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...
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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...
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I've always dug these guys. They've got a new album, My Bloody Undergound, and this is off it.
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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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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...
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Item 1: Gimme Some Money, by The ThamesmenItem 2: Got My Eye on You, by Brian Jonestown MassacreThis isn't the only song to employ those awesome bratty/whiny vocal stylings, but for some reason this one has the strongest Spinal Tap resonance for me.
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Zia from The Dandy Warhols- who has commented on my review of their set before- joined Brian Jonestown Massacre during the song ‘Not If You Were the Last Dandy on Earth’ for ultimate irony. Very cool.Read my recent review of a well behaved BJM here, and a older review of a not so well [...]
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Come to think of it, Brian Jonestown Massacre leader Anton Newcombe was giving away his music online (I mean like the whole catalog of some 13 albums) for free years before Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails' recent headline-grabbing internet releases. It was all part of the anarchic, "keep music evil" mindset of Newcombe, who's pop persona is equal parts Johnny Rotten and Roky Erickson. The West Co...
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Tomorrow marks the 20th anniversary of the Jonestown massacre at the Peoples Temple community in Guyana, the second largest death en masse of American civilians from non-natural disaster origins (the first being niner eleven), claiming 909 very loyal lives. Jonestown wasn't just a bizarre and significant historical event, but also was a direct influence or [...]
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If anyone has seen the movie DiG!, they know that a lot of bad vibes surround The Brian Jonestown Massacre. From getting into fights with each other on stage, kicking members of the audience in the face, drug abuse, you name it, there is not a lot of positive energy that surrounds the [...]
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Is Anton a genius? Is he insane? Is he just trying to make a name for himself any way possible? Who knows. BJM have had a love hate relationship with themselves and their audience for years. Some shows are incredible and others suck. Band members seem to come and go. But what is interesting to me is the amount of spin off bands that BJM has produced. Namely BRMC and the Warlocks. I think their ...
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...and I'm finally eighteen.The magical world of cigarettes, 18+ shows, lottery tickets, and nightclubs awaits me.
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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...
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