[kj] 30 years of Brighter Than Thousand Suns

[bongo]

one of my top KJ albums, totes jealous of whoever got to see that stuff
live!


=]





"due to a lack of trained trumpeters, the end of the world has been
postponed indefinitely..."

On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 12:28 AM, jpwhkj--- via Gathering <
gathering at misera.net> wrote:

> I absolutely loved that album when it came out.  The gigs of that era were
> fantastic (possibly the finest hour of that line-up, for me) and of course
> the tracks were much harder-edged live.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fatpotanga . <fatpotanga at gmail.com>
> To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!) <gathering at misera.net
> >
> Sent: Wed, 23 Nov 2016 8:28
> Subject: Re: [kj] 30 years of Brighter Than Thousand Suns
>
> Ditto Adam, great bit of writing!
> Btats holds a special place for me as and was the first tour I saw them
> live.
> I also love the album. I think sometimes one needs to remember it was
> released in 1986, at the time it was fresh and contemporary.
> 3 tracks of the Cd version were initially B Sides (Victory, Goodbye and
> Exile)
> While great songs, if you remove them the dynamic of the original album
> track list returns which was perfect.
> Would love to hear some of these live again.
>
> On 22 Nov 2016 23:27, "The Stranger via Gathering" <gathering at misera.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Holy moly, well done Oliver!  Great article and tons of great music clips
>> and interview clips in there as well.  And that book cover!?
>>
>> BTATS was actually the first KJ album I ever bought.  Based on my
>> melancholy, gothy, wavey tastes, at the time, it was the perfect gateway
>> drug for me that eventually led to my full on Joke addiction.  I still
>> think the album holds up well..
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Adam
>>
>>
>> Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad <https://yho.com/footer0>
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>> On Tuesday, November 22, 2016, 5:21 PM, B. Oliver Sheppard <
>> b.oliver.sheppard at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I'd been thinking a lot about this album lately and decided to write this.
>>
>> http://www.cvltnation.com/thirty-years-ago-killing-jokes-
>> brighter-thousand-suns-exploded-onto-scene/
>>
>>
>> -0liver
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