"Song Index: The Story Behind The Song My Cat By Jack Off Jill" Hit Parader, 1998 There's also video footage available on youtube of these songs being played live in 1993. What songs already existed before the alleged events? This might surprise you.Īccording to Setlist.fm, These songs were already in the setlist in early 1993: In art, personal experiences or strong emotions about a subject are modified to a story often in such a way that it effectively and relatably delivers the emotions portrayed to the listener. This is exactly the issue with this "JOJ lyrics claim" too. The theme of the song caused people to mistakenly believe his father had sexually abused him, but in fact the song was telling a story, inspired by what had happened, not the exact story of what had happened. The song, though called "daddy" and containing lyrics like "fuck your own child" was later specified by Jonathan as NOT being about his father, but a neighbor that had babysitted him. Even if there had been songs written during or after the relationship about this subject, it isn't conclusive proof of anything else than Jessicka personally having empathy for those affected by domestic violence, and that this topic may be personally something that has affected her at some point of her life.Ī song I could mention as an example of art being about telling stories is "Daddy" by Korn, which is about the vocalist Jonathan Davis' experience of being molested as a child and not being believed by his parents. Art is all about telling stories, a female songwriter in a feminist band can very well feel strongly for this subject, it doesn't mean by itself that the songs are about a specific event/person. Not only that, but generally, domestic violence is a topic that an artist or a songwriter can feel strongly about without being personally affected by it, many artists have written songs about it despite not personally having been victimized, for example to take part in a campaign to bring awareness to the subject. Jack Off Jill songs that existed already in 1993 are most likely not about the relationship with Jeordie, since alleged rape and identity theft could not have happened yet at the time. (Alleged rape during the NIN tour 1994 after being "unfaithful" on tour with Courtney would place it somewhere in fall 1994 and the "Twiggy dress" came along around 1995.) The things Jessicka describes him doing, can be placed with evidence to have allegedly happened much later. At this time, Jeordie was still a member of Amboog-A-Lard. Jack Off Jill played it's first show in early 1993, opening for Marilyn Manson. Jack Off Jill was formed in 1992, it was already a Riot Grrrl band with these lyrical themes before Jessicka and Jeordie started dating in 1993 (according to Jessicka, Jeordie's version about when and how long this relationship was is still unheard) Riot Grrrl was a feminist underground punk movement, and these bands would discuss feminist issues in their songs rape, misogyny, sexism, domestic violence.Ģ. So first, when looking into it, you must understand two things:ġ. On this page we'll take a look, but TL DR is that no, they are not exactly very good evidence and more so could also be used to argue against her claims. Especially as Jessicka herself has brought them up too, implying that the presence of the theme of abuse in her lyrics from the 90's proves something. Sure, the themes of the songs are something that comes to mind, it's no wonder really that someone brings up their songs in a discussion about rape allegations. The lyrics Jessicka wrote for her band Jack Off Jill have been brought up many times in the discussion about these allegations.
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