fest this March!?

> >

> > Yeah, KJ supporting Led Zeppelin just sounds like a nightmare for  

> about

> > 3 or 4 different reasons I can think of off the top of my head. KJ  

> will

> > come off as the odd sideshow during which all the folks will be  

> milling

> > around and ignoring, or trying to show up after. KJ shouldn't try to

> > ride the coattails of folks like Led Zeppelin or Motley Crue --  

> they're

> > too good for that, and it's an odd, incongruent fit. Imagining Jaz  

> inw

> > arpaint blasting through "The Wait" while people want to hear  

> 'Stairway"

> > -- I don't know; it strikes me as really odd.

> >

> > Early on The Damned did a small support tour for Marc Bolan, circa  

> 1978.

> > That always struck me as really odd. Not sure how that actually  

> fared,

> > though.

> >

> > -B.

> >

> >

> >

> > Alexander Smith wrote:

> > >

> > > "if they take the opportunity to be the support band for led zep"

> > >

> > >

> > > I don't know, Melinda --- I think they'd be eaten alive. I hate to

> > > suggest it, but your *AVERAGE* Led Zep fan isn't notorious for  

> being

> > > especially open-minded.

> > >

> > >

> > > Alex in NYC

> >

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