The Committee to Keep Music Evil, a collective of like-minded, psychedelic-leaning, quality artists, have a lot to celebrate. First, a calmer and more genial Brian Jonestown Massacre is ready to hit the road next month. Though, I should mention that I'm not going to make any cracks at Anton Newcombe in this article. Sure, there's little doubt as to Newcombe's status as being absolutely batshit ...
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Back during my days as a cocktail waitress at NYC's Mercury Lounge Brian Jonestown Massacre frontman Anton Newcombe once told me he wanted to kiss the mole off my face, and then proceeded to order something I can't remember. Maybe it was water.Since those days it seems Newcombe has been sitting pretty in Liverpool, England and Reykjavik, Iceland writing the psychedelic cult-band's thirteenth fu...
Once again, "woj" emerges victorious with another quality bootleg from WFMU's broadcast of last weekend's All Tomorrow's Parties. This time, he comes bearing gifts of the Brain Jonestown Massacre and Spectrum (a.k.a. Spacemen 3's Sonic Boom). The Brian Jonestown Massacre says "no" to hippies and ravages through a cross-catalog of jams in a 45-minute span. Though [...]
"I'll just say what I've got to say. I'm here to destroy this fucked up system. I'll do it. Thats why I got the job. I said let it be me, I will use my hands, I'll use our strength. Let's fucking burn it to the ground." -- Anton Newcombe(BJM) It seems that every genre of music has at least one artist who stands out. They define what it means to play within that boundry and raise the bar. But,...
review i did for fasterlouder.com.auThe 2004 documentary DiG! gave the world an insight into the fractious and tumultuous background of the Brian Jonestown Massacre (BJM) and in particular the brittle musical genius of Anton Newcombe. While the movie for the most part ultimately reduced the band to providing the musical and mental sideshow for a neat few hours of entertainment, the fact is this...
Well, this song is probably one of my favorite of BJM, and is also on my favorite album of theirs: THEIR SATANIC MAJESTIES SECOND REQUEST. All of their albums are killer, but I feel this one flows the best. Anyways, I was wondering if anyone knew of the girl's name who sings this song: Anenome. She did a couple other BJM songs i think, including Wisdom from Strung Out On Heaven. She's not n...
I just watched the rock-documentry DIG ( http://www.palmpictures.com/film/dig-.php )Here is a scene from the movie:I am somewhat familiar with The Dandy Warhols but they are pretty hit and miss with me. The Brian Jonestown Massacre I was not really aware of. I guess I had heard of them, I just never got around to them. After watching that documentry and getting some good spins of Tepid Peppermi...
Although Iceland's answer to remaining financially solvent may not lay with it's new favorite son, Anton Alfred Newcombe, we at WFMU recognize that the man behind and in front of The Brian Jonestown Massacre has been more than charitable to the fans by providing most of his recorded music for free for years. In that spirit, we bring to you mp3s of the live performance at this year's historic AT...
Bring Me The Head Of Paul McCartney On Heather Mill’s Wooden Peg
Back during my days as a cocktail waitress at NYC's Mercury Lounge Brian Jonestown Massacre frontman Anton Newcombe once told me he wanted to kiss the mole off my face, and then proceeded to order something I can't remember. Maybe it was water.Since those days it seems Newcombe has been sitting pretty in Liverpool, England and Reykjavik, Iceland writing the psychedelic cult-band's thirteenth fu...
I just watched the rock-documentry DIG ( http://www.palmpictures.com/film/dig-.php )Here is a scene from the movie:I am somewhat familiar with The Dandy Warhols but they are pretty hit and miss with me. The Brian Jonestown Massacre I was not really aware of. I guess I had heard of them, I just never got around to them. After watching that documentry and getting some good spins of Tepid Peppermi...