OFF: Killing Joke

[gingoblin at EASYNET.CO.UK]

Ah, the Joke... I'm just about to leave Edinburgh to catch the tour once
again in Dublin... indeed a true joy to have them back amongst us!    Yup,
you're right about the drummer...Ted Parsons. Does a fine job I think. The
songs you're not sure of are Communion and Pandemonium... both off the 1995
album Pandemonium... well worth picking up, though not my fave.
The reason Asteroid and Follow The Leaders were dropped was that old
favourite... DISCO AFTER THE GIG... and of course, we can't keep the disco
dancers waiting can we... oh my, what would happen if they had to wait
another 15mins while those of us who've paid £15 get the full show we
shelled out for??!!!   Can you guess this winds me up? (still not forgotten
about missing out on Born To Go at the HW Xmas gig a few years back 'cos of
this pish).  Same thing happened in Glasgow the other week... it really
does my head in, especially when you find out they were gonna play one o'
yer faves (in this case Follow The Leaders).  But can't keep the disco
waiting eh?    Hopefully Dublin tonight will have no similar
nonsense...    There's still a couple more UK dates... so anyone
swithering... GO!

cheers,
             Dave






At 20:05 13/10/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>Saw KJ at the Astoria on Saturday night- I know quite a few on the list
>have a healthy appreciation of the Joke (and maybe some people were there?)
>so here's a brief report- excellent gig, very intense at times. Jaz Coleman
>still has that uniquely strange stage presence. Emphasis was on the
>faster/harder/heavier stuff- lots of pounding tribal rhythms. Line-up was
>Jaz, Geordie, Raven, plus a drummer and keyboard player, neither of whom I
>recognised, though I think the drummer may have been Ted Parsons (who
>played with Raven in Prong). They were augmented by a violinist on the
>opening number and the encore, neither of which were familar to me, but on
>this evidence I need to plug the remaining holes in my KJ collection as
>these were among the highlights. The encore was a soaring, Arabic-flavoured
>song- can anyone reveal what this was?
>
>Unlike most bands, KJ select the records played over the PA prior to the
>gig themsleves- building up to the gig with the Sensational Alex Harvey
>Band's Faith Healer was an inspired choice- mucho atmosphere generated.
>Once they came on they kicked off with the aforementioned unidentifiable
>(by me) opener and then the set went something like this:
>
>Requiem
>Total Invasion
>Wardance
>Blood On Your Hands
>Empire Song
>The Wait
>The Fall Of Because
>Tension
>Seeing Red
>Kings And Queens
>Frenzy
>The Death And Resurrection Show
>Dominator
>Pssyche
>
>plus the encore as above
>
>There were a few other songs played, none of which I can name off the
>top of my head- I'd love a full setlist if anyone's got one. I was slightly
>disappointed they didn't play The House That Pain Built, my favourite track
>off the excellent new album, indeed one of the best songs they've ever done
>IMHO, but then again, the new numbers they did play didn't sound as strong
>live as I'd expected. The older material, however, came over very
>powerfully. The sound could have been better at times (as per usual at the
>Astoria).
>
>KJ are still out on tour I think. Incidentally, do they vary the setlists
>from gig to gig? I saw a review of the Leeds gig a few days before this one
>which mentioned them playing Asteroid and Follow The Leaders, neither of
>which were aired on Saturday.
>
>Nick