[kj] Benny

[Marcel]

He's making a living...
This is bs, but it's him alright

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNbchcLxRJ4

Marcel


The rhythm section is completely reduced to a dull, incidental rattle
on HOSANNAS -- which is actually a damn shame, as I was quite
impressed with Benny's playing circa the 2005 shows.

What's become of him since being discharged from the ranks?

Alex in NYC




At 14:31 18.09.2010, you wrote:

>Send Gathering mailing list submissions to

>         gathering at misera.net

>

>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit

>         http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/gathering

>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to

>         gathering-request at misera.net

>

>You can reach the person managing the list at

>         gathering-owner at misera.net

>

>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific

>than "Re: Contents of Gathering digest..."

>

>

>The Gathering - Digest

>

>Today's Topics:

>

>    1. Re: Make Your 2010 Setlist! (Alexander Smith)

>    2. Re: ESS (Alexander Smith)

>    3. Re: ESS (Alexander Smith)

>    4. Re: ESS (Alexander Smith)

>    5. Re: Killing Joke covers (Phillipps Marc)

>

>

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

>

>Message: 1

>Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2010 07:36:53 -0400

>From: Alexander Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net>

>Subject: Re: [kj] Make Your 2010 Setlist!

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

>         <gathering at misera.net>

>Message-ID: <4058A2F1-F898-41CF-9FE1-D7607488FFC7 at earthlink.net>

>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed";

>         DelSp="yes"

>

>

>Agreed. I've played "Singularity" for certain friends of mine who

>aren't Joke-o-philes, and they're all like "Actually,...this is really

>good!"

>

>To which I say, "OF COURSE it's good, you soma-engorged lemming!!!

>blah blah blah.

>

>Alex in NYC

>

>

>On Sep 17, 2010, at 10:13 PM, sade1 wrote:

>

> > Methinks "Here Comes The Singularity" will make a better radio

> > single to spark interest in the cd. It's got just the right pep/

> > depth/metal-edge/80s-new-wavey/guitar-funky/dancey/almost-pop/

> > melodic/vocal-driven.. you all get what I'm saying.  It's like an

> > early Van Halen or Killers single.

> >

> >

> > From: Leigh Newton <angrytomhanks at yahoo.com>

> > To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!) <gathering at misera.net

> > >

> > Sent: Fri, September 17, 2010 9:50:17 AM

> > Subject: Re: [kj] Make Your 2010 Setlist!

> >

> > That reads a lot more like a wishlist than anything else.

> >

> > Realistically, it'll be 5 or 6 tracks from the new album. I'd hope

> > for:

> >

> > Endgame

> > ESS

> > In Excelsis

> > Here Comes the Singularity

> > Fresh Fever

> > The Great Cull

> >

> > Then there are the songs that you know they are gonna play and we

> > all know which

> > ones those are (but just to remind everyone):

> >

> > Requiem

> > Wardance

> > The Wait

> > Pssyche

> > Love Like Blood

> > Pandemonium

> >

> > And then rounded out by some less than likely hits. The ones I'd

> > love to hear

> > are:

> >

> > The Pandys are Coming

> > Total Invasion

> > Primitive

> > Frenzy

> > Europe

> > Unspeakable

> > Sun Goes Down

> >

> >

> >  http://www.nightruiner.com

> > http://www.tstat.org

> > http://www.myspace.com/streetmeatmusic

> > http://www.myspace.com/lauderdale

> >

> >

> >

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

> > From: TB <planetary at socal.rr.com>

> > To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!) <gathering at misera.net

> > >

> > Sent: Thu, September 16, 2010 11:37:22 PM

> > Subject: [kj] Make Your 2010 Setlist!

> >

> > Pandemonium

> > Absolute Dissent

> > Mass

> > Fresh Fever

> > Primitive

> > Loose Cannon

> > Ghost Of Ladbroke Grove

> > In Excelsis

> > Follow The Leaders

> > European Super State

> > Democracy

> > Blood On Your Hands

> > Zennen

> > This World Hell

> > The Great Cull

> > Endgame

> > *Encore*

> > Love Like Blood

> > You'll Never Get To Me

> > The Raven King

> >

> > Only a few burnout tunes, yet enough recognizable classics and some

> > b-sides to

> > make fans happy along with a big helping of the new

> > album.  No Eighties, The Wait, Communion, Wardance or many other

> > played to death

> > songs.  I'd lay good money on Raven King being the

> > closing song at most shows this tour.

> >

> > T.B.

> >

> > _______________________________________________

> > Gathering mailing list

> > Gathering at misera.net

> > http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/gathering

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > _______________________________________________

> > Gathering mailing list

> > Gathering at misera.net

> > http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/gathering

> >

> > _______________________________________________

> > Gathering mailing list

> > Gathering at misera.net

> > http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/gathering

>

>-------------- next part --------------

>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...

>URL: 

><http://four.pairlist.net/pipermail/gathering/attachments/20100918/de7d4780/attachment.html>

>

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

>

>Message: 2

>Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2010 07:38:58 -0400

>From: Alexander Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net>

>Subject: Re: [kj] ESS

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

>         <gathering at misera.net>

>Message-ID: <7ECB8C3F-EB75-483C-925E-BBFE7514E4A0 at earthlink.net>

>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes

>

>

>Amen to that.

>

>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpqPR2Tv5Sc

>

>Play it loud.

>

>Alex in NYC

>

>On Sep 18, 2010, at 12:00 AM, TB wrote:

>

> > Alexander Smith wrote:

> >

> >

> > "I dig some Motorhead but they have NEVER come up with anything as

> > EPIC and ANTHEMIC as Endgame..."

> >

> > Oh deary dear, let's not go there. The amount of songs in

> > Motorhead's vast catalog that eclipse "Endgame" -- a fine song

> > though it

> > is -- is as sprawling as the Sahara.

> >

> > Alex in NYC

> >

> > +++++++++++++++

> >

> > Orgasmatron for starters.

> >

> > T.B.

> >

> >

> > _______________________________________________

> > Gathering mailing list

> > Gathering at misera.net

> > http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/gathering

>

>

>

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

>

>Message: 3

>Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2010 07:41:46 -0400

>From: Alexander Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net>

>Subject: Re: [kj] ESS

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

>         <gathering at misera.net>

>Message-ID: <C9B4C549-0572-46FE-85AA-BC1613ACD302 at earthlink.net>

>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed";

>         DelSp="yes"

>

>

>"decent nu-metal tunes"

>

>Isn't that kind of an oxymoron?

>

>Alex in NYC

>

>

>

>

>On Sep 18, 2010, at 12:35 AM, GREG SLAWSON wrote:

>

> > I've always thought of Hossanas as the real "KJ for Beginners". It

> > sort of covers lots of the bands sounds and styles (w/the exception

> > of their late 80s New Romanic wannabe phase), with a couple of

> > decent nu-metal tunes thrown in (I think Implosion and the title

> > track are pretty good). True, the songs are too long and many are

> > ripoffs of older songs (Walking With Gods was the new Change,

> > Majestic the

> > new Intravenous, Invocation the new Communion, and Lightbringer

> > sounded like a bunch of them). But I think it's pretty

> > representative of the band, as is the new album, which also repeats

> > older stuff a bit. And the 2 songs everyone likes,

> > Judas and Gratitude, bring back some of the uneasy weirdness of

> > Revelations, and with a bigger sound. I think the main weakness of

> > both Hosannas and KJ2003 are the lack of emotional depth of some of

> > the earlier stuff.

> >

> > > From: planetary at socal.rr.com

> > > To: gathering at misera.net

> > > Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 20:59:10 -0700

> > > Subject: Re: [kj] ESS

> > >

> > > Alexander Smith wrote:

> > >

> > > Listened to it on the way home from work today -- and, by george,

> > you're absolutely right. Better than I remembered as well.

> > >

> > > That said, I also listened to HOSANNAS in its unwieldy entirety

> > quite recently too. Sadly, my impression of it has not softened with

> > > age. While I like bits of "Implosion" and "Majestic," I still

> > think it's my least favorite album. Better than COURTAULD TALKS , I

> > > suppose, but less intriguing than OTG (the myriad flaws of which

> > still compel me to re-visit).

> > >

> > > Alex in NYC

> > >

> > > +++++++++++

> > >

> > > Interesting in that I've been giving Hosannas as well as Democracy

> > listens lately during long drives (I can't even listen to OTG)

> > > and aside from Judas Goat and Gratitude, and if anything, my

> > attitude towards HFTBOH has hardened. There's really nothing I can say

> > > I like about the album aside from those two tracks which aren't

> > that great to begin with. And every time I hear Lightbringer, I

> > > laugh - it's one of the band's goofiest songs and recalls that

> > YouTube video of the long haired guy pretending to be Jaz.

> > >

> > > T.B.

> > >

> > > _______________________________________________

> > > Gathering mailing list

> > > Gathering at misera.net

> > > http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/gathering

> > _______________________________________________

> > Gathering mailing list

> > Gathering at misera.net

> > http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/gathering

>

>-------------- next part --------------

>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...

>URL: 

><http://four.pairlist.net/pipermail/gathering/attachments/20100918/15ef8d02/attachment.htm>

>

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

>

>Message: 4

>Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2010 07:43:31 -0400

>From: Alexander Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net>

>Subject: Re: [kj] ESS

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

>         <gathering at misera.net>

>Message-ID: <27A77095-88FB-49BC-B152-FECB0F8EC36B at earthlink.net>

>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed";

>         DelSp="yes"

>

>

>The rhythm section is completely reduced to a dull, incidental rattle

>on HOSANNAS -- which is actually a damn shame, as I was quite

>impressed with Benny's playing circa the 2005 shows.

>

>What's become of him since being discharged from the ranks?

>

>Alex in NYC

>

>

>On Sep 18, 2010, at 2:20 AM, n0153 jr wrote:

>

> > the weakest in Hosannas is without a shadow of a doubt the blend

> > drumming throughout it all!

> > I could have done a better job myself!

> > that said: I like the album still... apart from OTG, it's their

> > weakest to date, but still has some nice tunes therein.

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 1:35 AM, GREG SLAWSON <gregslawson at msn.com>

> > wrote:

> > I've always thought of Hossanas as the real "KJ for Beginners". It

> > sort of covers lots of the bands sounds and styles (w/the exception

> > of their late 80s New Romanic wannabe phase), with a couple of

> > decent nu-metal tunes thrown in (I think Implosion and the title

> > track are pretty good). True, the songs are too long and many are

> > ripoffs of older songs (Walking With Gods was the new Change,

> > Majestic the

> > new Intravenous, Invocation the new Communion, and Lightbringer

> > sounded like a bunch of them). But I think it's pretty

> > representative of the band, as is the new album, which also repeats

> > older stuff a bit. And the 2 songs everyone likes,

> > Judas and Gratitude, bring back some of the uneasy weirdness of

> > Revelations, and with a bigger sound. I think the main weakness of

> > both Hosannas and KJ2003 are the lack of emotional depth of some of

> > the earlier stuff.

> >

> > > From: planetary at socal.rr.com

> > > To: gathering at misera.net

> > > Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 20:59:10 -0700

> > > Subject: Re: [kj] ESS

> >

> > >

> > > Alexander Smith wrote:

> > >

> > > Listened to it on the way home from work today -- and, by george,

> > you're absolutely right. Better than I remembered as well.

> > >

> > > That said, I also listened to HOSANNAS in its unwieldy entirety

> > quite recently too. Sadly, my impression of it has not softened with

> > > age. While I like bits of "Implosion" and "Majestic," I still

> > think it's my least favorite album. Better than COURTAULD TALKS , I

> > > suppose, but less intriguing than OTG (the myriad flaws of which

> > still compel me to re-visit).

> > >

> > > Alex in NYC

> > >

> > > +++++++++++

> > >

> > > Interesting in that I've been giving Hosannas as well as Democracy

> > listens lately during long drives (I can't even listen to OTG)

> > > and aside from Judas Goat and Gratitude, and if anything, my

> > attitude towards HFTBOH has hardened. There's really nothing I can say

> > > I like about the album aside from those two tracks which aren't

> > that great to begin with. And every time I hear Lightbringer, I

> > > laugh - it's one of the band's goofiest songs and recalls that

> > YouTube video of the long haired guy pretending to be Jaz.

> > >

> > > T.B.

> > >

> > > _______________________________________________

> > > Gathering mailing list

> > > Gathering at misera.net

> > > http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/gathering

> >

> > _______________________________________________

> > Gathering mailing list

> > Gathering at misera.net

> > http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/gathering

> >

> >

> > _______________________________________________

> > Gathering mailing list

> > Gathering at misera.net

> > http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/gathering

>

>-------------- next part --------------

>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...

>URL: 

><http://four.pairlist.net/pipermail/gathering/attachments/20100918/aa07a742/attachment.html>

>

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

>

>Message: 5

>Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 10:01:08 +0100

>From: "Phillipps Marc" <Marc.Phillipps at enfield.nhs.uk>

>Subject: Re: [kj] Killing Joke covers

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

>         <gathering at misera.net>

>Message-ID:

>         <168462CB75C2494580745F29B549B9D26C7686 at srvexh001.NCL-HIS.NHS.UK>

>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

>

> >Do they come with matching pillowcases?

>

>

>

>Can you imagine the trauma of waking up every morning with Jaz's face

>staring at you?

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>________________________________

>

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

>On Behalf Of F. Luke

>Sent: 16 September 2010 09:58

>To: gathering at misera.net

>Subject: [kj] Killing Joke covers

>

>

>

>

>

>

>Do they come with matching pillowcases?

>

>This communication may contain information that is confidential and 

>legally privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the intended 

>recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient(s), please note 

>that any form of distribution, copying or use of this communication 

>or the information within is strictly prohibited and may be 

>unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please 

>return it to the sender, then delete and destroy any copies of it. 

>The Health Informatics Service disclaims any liability for action 

>taken reliant on the content of this message. This communication is 

>from the Health Informatics Service serving Barnet Enfield & 

>Haringey Health Communities.

>-------------- next part --------------

>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...

>URL: 

><http://four.pairlist.net/pipermail/gathering/attachments/20100916/cc5cadc8/attachment.htm>

>

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

>

>_______________________________________________

>Gathering mailing list

>Gathering at misera.net

>http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/gathering

>

>

>End of Gathering Digest, Vol 85, Issue 185

>******************************************