[kj] KJ project – and we're off

[Paul]

Cool, sounds good and probably the right time to be asking, as age and
various abuses down the years is making recollection harder and harder
these days lol for me anyway  : )

Best of luck with the project.

On Fri 15 May 2020, 12:14 PM CHRIS BRYANS via Gathering, <
gathering at misera.net> wrote:

> Hello
>
> Some of you lovely people will probably already have seen this morning's
> FB post re a new book. For those that have not:
>
> Gatherers!
>
> We are working on a new official book that will tell the story of Killing
> Joke in the words of fans.
>
> How did you discover the band's music and become a Gatherer? Was it by
> listening to a Peel session? Watching them Jaz-less on Top of the Pops with
> Empire Song (or later on with Love Like Blood/Millennium/Pandemonium)? Or
> by seeing them on stage – where they can compare in power and intensity
> with pretty much any other British group of the past half-century?
>
> All of these recollections can be bound up in your memories of seeing the
> band live – where, when, who you went with, together with what you remember
> of watching them pulverise the crowds night after night. Did you get to
> meet the band? Did you survive the experience intact?
>
> Let's face it, the experience of seeing Killing Joke tends to lodge in the
> headspace for a great many reasons. Every memory, however slight, helps us
> paint a picture for our people’s history of Killing Joke. And we hope to
> spring a few surprises in the book as well.
>
> If you would like to be part of this new book, please email your story to
> the author: chris.bryans at hotmail.co.uk
>
> So there we go. Hope you find time to contribute. I'll be sending another
> message soon to amplify some of the points above.
>
> Best
>
> Chris
>
> On 10 March 2020 at 13:43 CHRIS BRYANS via Gathering <gathering at misera.net>
> wrote:
>
> Hello, all
>
> I am a longtime lurker to this site, as well as being an occasional
> poster.
>
> There is an upcoming project that may (or may not) interest some of you on
> here. A portion of it figures to be fan reviews of gigs from Joke's long
> and chequered past. What I am looking for is more than the "they were
> great. I went home" sort of thing. Lively, salty, indiscreet, blasphemous,
> drug-fuelled – I think there would be very little that is off limits. We
> are, after all, talking about the Joke here.
>
> I would imagine that pretty much everyone has a least one memorable
> encounter that, memory willing, can be dredged up from the past. It doesn't
> have to be one of the oft-cited gigs (1979 shows, CND rally, Reading
> Hexagon, Porchester, Camden Underworld, etc etc etc), though it certainly
> can be if you like. It could just be a low-key gig that stood out for you
> for what could be a wide variety of reasons. Of course, it should be Joke
> focused but there is a lot of leeway to make it a slice of life, too.
> Perhaps you met the band, perhaps you hooked up with someone who then
> became a significant other, perhaps the band were the best thing you have
> ever seen (before or since). And don't hold back if you would prefer to
> focus on a night when they were, to put it mildly, not at their best. This
> is not an arse-kicking exercise but neither should it be an arse-kissing
> love-in.
>
> I am probably getting ahead of myself here, but the length of review can
> vary. I guess it depends on the story you have to tell. But succinct and
> vivid will usually fit the bill.
>
> If you feel like you want to contribute, thanks a million. And cheers in
> general to the Gatherers.
>
> Best
>
> Chris
>
>
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