[kj] Peel Sessions & Magazine

[J Casavola]

Yeah, the Joke Peel Sessions sound great!


> To: gathering at misera.net> From: hgrey at earthlink.net> Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2008 20:56:19 -0700> Subject: [kj] Peel Sessions & Magazine> > Thanks for the pointer to the Magazine interview. I really LOVED that > band, and McGeoch's playing on everything from Stuck to Motorcade to > Philadelphia to Permafrost was extraordinary. He had quite a unique > style. When I was in my teens, WNYU's New Afternoon Show would use > "Stuck" as the theme and background music to their club calendar. It > really got burned into my brain then. Does anyone know what > Generation X songs McGeoch played on or did overdubs for with Kiss Me > Deadly? I can't seem to find that info anywhere.> > I watched some of the video with Robin Simon playing with Magazine on > the 1980 or 81 tour and he was quite capable. I would really be > interested in someone playing McGeoch's riffs as opposed to puttting > their own touch on the songs. You could tell on some of the video > clips that some riffs were quite unorthodox and a real challenge.> > Just got the Killing Joke Peel Sessions CD. Outstanding and the sound > quality is quite good. I had many of those songs on an old vinyl > bootleg I had gotten in Manhattan in '82 or '83 at Second Coming > Records (is that still there?), but the sound was pretty poor. I > think it was called "The Joke's On You." The more I listen to early > Joke the more I appreciate that they really were taking post-punk > into a very unique direction. They were not simply rehashing what > countless other bands were doing post-Sex Pistols. I used to have a > pretty steady record buying route in those days: J&R, Bondy's, St. > Mark's Sounds, Freebeing Records (I think that was the name; it was > on Second Ave and St. Marks place a few doors down from the newsstand > on the corner--tiny shop but with great imports) Second Coming, > Bleecker Bob's (when it was on Macdougal) another place on Bleecker > and Macdougal.> > Also saw the t-shirt for the KJ/Joy Division double bill show. I also > really enjoy Section 25 and A Certain Ratio. What it must have been > like. Sorry there is no boot of that show...> > Harold> San Jose, CA> _______________________________________________> Gathering mailing list> Gathering at misera.net> http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/gathering

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