[kj] For those who miss the old Geordie sound/ blonde hairand hollowbodies

[Karen Weil]

The Cult -- eh, I can take em or leave em, quite frankly.

k.w.
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>

> I remember first seeing the video for "She Sells Sanctuary" -- feat 

> spikily bequiffed Duffy wielding a big, thick-body Gretsch and 

> *IMMEDIATELY* thought he was ripping of Geordie.

>

> Alex in NYC

>

>

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>>From: fluw <fluwdot at earthlink.net>

>>Sent: Oct 14, 2008 11:22 AM

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

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>>Subject: Re: [kj] For those who miss the old Geordie sound/ blonde hair 

>>and hollowbodies

>>

>>

>>I recently saw a gretsch guitar company interview with billy duffy and he

>>mentioned brian setzer with the stray cats in the UK in '79 as being his

>>influence to pick up a gretsch.

>>

>>As far as comparison of sound and look of billy to Geordie - it is a

>>question - I am not sure the gathering as ever been able to answer.

>>

>>Does anyone remember when billy first pick up the gretsch and combed his

>>hair in a blonde pompadour? Was it before 82 when Geordie returned from

>>Iceland with his similar new sound and look?

>>

>>

>>-----------

>>BTW, I'm probably stating the obvious, but did Billy Duffy of The Cult 

>>ever

>>-cite Geordie as a big influence because he certainly nicked Geordie's 

>>basic

>>

>>tone down to playing a somewhat similar kind of guitar (Gretsch) and maybe

>>even Geordie's look during The Cult's Dreamtime/Love era.

>>

>>T.B.

>>

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