[kj] London venue change:

[Brendan Quinn]

The mystique that used to surround them seems missing. Maybe Jaz's vanishing is an attempt to recreate that?

 

I can see it now. Jaz sits down with pen and paper and writes (in an archaic script lost in the mists of time but discovered by Jaz in an exceedingly dangerous magickal ritual, which itself was lost in the mists of time but discovered by Jaz in an exceedingly…you get the picture): 

 

TO DO:

 

Don’t drink / smoke / use money / use electronics (conditional exception for microphone / amp)

 

Buy barter more Nicotine patches 

 

Berate other band members relentlessly

 

Don’t listen to any other music cos it’s all naff

 

Enact elaborate plan to go off the deep end vilifying The Cult, make total twat of myself and create a mini internet sensation for about 30 minutes, go AWOL again, get the other band members to say it had nothing to do with them and make me look like a tosser, in order to re-create a long-lost sense of mystique and danger about Killing Joke

 

Remember not to play any gigs in New Zealand. EVER.

 

From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On Behalf Of Alex Smith
Sent: Thursday, 9 August 2012 6:21 a.m.
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!); gathering at misera.net
Subject: Re: [kj] London venue change:

 

 

Sometimes I wonder if we've all seen too much of what goes on behind the curtain with Killing Joke. The mystique that used to surround them seems missing. 

Maybe Jaz's vanishing is an attempt to recreate that?

Alex in NYC

 

 

-----Original Message----- 
From: jpwhkj at aol.com 
Sent: Aug 8, 2012 1:16 PM 
To: gathering at misera.net 
Subject: Re: [kj] London venue change: 


Me three.

KJ's return for the Underworld gig was feckin amazing, and there have been moments of sheer brilliance since then (not least, the original line-up back together). There have also been many moments of shite - here are my biggest gripes:

* extremely similar set-lists, not just on the same tour, but from one tour to the next
* gems of power
* chugga-chugga-chug
* too much growling / shouting

Somehow, I've avoided being stung by cancellations (lucky me) but doubtless that would be high on others' lists.

Do I await the next episode with the same baited-fanboy-breath of thirty years ago? Er, no.

Thin Jamie


-----Original Message-----
From: Neil Perry <65snoopy at gmail.com>
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!) 
Sent: Wed, 8 Aug 2012 13:29
Subject: Re: [kj] London venue change:


I hear you brother!

If Killing Joke announced they were splitting up today I wouldn't be so gutted.
After the low point of Jaz n Geordie + two hired hands, the original line up getting back together and 
releasing a couple of albums and managing to get through some tours is more than I ever
hoped for. And MMXII would be a pretty fine swan song. A tour as part of some nostalgia road show
is not what I want KJ to be. BPF has already been absent from some shows, how long before Youth is too 
busy and we're back to 2+2 again? 

Bongo's comment earlier about Jaz sat by the fire on Killing Joke island... well I hope he is, and
hope he's happy. I'd be more excited about reading his memoirs than hearing another album to
be honest. The 'will they won't they'/'can they can't they' has become tiring and tedious, and let's be honest,
how much longer are they are going to stay together now anyway without killing each other? 

n


On 8 August 2012 13:28, fatpotanga wrote:

It's had the total opposite effect on me!
I'm so utterly bored of the whole KJ debacle & really couldn't give a shit what they do, where they play or even what they release anymore :/
I was so excited when I discovered the Gathering, but now it's like we're all stood in this room with egg on our faces trying to make the best of it.
Time after time another one flies in & hits us square on. 'Bastards!' we think, 'still, look on the bright side, we can always make an omelette.'
Jaz has turned into a parody of himself. He's like the annoying uncle who jabs you in the stomach then tells you to pull his finger; funny when you were 5 but wearing more than a little thin now you're in your forties.
Geordie is such a wasted talent. What he does still thrills & inspires me, but in many ways he's kinda become the Syd Little to Jazs' Eddie Large.

I have nothing but the utmost respect & admiration for BPF & Youth's drive & side-projects, but year on year my interest in KJ is slowly chipped away by mismanagement, broken promises & something else I can't think of right now but it would have been good, really good & you'll have all nodded in agreement.


Sad really, but it's all become a stilted version of "Whoops! There go my Trousers!"



On 8 Aug 2012, at 11:37, Paul Wady wrote:


Well, whatever they are up to it has worked on me. I want to go see the gig now.



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