[kj] Reformation

[Phil Tofield]

I was lucky enough to see the Stranglers at Alexandra Palace before Hugh
left and its still one of the best gigs Ive ever seen. I was even luckier
that my old band got to play support for them on the first tour after Hugh
left (not the whole tour, just the gig they played in Milton Keynes). I got
to play though JJ's bass rig, which was pretty awesome, and had a spliff
with him backstage afterwards! Really nice bloke. Their keyboard player was
a bit odd though (someone Greenfield or something? My memory isn't what it
used to be), got into a conversation with him after the gig and all he
wanted to talk about sword fighting for some reason. I couldn't get away
from him!

-----Original Message-----
From: gingoblin at easynet.co.uk [mailto:gingoblin at easynet.co.uk] 
Sent: 24 March 2009 17:16
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
Subject: Re: [kj] Reformation

Nah, it was Bruce Watson from Big Country on guitar for the Skids... did a 
good job actually. And Jobson was great too... one of the biggest cheers of 
the night was when he said something along the lines of "I've been guilty 
of being a bit of an arsehole over the years"... a huge cry of WE 
KNOW!!  But he'd put down the SKids for a long time, despite it (still) 
being the best thing he's ever done.

Neil... it was the REAL Hawkwind that were playing in Oslo. This is the 
whole problem, Nik Turner (who left in, er, 1976!) has his own band of 
"ex-members" who started off calling themselves xHawkwind. They were 
fucking awful actually. Then it changed to Space Ritual after a legal 
battle, which is at least a bit less confusing. Now they're playing as 
Hawklords, so it's back being confusing again!  I actually know people 
who've seen this under-rehearsed shambles and thought they were seeing the 
real thing.  On the whole though, it's a bunch of people who never wrote 
the songs or played on the records.   Bet you wished you'd never asked!

And are there really no other Terry & The Idiots fans on this list??!!

Dave in Edinburgh

PS. Alex, I'm in full agreement on the Stranglers! It's been about 20 years 
since I've seen them, and they're still amongst my faves, so not seeing 'em 
live is a killer... but it just isn't gonna happen with Hugh (though I 
suppose if Magazine can reform, ANYTHING can happen!).   Did see the DVD of 
the Roundhouse gig last year with the newish lineup... no Paul Roberts, and 
a guy on guitar/vocs so it's back to a 4-piece. It was actually pretty 
good.  But they still need Hugh!  Oh, I wanna see the Stranglers!






At 16:31 24/03/2009 +0000, you wrote:

>The Skids reformed before Adamson died?

>

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

>From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]

>On Behalf Of gingoblin at easynet.co.uk

>Sent: 24 March 2009 16:27

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

>Subject: Re: [kj] Reformation

>

>Strangely, 9 out of 10 (roughly!) of 'em have been great for me!  Ruts,

>Skids, Stooges, Magazine, Roky Erickson (though he didn't as much reform

>as return from space), Killing Joke, The Sonics... hmm, I'm sure there's

>been others.  Only ones that were poor were the Pistols (100% due to

>Lydon thinking he's above rehearsing and just generally being an

>embarrassment

>now) and X Ray Spex (lack of rehearsal it seemed, and crap

>drummer).      Terry and the Idiots are the ones I'm really hoping for

>though...

>Dave in Edinburgh

>

>

>

>At 08:52 24/03/2009 -0700, you wrote:

> >I wish these folks would stop. I guess the royalty checks are getting

>thin?

> >9 times out of ten, these events are a huge disappointment.

> >Unless we've all gone senile and are now in our second childhood?

> >

> >

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> >Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 07:32:46 +0000

> >From: bawhitehead at gmail.com

> >To: gathering at misera.net

> >Subject: [kj] Reformation

> >

> >On the subject of bands reforming and as mentioned in this article,

> >there can't be a lot left.

> >We've had Sex Pistols, Magazine, Gang Of Four, KJ (original), Faith No

> >More, Pixies...the list goes on and on.

> >The one I'd like to see again is a first two LP era PiL.

> >

> >Brian.

> >

> >

> >2009/3/24 Brendan

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> >Get out your shoulder pads and limber up your anus, Spandau Ballet are

> >back...

> >

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> >t/music/spandau-ballet-to-reform/2009/03/24/1237656890494.html

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