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

[Brendan Quinn]

Forgetting who opens for whom, say it was an equal bill, Tool would be great
together with Killing joke IMO.

You guys might not agree, seeing as you're not nearly metal enough for your
own good :)

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From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On
Behalf Of Alexander Smith
Sent: Monday, 14 January 2008 4:43 p.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
SouthwestMusic Fest this March!?

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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