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

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Reformed Joy Division.

<long pause>

Yes, that was my point.


-----Original Message-----
From: Alexander Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net>
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!) <gathering at misera.net>
Sent: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 3:43
Subject: Re: [kj] Anyway we can get KJ to play Austin's South by Southwest Music 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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