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

[Alexander Smith]

The only bands worthy, I'd imagine, would be a PiL reunion (with  
Levene & Wobble on board -- HOLD NOT THY BREATH) or possibly Gang of  
Four. Anything else would be unsatisfying for all parties concerned.

Alex in NYC



On Jan 13, 2008, at 9:53 PM, cliffmonka at alaska.net wrote:


> who else could KJ ever be a support act for?

> Led Zeppelin,King Crimson,Queen,Sex Pistols,Gary Numan?

> There's only a handfull of possible acts that are more famous and  

> have influenced KJ

>

>

>> 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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