[kj] rebellion?

[Brendan]

Whoever they were, they're not metallers. There's a prohibition against
harbouring and abetting Christians. They've been struck off.

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From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On
Behalf Of Jim Harper
Sent: Tuesday, 11 August 2009 9:03 PM
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
Subject: Re: [kj] rebellion?



Well, I gather many people had a rough time growing up in the DDR. It's also
worth remembering that being a punk/metal fan or a Christian were both
excellent ways of rebelling against the state back then and perhaps a little
less dodgy than being a fascist...
 
When I was in Jena last year my brother took me into a pub where Christians
and metallers used to hang out in the 1980s, both groups being generally
unwelcome elsewhere and under threat of being regularly busted. It's a
little odd to find a place where metallers and Christians hung out together
(doesn't happen much over here, not since the days of Stryper ;- ) but
apparently it was a mutual support thing. Very interesting.
 
Sorry for the ramble there.
 
Jim.

--- On Tue, 11/8/09, Brendan <bq at soundgardener.co.nz> wrote:


Sounds like he had a shit time growing up in East Germany under the Stasi
and being a Nazi was the perfect way to rebel against them as fascism is the
idealogical opposite
to comminism, in theory). 


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