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

[cliffmonka at alaska.net]

the Who i can see it,and yeah alex,PiL & GOF & KJ would be great tour.



> 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 :)

>

> -----Original Message-----

> 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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