[kj] Forum Gig

[Nick Scott]

I would not say the gig was shit at all...Jaz's voice was top notch, and
every time I have seen him since the reformation of the original line up he
looks younger, slimmer and healthier than ever...the band also seemed in
good spirits..which they should seeing its the start of the tour.

The sound mixing seemed ok from where I was, perhaps Geordie's guitar a
little low for my liking, a little too drum heavy and the mosh pit was the
liveliest I have seen it in a good while.

If anything it was the setlist that was a bit shit, and the fact the band
came on at 9:15 fucked off at 10:15, came back to do an encore and then
fucked off again at 10:38..to plenty of crowd applause for more...and did
not come back.

They did however re-jig the setlist a bit from the Corby gig, and played
"Change", but dropped both "Tension" and "The Great Cull".

For a band with such a repertoire of songs to choose from, regardless of an
energetic set I feel there is no excuses to play less than 1hr 30..although
I do not think in around the 20 times I have seen KJ play live they have
mustered anything more than 1hr 40 mins.

Beautiful Dead sounded amazing..refreshing to see it in the set....but (and
partially excusably because it was a themed "singles" set) it is getting
rather stale hearing the same old...but this is another problem...could you
imagine them not playing "Requiem", "Psyche", "The Wait", "Wardance" etc
etc..the band desperately need to lengthen the set to appease all it seems
to me.

Lows for me were "Whiteout" sounded flat, "This World Hell", boring and ill
fitting with the rest of the material, the puzzlingly crowd loved
"Asteroid" which I have always fucking hated as it sounds like a Kerrang
readers cock rock tune....Highlights for me most certainly "The Beautiful
Dead", Big Paul totally a match for playing Extremeties era Joke
effortlessly, "Chop Chop", "Follow The Leaders", and "Money Is Not Our God"

I do however feel it was a wasted opportunity to refresh and play some
other songs they have not played in a long while such as "Democracy",
"Millennium", "Seeing Red", "Adorations", "New Day", "Birds Of A Feather"
etc.

All in all, not a bad night, just left me wanting for more..something I
should probably be ashamed of seeing I am lucky to live in the UK and get
to see KJ more regularly than other gatherers.

On 17 March 2013 01:19, pssyche23 <antoni at clara.net> wrote:


> The general consensus amongst those I spoke to in the Bull & Gate post-gig

> was that it was a great performance - i'd got in the venue quite late & it

> was difficult to get anywhere near the front without lots of barging so I

> hung back a bit, not too far from the bar :o)

>

> There must be vast hordes of young uns who feel this band piss all over

> bands 20 or 30 years their junior - and not just kids at metal festivals- i

> don't know why folks get so critical of Killing Joke here - of course they

> play for themselves - after 30+ years, that's no surprise. We are all

> entitled to our own opinions but I'm conscious this is a period in the

> band's history that few of us ever expected would happen & it ain't no lame

> attempt either IMHO.

>

> To me they now seem to be getting that  level of respect & kudos that

> other seminal bands (Velvets, Stooges, Cpt Beefheart, The Doors) get & that

> is a far better outcome that any of us could have imagined during the 7

> year hiatus.

>

> If they do knock it on the head after this tour, I feel they've gone out

> on a high - five extra years of KJ with Youth & Big Paul - you lucky people

> !!!

>

> Sent from my iPhone

>

> On 17 Mar 2013, at 00:24, bongo <humanhybrid666 at gmail.com> wrote:

>

> maybe you're just a miserable old prick?

>

> hmmm?

>

>

>

>

>

> "due to a lack of trained trumpeters, the end of the world has been

> postponed indefinitely..."

>

>

> On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 1:11 PM, adrianwason at btinternet.com <

> adrianwason at btinternet.com> wrote:

>

>>

>> The gig was shit

>> The sound was awful

>> The setlist was dire

>> Time to give up boys.....

>>

>>

>>

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

>> On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 10:08 PM GMT Adam Helfer wrote:

>>

>> >if there would be one 'complaint' I have against Killing Joke is (to me)

>> a good bit of their songs are just a bit too long..

>> >So when I see this set list, I like it, but think its 'prob 4-5 songs

>> too long--

>> > Last few times I went to see them, I brought along some more newbie

>> fans, and you could feel them getting bored with the long windedness of

>> some of the songs.. you could feel them thinking 'ok, that started off

>> great, but when is it going to stop.."

>> > like i see this particular set list bogging down around 9-17

>> > But ill take it!

>> >

>> >

>> >Adam

>> >

>> >www.Omkara-World.com

>> >

>> >

>> >On Mar 16, 2013, at 12:00 AM, bongo <humanhybrid666 at gmail.com> wrote:

>> >

>> >> that set list is fairly fucking epic !

>> >>

>> >>

>> >>

>> >>

>> >> "due to a lack of trained trumpeters, the end of the world has been

>> postponed indefinitely..."

>> >>

>> >>

>> >> On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 11:42 PM, pssyche23 <antoni at clara.net> wrote:

>> >> Yeah, great to see you Brian :o)

>> >>

>> >> 1 Turn To Red

>> >> 2 Wardance

>> >> 3 Requiem

>> >> 4 Tension

>> >> 5 ESS

>> >> 6 Follow The Leaders

>> >> 7 Love Like Blood

>> >> 8 The Beautiful Dead

>> >> 9 This World Hell

>> >> 10 Empire Song

>> >> 11 Chop Chop

>> >> 12 Sun Goes Down

>> >> 13 Eighties

>> >> 14 Corporate Elect

>> >> 15 Money Is Not Our God

>> >> 16 Whiteout

>> >> 17 Asteroid

>> >> 18 The Wait

>> >> 19 Pandemonium

>> >>

>> >> 20 The Great Cull

>> >> 21 Pssyche

>> >>

>> >> Sent from my iPhone

>> >>

>> >> On 15 Mar 2013, at 10:29, Brian Whitehead <bawhitehead at gmail.com>

>> wrote:

>> >>

>> >>> To add: This World Hell and I think it was Pandys or definitely

>> another from Revelations oh and definitely Money Is Not Our God.

>> >>>

>> >>> Great night - VERY loud I thought....or is that age.

>> >>>

>> >>> Very long drive, got home 3:30am, but well worth every mile.

>> >>>

>> >>> Brian.

>> >>>

>> >>>

>> >>>

>> >>> On 14 March 2013 23:05, <jpwhkj at aol.com> wrote:

>> >>> Spoiler alert for Ade! Turn to red, wardance, requiem, tension, ess,

>> follow the leaders, love like blood, beautiful dead, ? Empire song,

>> chop-chop, sun goes down, 80s, corporate elect, money, whiteout, asteroid,

>> the wait, pandemonium, encore: ? Pssyche

>> >>>

>> >>>

>> >>>

>> >>>

>> >>> S

>> >>>

>> >>>

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

>> >>> From: bq <bq at soundgardener.co.nz>

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

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>> >>> Sent: 14-Mar-2013 18:31:09 +0000

>> >>> Subject: Re: [kj] corby

>> >>>

>> >>> That's pretty cool, Johnny and I will be seeing kj for the 1st time,

>> hopefully, in June. What better than singles...well okay I could name a

>> few, but having never heard wardance etc I'm pretty stoked...

>> >>>

>> >>> Brendan q

>> >>>

>> >>> Sent from my HTC

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>> >>> ----- Reply message -----

>> >>> From: "fatpotanga" <fatpotanga at gmail.com>

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

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>> >>> Subject: [kj] corby

>> >>> Date: Fri, Mar 15, 2013 00:31

>> >>>

>> >>>

>> >>> Just seen this:

>> >>>

>> >>> Michael Coles 16 of the set list are singles a/b-sides

>> >>>

>> >>>

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