The Brian Jonestown Massacre
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The Brian Jonestown Massacre is an American
eclectic musical group led by Anton Newcombe
, whose music spans multiple genres including psychedelia
, electronica
, folk music
, blues, experimental music, and many others.
The group was founded by Newcombe
, Matt Hollywood
, Ricky Rene Maymi
, Patrick Straczek and Travis Threlkel in the early 1990s in San Francisco.
The name "Brian Jonestown Massacre" is a portmanteau of The Rolling Stones
' founder and guitarist Brian Jones
and the infamous mass cult
suicide in Jonestown, Guyana.
1995's Methodrone
approximates the UK shoegazing
sound of the time. Their Satanic Majesties' Second Request
, one of three new albums released by the group in 1996, reflects a pastiche of '60s psychedelia that continues to characterize the BJM sound to the present day. Newcombe defines the term 'psychedelic' as "mind-expanding," and BJM's output is generally referred to as such because of the revivalist nature of the music. Elements of Middle Eastern and Brazilian music are also apparent, along with influences by 1960s artists such as The Beatles
, Os Mutantes
, The Velvet Underground
, Donovan
, The Byrds
, Bob Dylan
, and The Rolling Stones
. In fact, Their Satanic Majesties' Second Request is an homage
to the Rolling Stones' 1967
album, Their Satanic Majesties Request
. The second album they released in 1996, Take It from the Man!
, was recorded in the Rolling Stones' mid-1960s style of rock rooted in rhythm and blues
.
Thank God for Mental Illness
, their third record released in 1996, displays a country and rhythm and blues
oeuvre with voice and acoustic guitar dominating the overall sound. This is a format that Newcombe occasionally resorts to when presenting live material during times of transition in the band. A further country
/folk
approach was applied to the Bringing It All Back Home - Again
, the title itself an homage
to Bob Dylan
's Bringing It All Back Home
.
Electronic music crept into 2003
's And This Is Our Music
, evidencing more contemporary influences as well as name-checking the identically-titled albums This Is Our Music, each by the artists Galaxie 500
and Ornette Coleman
. In 2005
the band released the EP We Are the Radio
on Newcombe's label The Committee to Keep Music Evil
, which featured a close collaboration with indie singer-songwriter
Sara Beth Tuceck.
My Bloody Underground
was released on Cargo Records in 2008
, and demos were available since September 2007 from the band's website. The title has been interpreted to be a name-check to the bands My Bloody Valentine, and The Velvet Underground
as well as referencing BJM's endless procession of bandmates and the "scene" they collectively created. Newcombe has down-played such interpretations, however. Music videos of the songs on the album have also been released, including a music video compilation DVD entitled 'Book of Days'.
As of 2008, Newcombe has become increasingly interested in pastiche
s. The percussion featured in the song "Amazing Electronic Talking Cave" from the Just Like Kicking Jesus
EP for example, was derived from The Rolling Stones
' "Jumping Jack Flash". "Þungur Hnífur" was adapted from Goldfrapp
's "Ooh La La". The percussion for "Feel It" was based on that of Anita Ward
's song "Ring My Bell
". "This Is the One Thing We Did Not Want to Have Happen" draws elements from Joy Division
, combining the percussion on "She's Lost Control" with the lyrics to "I Remember Nothing" (both of which are featured on Joy Division
's 1979
album Unknown Pleasures
), as well as fashioning grating guitar-effects reminiscent of the anarchist-punk
band Crass
, which, for example, are found on the latter's "Mother-Earth" (from their 1979
album Stations of the Crass
). "This Is the First of Your Last Warning" loosely derives its percussion from Michael Jackson
's "Rock With You" (or Public Image Ltd.
's "Albatross" from their 1979
album Metal Box
).
The Brian Jonestown Massacre recorded both One EP and Who Killed Sgt. Pepper?
in Iceland and Berlin in 2009. The One EP was released in November 2009. It features the songs "One" and "This Is the First of Your Last Warning" (which would also appear on Sgt. Pepper), an English version of "This Is The First Of Your Last Warning", and an exclusive track "Bruttermania". Who Killed Sgt. Pepper? was released in February 2010. The album features musicians such as Unnur Andrea Einarsdottir (who recorded vocals on the previous BJM album) and Felix Bondareff from the Russian band Amazing Electronic Talking Cave, as well as other musicians from France, Germany, and Iceland. Will Carruthers also appeared on the album. Soon after the album's release, it was confirmed that Matt Hollywood
had returned to the band after an eleven year absence. According to Anton Newcombe, he will feature on their next album and is currently touring with the band. The group played the ATP New York 2010
music festival in Monticello, New York in September 2010, in support of the album.
Newcombe's interest in cults like that of Jim Jones
and Charles Manson
is well known (and made apparent by the band's name), and songs such as "The Ballad of Jim Jones" (from Thank God for Mental Illness
) and "Arkansas Revisited" (from Bringing It All Back Home – Again), which is a rework of Charles Manson
's song "Arkansas" (which appeared on the album Lie: The Love & Terror Cult
). Similar interests include a fascination with the Freemasons, Aleister Crowley
, and Sufi mysticism.
Current collaborators:
Current touring members:
Notes on some former BJM members:
The band has also influenced many other indie bands noted in the Brian Jonestown Massacre Covers Project.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
eclectic musical group led by Anton Newcombe
Anton Newcombe
Anton Alfred Newcombe is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and leader of the music group, The Brian Jonestown Massacre.-Music:...
, whose music spans multiple genres including psychedelia
Psychedelic
The term psychedelic is derived from the Greek words ψυχή and δηλοῦν , translating to "soul-manifesting". A psychedelic experience is characterized by the striking perception of aspects of one's mind previously unknown, or by the creative exuberance of the mind liberated from its ostensibly...
, electronica
Electronica
Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing...
, folk music
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
, blues, experimental music, and many others.
The group was founded by Newcombe
Anton Newcombe
Anton Alfred Newcombe is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and leader of the music group, The Brian Jonestown Massacre.-Music:...
, Matt Hollywood
Matt Hollywood
Matt Hollywood is an American indie rock guitarist and singer. He was a founding member and leader of the Portland-based indie rock band The Out Crowd, as well as a founding member of the neo-psychedelic rock band The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He currently fronts the drone rock band The Rebel...
, Ricky Rene Maymi
Ricky Maymi
Ricky Rene Maymi is a multi-instrumentalist from San Francisco, California. Born September 15, 1972. He is most famous for his work with the neo-psychedelic rock band, The Brian Jonestown Massacre .-The Brian Jonestown Massacre:...
, Patrick Straczek and Travis Threlkel in the early 1990s in San Francisco.
The name "Brian Jonestown Massacre" is a portmanteau of The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are an English rock band, formed in London in April 1962 by Brian Jones , Ian Stewart , Mick Jagger , and Keith Richards . Bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts completed the early line-up...
' founder and guitarist Brian Jones
Brian Jones
Lewis Brian Hopkins Jones , known as Brian Jones, was an English musician and a founding member of the Rolling Stones....
and the infamous mass cult
Cult
The word cult in current popular usage usually refers to a group whose beliefs or practices are considered abnormal or bizarre. The word originally denoted a system of ritual practices...
suicide in Jonestown, Guyana.
Music
Anton Newcombe has been the band's only constant member; other key members have been Matt Hollywood, Joel Gion, Ricky Maymi and Jeff Davies. Newcombe and Hollywood have served as the group's primary songwriters.1995's Methodrone
Methodrone
Methodrone is the second studio album by American neo-psychedelia band The Brian Jonestown Massacre, released in 1995. The name of the album is a pun on the drug methadone, used in treatment of heroin addiction, as well as the word "drone", referencing the overall shoegaze sound of the album...
approximates the UK shoegazing
Shoegazing
Shoegazing is a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged from the United Kingdom in the late 1980s. It lasted there until the mid 1990s, with a critical zenith reached in 1990 and 1991...
sound of the time. Their Satanic Majesties' Second Request
Their Satanic Majesties' Second Request
-Background:Their Satanic Majesties' Second Request is the fourth album by American neo-psychedelia band The Brian Jonestown Massacre, the second of three critically acclaimed albums released by the band in 1996. It was released on Tangible Records, distributed by Bomp! Records...
, one of three new albums released by the group in 1996, reflects a pastiche of '60s psychedelia that continues to characterize the BJM sound to the present day. Newcombe defines the term 'psychedelic' as "mind-expanding," and BJM's output is generally referred to as such because of the revivalist nature of the music. Elements of Middle Eastern and Brazilian music are also apparent, along with influences by 1960s artists such as The Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
, Os Mutantes
Os Mutantes
Os Mutantes ) are an influential Brazilian psychedelic rock band that were linked with the Tropicália movement of the late 1960s. It was formed by two brothers and a vocalist, but has gone through numerous personnel changes throughout its existence...
, The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground was an American rock band formed in New York City. First active from 1964 to 1973, their best-known members were Lou Reed and John Cale, who both went on to find success as solo artists. Although experiencing little commercial success while together, the band is often cited...
, Donovan
Donovan
Donovan Donovan Donovan (born Donovan Philips Leitch (born 10 May 1946) is a Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist. Emerging from the British folk scene, he developed an eclectic and distinctive style that blended folk, jazz, pop, psychedelia, and world music...
, The Byrds
The Byrds
The Byrds were an American rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1964. The band underwent multiple line-up changes throughout its existence, with frontman Roger McGuinn remaining the sole consistent member until the group disbanded in 1973...
, Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
, and The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are an English rock band, formed in London in April 1962 by Brian Jones , Ian Stewart , Mick Jagger , and Keith Richards . Bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts completed the early line-up...
. In fact, Their Satanic Majesties' Second Request is an homage
Homage
Homage is a show or demonstration of respect or dedication to someone or something, sometimes by simple declaration but often by some more oblique reference, artistic or poetic....
to the Rolling Stones' 1967
1967 in music
The summer of 1967 is "The Summer of Love" in San Francisco. It also became an important year for psychedelic rock, with releases from The Beatles The summer of 1967 is "The Summer of Love" in San Francisco. It also became an important year for psychedelic rock, with releases from The Beatles The...
album, Their Satanic Majesties Request
Their Satanic Majesties Request
Their Satanic Majesties Request is the sixth British and eighth American studio album by The Rolling Stones, released on 8 December 1967 by Decca Records in the United Kingdom and the following day in the United States by London Records...
. The second album they released in 1996, Take It from the Man!
Take It From The Man!
Take It from the Man! is the third album by American neo-psychedelia band The Brian Jonestown Massacre. It is the first of three critically acclaimed albums released by the band in 1996, preceding Their Satanic Majesties' Second Request and Thank God for Mental Illness...
, was recorded in the Rolling Stones' mid-1960s style of rock rooted in rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...
.
Thank God for Mental Illness
Thank God For Mental Illness
Thank God for Mental Illness is the fifth album by American neo-psychedelia band The Brian Jonestown Massacre, released on October 25, 1996. It was the third of the three critically acclaimed albums released by the band in that year. Anton Newcombe has claimed that the album cost him only $17.36...
, their third record released in 1996, displays a country and rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...
oeuvre with voice and acoustic guitar dominating the overall sound. This is a format that Newcombe occasionally resorts to when presenting live material during times of transition in the band. A further country
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
/folk
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
approach was applied to the Bringing It All Back Home - Again
Bringing it All Back Home - Again
Bringing It All Back Home –Again is an EP by American neo-psychedelia band The Brian Jonestown Massacre, released in 1999. The album's title is a play on the Bob Dylan album Bringing It All Back Home....
, the title itself an homage
Homage
Homage is a show or demonstration of respect or dedication to someone or something, sometimes by simple declaration but often by some more oblique reference, artistic or poetic....
to Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
's Bringing It All Back Home
Bringing It All Back Home
Bringing It All Back Home is singer-songwriter Bob Dylan's fifth studio album, released in March 1965 by Columbia Records. The album is divided into an electric and an acoustic side. On side one of the original LP, Dylan is backed by an electric rock and roll band - a move that further alienated...
.
Electronic music crept into 2003
2003 in music
-January:* January – following an investigation by The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and London detectives, police raids in England and the Netherlands recover nearly 500 original Beatles studio tapes, recorded during the Let It Be sessions. Five people are arrested...
's And This Is Our Music
And This Is Our Music
...And This Is Our Music is the tenth studio album by The Brian Jonestown Massacre, released on October 7, 2003 on Tee Pee Records. It was re-released on A Records, packaged alongside the "If Love Is the Drug, Then I Want to O.D" single, and was distributed in the UK through Cargo Records.-Track...
, evidencing more contemporary influences as well as name-checking the identically-titled albums This Is Our Music, each by the artists Galaxie 500
Galaxie 500
Galaxie 500 was an American alternative rock band that formed in 1987 and split up in 1991 after releasing three albums.-History:Guitarist Dean Wareham, drummer Damon Krukowski and bassist Naomi Yang had met at the Dalton School in New York City in 1981, but began playing together during their time...
and Ornette Coleman
Ornette Coleman
Ornette Coleman is an American saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter and composer. He was one of the major innovators of the free jazz movement of the 1960s....
. In 2005
2005 in music
-Events:*During the year 2005, 12 rock music albums scored number 1 in the USA. This was the first time even ten albums have scored number 1 since 1996.-January:...
the band released the EP We Are the Radio
We Are the Radio
We Are the Radio is an EP by The Brian Jonestown Massacre, released in 2005. It features Sarabeth Tucek on vocals, who also wrote the song "Seer" and co-wrote "Time Is Honey with Anton Newcombe. The record was produced by The Committee To Keep Music Evil and distributed by TeePee records...
on Newcombe's label The Committee to Keep Music Evil
Anton Newcombe
Anton Alfred Newcombe is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and leader of the music group, The Brian Jonestown Massacre.-Music:...
, which featured a close collaboration with indie singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
Sara Beth Tuceck.
My Bloody Underground
My Bloody Underground
My Bloody Underground is the eleventh studio album by The Brian Jonestown Massacre, released on April 15, 2008 on A Records, a label set up by the band's leader, Anton Newcombe.-Background:...
was released on Cargo Records in 2008
2008 in music
2008 was a huge year in music history with the emergence of pop superstars Lady Gaga and Katy Perry into the mainstream. Also, this is the year that is widely agreed upon by critics as the start of the fall of hip hop from the mainstream and the rise of Synthpop into the mainstream due to acts such...
, and demos were available since September 2007 from the band's website. The title has been interpreted to be a name-check to the bands My Bloody Valentine, and The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground was an American rock band formed in New York City. First active from 1964 to 1973, their best-known members were Lou Reed and John Cale, who both went on to find success as solo artists. Although experiencing little commercial success while together, the band is often cited...
as well as referencing BJM's endless procession of bandmates and the "scene" they collectively created. Newcombe has down-played such interpretations, however. Music videos of the songs on the album have also been released, including a music video compilation DVD entitled 'Book of Days'.
As of 2008, Newcombe has become increasingly interested in pastiche
Pastiche
A pastiche is a literary or other artistic genre or technique that is a "hodge-podge" or imitation. The word is also a linguistic term used to describe an early stage in the development of a pidgin language.-Hodge-podge:...
s. The percussion featured in the song "Amazing Electronic Talking Cave" from the Just Like Kicking Jesus
Just Like Kicking Jesus
Just Like Kicking Jesus is an EP by The Brian Jonestown Massacre, released in 2008.-Track listing:#"Amazing Electronic Talking Cave"...
EP for example, was derived from The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are an English rock band, formed in London in April 1962 by Brian Jones , Ian Stewart , Mick Jagger , and Keith Richards . Bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts completed the early line-up...
' "Jumping Jack Flash". "Þungur Hnífur" was adapted from Goldfrapp
Goldfrapp
Goldfrapp are an English electronic music duo, formed in 1999 in London, England, that consists of Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory ....
's "Ooh La La". The percussion for "Feel It" was based on that of Anita Ward
Anita Ward
Anita Ward is an American singer and musician. She is best known for her 1979 million selling chart-topper, "Ring My Bell".-Career:Before signing a recording contract, Ward obtained a degree in psychology from Rust College in Holly Springs, Mississippi, and had become a schoolteacher...
's song "Ring My Bell
Ring My Bell
"Ring My Bell" is a 1979 disco song by Anita Ward. It was originally written for Stacy Lattisaw, but when she signed with a different label, Ward was asked to sing it instead and it became her only major hit. The song hit number one on the disco charts. "Ring My Bell" went to number one on both...
". "This Is the One Thing We Did Not Want to Have Happen" draws elements from Joy Division
Joy Division
Joy Division were an English rock band formed in 1976 in Salford, Greater Manchester. Originally named Warsaw, the band primarily consisted of Ian Curtis , Bernard Sumner , Peter Hook and Stephen Morris .Joy Division rapidly evolved from their initial punk rock influences...
, combining the percussion on "She's Lost Control" with the lyrics to "I Remember Nothing" (both of which are featured on Joy Division
Joy Division
Joy Division were an English rock band formed in 1976 in Salford, Greater Manchester. Originally named Warsaw, the band primarily consisted of Ian Curtis , Bernard Sumner , Peter Hook and Stephen Morris .Joy Division rapidly evolved from their initial punk rock influences...
's 1979
1979 in music
See also:Record labels established in 1979* 1979 in music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1979.-January–February:*January 1...
album Unknown Pleasures
Unknown Pleasures
Unknown Pleasures is the debut album by the English post-punk band Joy Division, released in 1979 through Factory Records. Martin Hannett produced the record at Strawberry Studios, Stockport, England. The album sold poorly upon release, but due to the subsequent success of Joy Division with the...
), as well as fashioning grating guitar-effects reminiscent of the anarchist-punk
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
band Crass
Crass
Crass are an English punk rock band that was formed in 1977, which promoted anarchism as a political ideology, way of living, and as a resistance movement. Crass popularised the seminal anarcho-punk movement of the punk subculture, and advocated direct action, animal rights, and environmentalism...
, which, for example, are found on the latter's "Mother-Earth" (from their 1979
1979 in music
See also:Record labels established in 1979* 1979 in music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1979.-January–February:*January 1...
album Stations of the Crass
Stations of the Crass
Stations of the Crass is the second album by Crass, released in 1979. The record, originally released as a double 12", includes live tracks from a gig recorded at the Pied Bull pub in Islington, London on August 7, 1979. The first three sides contain the studio tracks and play at 45 rpm, while the...
). "This Is the First of Your Last Warning" loosely derives its percussion from Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...
's "Rock With You" (or Public Image Ltd.
Public Image Ltd.
Public Image Ltd are an English post-punk band formed by vocalist John Lydon , guitarist Keith Levene and bassist Jah Wobble, with frequent subsequent personnel changes. Lydon is the sole constant member of the band....
's "Albatross" from their 1979
1979 in music
See also:Record labels established in 1979* 1979 in music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1979.-January–February:*January 1...
album Metal Box
Metal Box
Metal Box is the second album by Public Image Ltd, released in 1979 by Virgin Records.The title refers to the album's original packaging, which consists of a metal 16mm film canister embossed with the band's logo and containing three 12" 45rpm records...
).
The Brian Jonestown Massacre recorded both One EP and Who Killed Sgt. Pepper?
Who Killed Sgt. Pepper?
Who Killed Sgt. Pepper? is the twelfth studio album by The Brian Jonestown Massacre. It wasreleased in February 2010 on band leader Anton Newcombe's A Records. The album guest features, among a variety of international musicians, Spacemen 3 bassist Will Carruthers and vocalists Unnur Andrea...
in Iceland and Berlin in 2009. The One EP was released in November 2009. It features the songs "One" and "This Is the First of Your Last Warning" (which would also appear on Sgt. Pepper), an English version of "This Is The First Of Your Last Warning", and an exclusive track "Bruttermania". Who Killed Sgt. Pepper? was released in February 2010. The album features musicians such as Unnur Andrea Einarsdottir (who recorded vocals on the previous BJM album) and Felix Bondareff from the Russian band Amazing Electronic Talking Cave, as well as other musicians from France, Germany, and Iceland. Will Carruthers also appeared on the album. Soon after the album's release, it was confirmed that Matt Hollywood
Matt Hollywood
Matt Hollywood is an American indie rock guitarist and singer. He was a founding member and leader of the Portland-based indie rock band The Out Crowd, as well as a founding member of the neo-psychedelic rock band The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He currently fronts the drone rock band The Rebel...
had returned to the band after an eleven year absence. According to Anton Newcombe, he will feature on their next album and is currently touring with the band. The group played the ATP New York 2010
All Tomorrow's Parties (music festival)
All Tomorrow's Parties is a music festival which takes place at Camber Sands holiday camp in East Sussex and Butlin's holiday camp in Minehead, Somerset, England....
music festival in Monticello, New York in September 2010, in support of the album.
Newcombe's interest in cults like that of Jim Jones
Jim Jones
James Warren "Jim" Jones was the founder and leader of the Peoples Temple, which is best known for the November 18, 1978 mass suicide of 909 Temple members in Jonestown, Guyana along with the killings of five other people at a nearby airstrip.Jones was born in Indiana and started the Temple in...
and Charles Manson
Charles Manson
Charles Milles Manson is an American criminal who led what became known as the Manson Family, a quasi-commune that arose in California in the late 1960s. He was found guilty of conspiracy to commit the Tate/LaBianca murders carried out by members of the group at his instruction...
is well known (and made apparent by the band's name), and songs such as "The Ballad of Jim Jones" (from Thank God for Mental Illness
Thank God For Mental Illness
Thank God for Mental Illness is the fifth album by American neo-psychedelia band The Brian Jonestown Massacre, released on October 25, 1996. It was the third of the three critically acclaimed albums released by the band in that year. Anton Newcombe has claimed that the album cost him only $17.36...
) and "Arkansas Revisited" (from Bringing It All Back Home – Again), which is a rework of Charles Manson
Charles Manson
Charles Milles Manson is an American criminal who led what became known as the Manson Family, a quasi-commune that arose in California in the late 1960s. He was found guilty of conspiracy to commit the Tate/LaBianca murders carried out by members of the group at his instruction...
's song "Arkansas" (which appeared on the album Lie: The Love & Terror Cult
Lie: The Love & Terror Cult
Lie: The Love and Terror Cult is the debut album by Charles Manson, originally released by ESP-Disk.-The album:Recorded on September 11, 1967 and August 9, 1968 , its distribution began during the Manson murder trial by Phil Kaufman who initially pressed a run of 2,000 copies, that of which only...
). Similar interests include a fascination with the Freemasons, Aleister Crowley
Aleister Crowley
Aleister Crowley , born Edward Alexander Crowley, and also known as both Frater Perdurabo and The Great Beast, was an influential English occultist, astrologer, mystic and ceremonial magician, responsible for founding the religious philosophy of Thelema. He was also successful in various other...
, and Sufi mysticism.
Members
The BJM has undergone many personnel changes, with Anton Newcombe being the only consistent member.Current collaborators:
- Will Carruthers – bass. Member from 2006–present. Formerly of Spacemen 3Spacemen 3Spacemen 3 were an English alternative rock band, formed in 1982 in Rugby, Warwickshire by Peter Kember and Jason Pierce. Their music was "colorfully mind-altering, but not in the sense of the acid rock of the '60s; instead, the band developed its own minimalistic psychedelia"...
and SpiritualizedSpiritualizedSpiritualized are an English space rock band formed in 1990 in Rugby, Warwickshire by Jason Pierce after the demise of his previous outfit, space-rockers Spacemen 3...
. - Matt HollywoodMatt HollywoodMatt Hollywood is an American indie rock guitarist and singer. He was a founding member and leader of the Portland-based indie rock band The Out Crowd, as well as a founding member of the neo-psychedelic rock band The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He currently fronts the drone rock band The Rebel...
– guitar, bass, vocals. A founding member from 1990–1999, then from 2009–present. Also founder of the drone group Rebel Drones. - Jón Sæmundur Audarson – guitar, artwork. Collaborates with Newcombe on installations, videos, and recording. Currently heads the DEAD clothing store in ReykjavikReykjavíkReykjavík is the capital and largest city in Iceland.Its latitude at 64°08' N makes it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói Bay...
, IcelandIcelandIceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...
, as well as leading the drone/experimental group Dead Skeletons. - Henrik Baldvin Bjornsson – guitar. Collaborates with Newcombe with recordings. Also of the IcelandicIcelandersIcelanders are a Scandinavian ethnic group and a nation, native to Iceland.On 17 June 1944, when an Icelandic republic was founded the Icelanders became independent from the Danish monarchy. The language spoken is Icelandic, a North Germanic language, and Lutheranism is the predominant religion...
band Singapore SlingSingapore Sling (band)Singapore Sling is an indie band from Reykjavík, Iceland.As of 2011 they have released five albums and a best of compilation. Singapore Sling have supported The Brian Jonestown Massacre on their North American tours and covered Dirty Water a 1966 garage rock hit by The Standells in their debut album...
and Dead Skeletons. - Dino Karlis – drums. Formerly of the New Zealand rock band DimmerDimmer (band)Dimmer is a musical group from New Zealand. The driving force behind the band is Shayne Carter, a prominent New Zealand musician and member of such bands as Straitjacket Fits and Double Happys. The band have released four full length albums, "I Believe You Are A Star" , "You've Got To Hear The...
.
Current touring members:
- Joel GionJoel GionJoel Gion is an American indie rock percussionist. He is a member of the neo-psychedelic rock band, The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He was a guest star on the U.S...
– percussion. (1994–1999, 2001, 2004–present). Also leads the San Francisco-based band, The Dilettantes. - Ricky MaymiRicky MaymiRicky Rene Maymi is a multi-instrumentalist from San Francisco, California. Born September 15, 1972. He is most famous for his work with the neo-psychedelic rock band, The Brian Jonestown Massacre .-The Brian Jonestown Massacre:...
– guitar (formerly drums & bass). (1990–1993, 2003–present). - Frankie EmersonFrankie EmersonFrankie Emerson, also known as Frankie Teardrop, is an American indie multi-instrumentalist, best known as a current member and for his work with the neo-psychedelic rock band, The Brian Jonestown Massacre.-The Brian Jonestown Massacre:...
– six and twelve string guitar. (2000–present). Also of the Spaghetti Western band, SpindriftSpindrift (band)Spindrift is a psychedelic rock band created by singer-songwriter-composer-producer-actor Kirpatrick Thomas, who was born in Delaware as one of 5 kids. Founded in 1992, the band originated in Newark, Delaware along with such other local bands of the period including Jake and the Stiffs, The Verge,...
. - Rob CampanellaRob CampanellaRob Campanella is a musician, best known as a Los Angeles producer, engineer, and member of The Quarter After.-Producer, Engineer:Rob has produced and engineered albums for his own band The Quarter After, and for clients including Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Tyde, Beachwood Sparks, Goldrush, ...
– keyboard, organ (and occasionally guitar). (2000–present). Also of the psychedelic band, The Quarter After. - Dan Allaire – drums. (2002–present). Also of SpindriftSpindrift (band)Spindrift is a psychedelic rock band created by singer-songwriter-composer-producer-actor Kirpatrick Thomas, who was born in Delaware as one of 5 kids. Founded in 1992, the band originated in Newark, Delaware along with such other local bands of the period including Jake and the Stiffs, The Verge,...
. - Collin HegnaCollin HegnaCollin Hegna is a Portland, Oregon-based indie rock musician.-Cocaine Unicorn:Hegna started out as a musician when forming his own band, Cocaine Unicorn, with his friend Ryan Sumner...
– bass/guitar. (2004–present). - Matt HollywoodMatt HollywoodMatt Hollywood is an American indie rock guitarist and singer. He was a founding member and leader of the Portland-based indie rock band The Out Crowd, as well as a founding member of the neo-psychedelic rock band The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He currently fronts the drone rock band The Rebel...
– guitar, vocals.
Notes on some former BJM members:
- Patrick Straczek - guitar. Founding member but left in 1991. Did not record any material with the band. Replaced by Jeff Davies in 1992.
- Jeff Davies – guitar, organ. A member of BJM from 1992–1999 and 2001–2003. Currently with the countryCountry musicCountry music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
-popPop musicPop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
/folk rockFolk rockFolk rock is a musical genre combining elements of folk music and rock music. In its earliest and narrowest sense, the term referred to a genre that arose in the United States and the UK around the mid-1960s...
band The Burlington Family. Previously with The Tulips and Smallstone. - Dean TaylorDean Taylor (musician)Dean Taylor is an American indie rock guitarist.-The Brian Jonestown Massacre:Taylor is most famous for his work with the neo-psychedelic rock band, The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He was an original member and contributed as a guitarist throughout the band's early career.Taylor was featured in the...
– guitar. (1996–1999). Currently contributes to Tokyo RaidTokyo Raid (band)Tokyo Raid is a psyche rock group based in San Francisco, California. Tokyo Raid was formed by singer-bassist-guitarist Ben Utah, organist Ailene Bui and drummer Mike Manocchi in 2004...
(formerly The Mandarins). Left BJM permanently in 19991999 in music-Events:*January 7**After eight years of marriage, Rod Stewart and supermodel wife Rachel Hunter announce their separation.**Paul McCartney attends the first of his stepdaughter Heather's first housewares collection in Georgia....
. - Peter Hayes – guitar. A member in 1997. Toured in 1998. A founding member of alternative rockAlternative rockAlternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
trio Black Rebel Motorcycle ClubBlack Rebel Motorcycle ClubBlack Rebel Motorcycle Club is an American rock band from San Francisco, California, now based in Los Angeles. BRMC is known for their garage rock, blues, folk revival, neo-psychedelia sound. They are influenced by bands such as: The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Verve, The Rolling Stones, Oasis, T...
. - Travis Threlkel – guitar. A founding member. Currently the creative director of multi-media design company, Obscura Digital, as well as the leader of psychedelic/experimental band The Imajinary Friends.
- Miranda Lee RichardsMiranda Lee RichardsMiranda Lee Richards is an American singer-songwriter.Her 2001 release The Herethereafter included original compositions such as "The Beginner" as well as a cover of The Rolling Stones 1967 single "Dandelion"...
– guitar and vocals. Currently a solo recording artist. - Brian Glaze – drums (1994–1996) and toured (1997–1998). Currently a solo recording artist and member of The Gris GrisThe Gris GrisThe Gris Gris is a four-piece psychedelic rock band from Oakland, California. Their name was partially inspired by the Dr. John album Gris-Gris. The group was signed to Birdman Records in 2003 after they did a gig with Birdman recording artists The Modey Lemon. Birdman owner David Katznelson was...
. - Matthew J. TowMatthew J. TowMatthew J. Tow is a highly regarded Australian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Perhaps best known as the singer and guitarist of 90's Sydney indie band Drop City, Tow currently fronts international neo-psychedelic rockers The Lovetones....
– guitar. Leader of Australian band The LovetonesThe LovetonesThe Lovetones are an Australian psychedelic rock band with members:*Matthew J. Tow *Matthew Sigley *Serge Luca *Chris Cobb...
. Previously with indie rock bands Drop City and Colorsound. - Brad ArtleyBrad ArtleyBrad Artley is an American-based rock drummer.-The Brian Jonestown Massacre:Brad Artley was a member and drummer for the neo-psychedelic rock band, The Brian Jonestown Massacre in 1996-1997...
– drums. Was a member from 1996-97. He has also played drums for The Richmond Sluts.
Comprehensive line-up history
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| 1990–1991 | Anton Newcombe Anton Newcombe Anton Alfred Newcombe is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and leader of the music group, The Brian Jonestown Massacre.-Music:... Matt Hollywood Matt Hollywood Matt Hollywood is an American indie rock guitarist and singer. He was a founding member and leader of the Portland-based indie rock band The Out Crowd, as well as a founding member of the neo-psychedelic rock band The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He currently fronts the drone rock band The Rebel... Ricky Maymi Ricky Maymi Ricky Rene Maymi is a multi-instrumentalist from San Francisco, California. Born September 15, 1972. He is most famous for his work with the neo-psychedelic rock band, The Brian Jonestown Massacre .-The Brian Jonestown Massacre:... Patrick Straczek Travis Threlkel |
Matt Hollywood Matt Hollywood Matt Hollywood is an American indie rock guitarist and singer. He was a founding member and leader of the Portland-based indie rock band The Out Crowd, as well as a founding member of the neo-psychedelic rock band The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He currently fronts the drone rock band The Rebel... Ricky Maymi Ricky Maymi Ricky Rene Maymi is a multi-instrumentalist from San Francisco, California. Born September 15, 1972. He is most famous for his work with the neo-psychedelic rock band, The Brian Jonestown Massacre .-The Brian Jonestown Massacre:... |
Ricky Maymi Ricky Maymi Ricky Rene Maymi is a multi-instrumentalist from San Francisco, California. Born September 15, 1972. He is most famous for his work with the neo-psychedelic rock band, The Brian Jonestown Massacre .-The Brian Jonestown Massacre:... |
Anton Newcombe Anton Newcombe Anton Alfred Newcombe is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and leader of the music group, The Brian Jonestown Massacre.-Music:... Matt Hollywood Matt Hollywood Matt Hollywood is an American indie rock guitarist and singer. He was a founding member and leader of the Portland-based indie rock band The Out Crowd, as well as a founding member of the neo-psychedelic rock band The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He currently fronts the drone rock band The Rebel... |
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| 1992 | Anton Newcombe Anton Newcombe Anton Alfred Newcombe is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and leader of the music group, The Brian Jonestown Massacre.-Music:... Matt Hollywood Matt Hollywood Matt Hollywood is an American indie rock guitarist and singer. He was a founding member and leader of the Portland-based indie rock band The Out Crowd, as well as a founding member of the neo-psychedelic rock band The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He currently fronts the drone rock band The Rebel... Jeff Davies Jeffrey Davies Jeffrey Davies in Washington D.C. is a guitarist best known for his contributions to the neo-psychedelic rock group The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He played in the band from 1992 to 1999. He rejoined the band in 2001 only to quit again in 2003. Spending a good deal of his early years in Washington... Ricky Maymi Ricky Maymi Ricky Rene Maymi is a multi-instrumentalist from San Francisco, California. Born September 15, 1972. He is most famous for his work with the neo-psychedelic rock band, The Brian Jonestown Massacre .-The Brian Jonestown Massacre:... Travis Threlkel |
Matt Hollywood Matt Hollywood Matt Hollywood is an American indie rock guitarist and singer. He was a founding member and leader of the Portland-based indie rock band The Out Crowd, as well as a founding member of the neo-psychedelic rock band The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He currently fronts the drone rock band The Rebel... Ricky Maymi Ricky Maymi Ricky Rene Maymi is a multi-instrumentalist from San Francisco, California. Born September 15, 1972. He is most famous for his work with the neo-psychedelic rock band, The Brian Jonestown Massacre .-The Brian Jonestown Massacre:... |
Ricky Maymi Ricky Maymi Ricky Rene Maymi is a multi-instrumentalist from San Francisco, California. Born September 15, 1972. He is most famous for his work with the neo-psychedelic rock band, The Brian Jonestown Massacre .-The Brian Jonestown Massacre:... |
Anton Newcombe Anton Newcombe Anton Alfred Newcombe is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and leader of the music group, The Brian Jonestown Massacre.-Music:... Matt Hollywood Matt Hollywood Matt Hollywood is an American indie rock guitarist and singer. He was a founding member and leader of the Portland-based indie rock band The Out Crowd, as well as a founding member of the neo-psychedelic rock band The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He currently fronts the drone rock band The Rebel... |
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| 1993 | Anton Newcombe Anton Newcombe Anton Alfred Newcombe is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and leader of the music group, The Brian Jonestown Massacre.-Music:... Matt Hollywood Matt Hollywood Matt Hollywood is an American indie rock guitarist and singer. He was a founding member and leader of the Portland-based indie rock band The Out Crowd, as well as a founding member of the neo-psychedelic rock band The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He currently fronts the drone rock band The Rebel... Jeff Davies Jeffrey Davies Jeffrey Davies in Washington D.C. is a guitarist best known for his contributions to the neo-psychedelic rock group The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He played in the band from 1992 to 1999. He rejoined the band in 2001 only to quit again in 2003. Spending a good deal of his early years in Washington... Ricky Maymi Ricky Maymi Ricky Rene Maymi is a multi-instrumentalist from San Francisco, California. Born September 15, 1972. He is most famous for his work with the neo-psychedelic rock band, The Brian Jonestown Massacre .-The Brian Jonestown Massacre:... Travis Threlkel Elise Dye |
Matt Hollywood Matt Hollywood Matt Hollywood is an American indie rock guitarist and singer. He was a founding member and leader of the Portland-based indie rock band The Out Crowd, as well as a founding member of the neo-psychedelic rock band The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He currently fronts the drone rock band The Rebel... Ricky Maymi Ricky Maymi Ricky Rene Maymi is a multi-instrumentalist from San Francisco, California. Born September 15, 1972. He is most famous for his work with the neo-psychedelic rock band, The Brian Jonestown Massacre .-The Brian Jonestown Massacre:... Chris Dupré |
Ricky Maymi Ricky Maymi Ricky Rene Maymi is a multi-instrumentalist from San Francisco, California. Born September 15, 1972. He is most famous for his work with the neo-psychedelic rock band, The Brian Jonestown Massacre .-The Brian Jonestown Massacre:... Brant Graff |
Anton Newcombe Anton Newcombe Anton Alfred Newcombe is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and leader of the music group, The Brian Jonestown Massacre.-Music:... Matt Hollywood Matt Hollywood Matt Hollywood is an American indie rock guitarist and singer. He was a founding member and leader of the Portland-based indie rock band The Out Crowd, as well as a founding member of the neo-psychedelic rock band The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He currently fronts the drone rock band The Rebel... |
Ian Sefchik - Guitar |
| 1994 | Anton Newcombe Anton Newcombe Anton Alfred Newcombe is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and leader of the music group, The Brian Jonestown Massacre.-Music:... Matt Hollywood Matt Hollywood Matt Hollywood is an American indie rock guitarist and singer. He was a founding member and leader of the Portland-based indie rock band The Out Crowd, as well as a founding member of the neo-psychedelic rock band The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He currently fronts the drone rock band The Rebel... Jeff Davies Jeffrey Davies Jeffrey Davies in Washington D.C. is a guitarist best known for his contributions to the neo-psychedelic rock group The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He played in the band from 1992 to 1999. He rejoined the band in 2001 only to quit again in 2003. Spending a good deal of his early years in Washington... Elise Dye Dean Taylor Dean Taylor (musician) Dean Taylor is an American indie rock guitarist.-The Brian Jonestown Massacre:Taylor is most famous for his work with the neo-psychedelic rock band, The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He was an original member and contributed as a guitarist throughout the band's early career.Taylor was featured in the... |
Matt Hollywood Matt Hollywood Matt Hollywood is an American indie rock guitarist and singer. He was a founding member and leader of the Portland-based indie rock band The Out Crowd, as well as a founding member of the neo-psychedelic rock band The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He currently fronts the drone rock band The Rebel... Chris Dupré |
Brian Glaze Milo Warner Martin |
Anton Newcombe Anton Newcombe Anton Alfred Newcombe is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and leader of the music group, The Brian Jonestown Massacre.-Music:... Matt Hollywood Matt Hollywood Matt Hollywood is an American indie rock guitarist and singer. He was a founding member and leader of the Portland-based indie rock band The Out Crowd, as well as a founding member of the neo-psychedelic rock band The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He currently fronts the drone rock band The Rebel... |
Joel Gion Joel Gion Joel Gion is an American indie rock percussionist. He is a member of the neo-psychedelic rock band, The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He was a guest star on the U.S... - Tambourine/Maracas Sophie Guenan - Tambourine Mara Keagle - Organ Dawn Thomas - Accordion |
| 1995 | Anton Newcombe Anton Newcombe Anton Alfred Newcombe is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and leader of the music group, The Brian Jonestown Massacre.-Music:... Matt Hollywood Matt Hollywood Matt Hollywood is an American indie rock guitarist and singer. He was a founding member and leader of the Portland-based indie rock band The Out Crowd, as well as a founding member of the neo-psychedelic rock band The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He currently fronts the drone rock band The Rebel... Jeff Davies Jeffrey Davies Jeffrey Davies in Washington D.C. is a guitarist best known for his contributions to the neo-psychedelic rock group The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He played in the band from 1992 to 1999. He rejoined the band in 2001 only to quit again in 2003. Spending a good deal of his early years in Washington... Elise Dye Dean Taylor Dean Taylor (musician) Dean Taylor is an American indie rock guitarist.-The Brian Jonestown Massacre:Taylor is most famous for his work with the neo-psychedelic rock band, The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He was an original member and contributed as a guitarist throughout the band's early career.Taylor was featured in the... |
Matt Hollywood Matt Hollywood Matt Hollywood is an American indie rock guitarist and singer. He was a founding member and leader of the Portland-based indie rock band The Out Crowd, as well as a founding member of the neo-psychedelic rock band The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He currently fronts the drone rock band The Rebel... |
Brian Glaze Milo Warner Martin Graham Bonnar |
Anton Newcombe Anton Newcombe Anton Alfred Newcombe is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and leader of the music group, The Brian Jonestown Massacre.-Music:... Matt Hollywood Matt Hollywood Matt Hollywood is an American indie rock guitarist and singer. He was a founding member and leader of the Portland-based indie rock band The Out Crowd, as well as a founding member of the neo-psychedelic rock band The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He currently fronts the drone rock band The Rebel... Miranda Lee Richards Miranda Lee Richards Miranda Lee Richards is an American singer-songwriter.Her 2001 release The Herethereafter included original compositions such as "The Beginner" as well as a cover of The Rolling Stones 1967 single "Dandelion"... Mara Keagle |
Joel Gion Joel Gion Joel Gion is an American indie rock percussionist. He is a member of the neo-psychedelic rock band, The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He was a guest star on the U.S... - Tambourine/Maracas Sophie Guenan - Tambourine Mara Keagle - Organ (appears as "Mara Kagel" on Take It From The Man!) Dawn Thomas - Accordion Eufloria - Vocals on "Evergreen" & "Wisdom (Demo)" Paolo Simmonds- Vocals on "Everyone Says" |
| 1996 | Anton Newcombe Anton Newcombe Anton Alfred Newcombe is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and leader of the music group, The Brian Jonestown Massacre.-Music:... Matt Hollywood Matt Hollywood Matt Hollywood is an American indie rock guitarist and singer. He was a founding member and leader of the Portland-based indie rock band The Out Crowd, as well as a founding member of the neo-psychedelic rock band The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He currently fronts the drone rock band The Rebel... Jeff Davies Jeffrey Davies Jeffrey Davies in Washington D.C. is a guitarist best known for his contributions to the neo-psychedelic rock group The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He played in the band from 1992 to 1999. He rejoined the band in 2001 only to quit again in 2003. Spending a good deal of his early years in Washington... Dean Taylor Dean Taylor (musician) Dean Taylor is an American indie rock guitarist.-The Brian Jonestown Massacre:Taylor is most famous for his work with the neo-psychedelic rock band, The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He was an original member and contributed as a guitarist throughout the band's early career.Taylor was featured in the... |
Matt Hollywood Matt Hollywood Matt Hollywood is an American indie rock guitarist and singer. He was a founding member and leader of the Portland-based indie rock band The Out Crowd, as well as a founding member of the neo-psychedelic rock band The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He currently fronts the drone rock band The Rebel... |
Brian Glaze Mike Burns Brad Artley Brad Artley Brad Artley is an American-based rock drummer.-The Brian Jonestown Massacre:Brad Artley was a member and drummer for the neo-psychedelic rock band, The Brian Jonestown Massacre in 1996-1997... |
Anton Newcombe Anton Newcombe Anton Alfred Newcombe is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and leader of the music group, The Brian Jonestown Massacre.-Music:... Matt Hollywood Matt Hollywood Matt Hollywood is an American indie rock guitarist and singer. He was a founding member and leader of the Portland-based indie rock band The Out Crowd, as well as a founding member of the neo-psychedelic rock band The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He currently fronts the drone rock band The Rebel... Miranda Lee Richards Miranda Lee Richards Miranda Lee Richards is an American singer-songwriter.Her 2001 release The Herethereafter included original compositions such as "The Beginner" as well as a cover of The Rolling Stones 1967 single "Dandelion"... Mara Keagle |
Joel Gion Joel Gion Joel Gion is an American indie rock percussionist. He is a member of the neo-psychedelic rock band, The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He was a guest star on the U.S... - Tambourine/Maracas Derek Hoeckel - Guitar/Tambourine/Maracas Dawn Thomas - Accordion Dan Knop - Vocals on "All Around You (intro)" |
| 1997 | Anton Newcombe Anton Newcombe Anton Alfred Newcombe is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and leader of the music group, The Brian Jonestown Massacre.-Music:... Matt Hollywood Matt Hollywood Matt Hollywood is an American indie rock guitarist and singer. He was a founding member and leader of the Portland-based indie rock band The Out Crowd, as well as a founding member of the neo-psychedelic rock band The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He currently fronts the drone rock band The Rebel... Jeff Davies Jeffrey Davies Jeffrey Davies in Washington D.C. is a guitarist best known for his contributions to the neo-psychedelic rock group The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He played in the band from 1992 to 1999. He rejoined the band in 2001 only to quit again in 2003. Spending a good deal of his early years in Washington... Robert Desmond Dean Taylor Dean Taylor (musician) Dean Taylor is an American indie rock guitarist.-The Brian Jonestown Massacre:Taylor is most famous for his work with the neo-psychedelic rock band, The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He was an original member and contributed as a guitarist throughout the band's early career.Taylor was featured in the... Miranda Lee Richards Miranda Lee Richards Miranda Lee Richards is an American singer-songwriter.Her 2001 release The Herethereafter included original compositions such as "The Beginner" as well as a cover of The Rolling Stones 1967 single "Dandelion"... Peter Hayes Peter Hayes (singer) Peter Hayes , and is an American indie rock guitarist and singer. He is best known as a member of California alternative rock trio, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.-The Brian Jonestown Massacre:... |
Matt Hollywood Matt Hollywood Matt Hollywood is an American indie rock guitarist and singer. He was a founding member and leader of the Portland-based indie rock band The Out Crowd, as well as a founding member of the neo-psychedelic rock band The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He currently fronts the drone rock band The Rebel... |
Brad Artley Brad Artley Brad Artley is an American-based rock drummer.-The Brian Jonestown Massacre:Brad Artley was a member and drummer for the neo-psychedelic rock band, The Brian Jonestown Massacre in 1996-1997... Jussi Tegelman Adam Hamilton |
Anton Newcombe Anton Newcombe Anton Alfred Newcombe is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and leader of the music group, The Brian Jonestown Massacre.-Music:... Matt Hollywood Matt Hollywood Matt Hollywood is an American indie rock guitarist and singer. He was a founding member and leader of the Portland-based indie rock band The Out Crowd, as well as a founding member of the neo-psychedelic rock band The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He currently fronts the drone rock band The Rebel... Robert Desmond Miranda Lee Richards Miranda Lee Richards Miranda Lee Richards is an American singer-songwriter.Her 2001 release The Herethereafter included original compositions such as "The Beginner" as well as a cover of The Rolling Stones 1967 single "Dandelion"... |
Joel Gion Joel Gion Joel Gion is an American indie rock percussionist. He is a member of the neo-psychedelic rock band, The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He was a guest star on the U.S... - Tambourine/Maracas Robert Desmond - Cello Raugust - Flute |
| 1998 | Anton Newcombe Anton Newcombe Anton Alfred Newcombe is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and leader of the music group, The Brian Jonestown Massacre.-Music:... Matt Hollywood Matt Hollywood Matt Hollywood is an American indie rock guitarist and singer. He was a founding member and leader of the Portland-based indie rock band The Out Crowd, as well as a founding member of the neo-psychedelic rock band The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He currently fronts the drone rock band The Rebel... Jeff Davies Jeffrey Davies Jeffrey Davies in Washington D.C. is a guitarist best known for his contributions to the neo-psychedelic rock group The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He played in the band from 1992 to 1999. He rejoined the band in 2001 only to quit again in 2003. Spending a good deal of his early years in Washington... Dean Taylor Dean Taylor (musician) Dean Taylor is an American indie rock guitarist.-The Brian Jonestown Massacre:Taylor is most famous for his work with the neo-psychedelic rock band, The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He was an original member and contributed as a guitarist throughout the band's early career.Taylor was featured in the... Adam Le Blanc |
Matt Hollywood Matt Hollywood Matt Hollywood is an American indie rock guitarist and singer. He was a founding member and leader of the Portland-based indie rock band The Out Crowd, as well as a founding member of the neo-psychedelic rock band The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He currently fronts the drone rock band The Rebel... Charles Mehling |
Norm Block Adam Hamilton Johnny Haro Billy Pleasant Marty Smith |
Anton Newcombe Anton Newcombe Anton Alfred Newcombe is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and leader of the music group, The Brian Jonestown Massacre.-Music:... Matt Hollywood Matt Hollywood Matt Hollywood is an American indie rock guitarist and singer. He was a founding member and leader of the Portland-based indie rock band The Out Crowd, as well as a founding member of the neo-psychedelic rock band The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He currently fronts the drone rock band The Rebel... Miranda Lee Richards Miranda Lee Richards Miranda Lee Richards is an American singer-songwriter.Her 2001 release The Herethereafter included original compositions such as "The Beginner" as well as a cover of The Rolling Stones 1967 single "Dandelion"... |
Joel Gion Joel Gion Joel Gion is an American indie rock percussionist. He is a member of the neo-psychedelic rock band, The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He was a guest star on the U.S... - Tambourine/Maracas Miranda Lee Richards Miranda Lee Richards Miranda Lee Richards is an American singer-songwriter.Her 2001 release The Herethereafter included original compositions such as "The Beginner" as well as a cover of The Rolling Stones 1967 single "Dandelion"... - Flute |
| 1999 | Anton Newcombe Anton Newcombe Anton Alfred Newcombe is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and leader of the music group, The Brian Jonestown Massacre.-Music:... Jeff Davies Jeffrey Davies Jeffrey Davies in Washington D.C. is a guitarist best known for his contributions to the neo-psychedelic rock group The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He played in the band from 1992 to 1999. He rejoined the band in 2001 only to quit again in 2003. Spending a good deal of his early years in Washington... Dean Taylor Dean Taylor (musician) Dean Taylor is an American indie rock guitarist.-The Brian Jonestown Massacre:Taylor is most famous for his work with the neo-psychedelic rock band, The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He was an original member and contributed as a guitarist throughout the band's early career.Taylor was featured in the... Miranda Lee Richards Miranda Lee Richards Miranda Lee Richards is an American singer-songwriter.Her 2001 release The Herethereafter included original compositions such as "The Beginner" as well as a cover of The Rolling Stones 1967 single "Dandelion"... Jeff Levitz Lenny Pops The Red Hearts -History:The Red Hearts, initially called The Thieves, were formed by Lenny Pops in 2004 after the breakup of The Snakes. Pops' framed the band as a minimal mod/punk three piece backed by Nina Cole and Hethur Suval. He changed the band's name to The Red Hearts... Bobby Hecksher |
Charles Mehling |
Anton Newcombe Anton Newcombe Anton Alfred Newcombe is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and leader of the music group, The Brian Jonestown Massacre.-Music:... Miranda Lee Richards Miranda Lee Richards Miranda Lee Richards is an American singer-songwriter.Her 2001 release The Herethereafter included original compositions such as "The Beginner" as well as a cover of The Rolling Stones 1967 single "Dandelion"... |
Joel Gion Joel Gion Joel Gion is an American indie rock percussionist. He is a member of the neo-psychedelic rock band, The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He was a guest star on the U.S... - Tambourine/Maracas Christof Certik - Keyboards |
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| 2000 | Anton Newcombe Anton Newcombe Anton Alfred Newcombe is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and leader of the music group, The Brian Jonestown Massacre.-Music:... Frankie Emerson Frankie Emerson Frankie Emerson, also known as Frankie Teardrop, is an American indie multi-instrumentalist, best known as a current member and for his work with the neo-psychedelic rock band, The Brian Jonestown Massacre.-The Brian Jonestown Massacre:... aka Frankie Teardrop Frankie Teardrop Frankie Teardrop is a song by Suicide from their acclaimed first album Suicide. The song tells a story of a young father and poverty-stricken factory worker. He is very depressed about this, and eventually drifts into insanity. One day, Frankie comes home from work, murders his wife and then... Jeff Levitz |
Bobby Hecksher |
Hunter Crowley Greg Epman |
Anton Newcombe Anton Newcombe Anton Alfred Newcombe is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and leader of the music group, The Brian Jonestown Massacre.-Music:... |
Mara Keagle - Vocals |
| 2001 | Anton Newcombe Anton Newcombe Anton Alfred Newcombe is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and leader of the music group, The Brian Jonestown Massacre.-Music:... Jeff Davies Jeffrey Davies Jeffrey Davies in Washington D.C. is a guitarist best known for his contributions to the neo-psychedelic rock group The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He played in the band from 1992 to 1999. He rejoined the band in 2001 only to quit again in 2003. Spending a good deal of his early years in Washington... Frankie "Teardrop" Emerson Frankie Emerson Frankie Emerson, also known as Frankie Teardrop, is an American indie multi-instrumentalist, best known as a current member and for his work with the neo-psychedelic rock band, The Brian Jonestown Massacre.-The Brian Jonestown Massacre:... Rob Campanella Rob Campanella Rob Campanella is a musician, best known as a Los Angeles producer, engineer, and member of The Quarter After.-Producer, Engineer:Rob has produced and engineered albums for his own band The Quarter After, and for clients including Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Tyde, Beachwood Sparks, Goldrush, ... |
Dave Koenig | Hunter Crowley | Anton Newcombe Anton Newcombe Anton Alfred Newcombe is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and leader of the music group, The Brian Jonestown Massacre.-Music:... |
Mara Keagle - Vocals on Bravery, Repetition and Noise (appears as "Mara") Joel Gion Joel Gion Joel Gion is an American indie rock percussionist. He is a member of the neo-psychedelic rock band, The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He was a guest star on the U.S... - Tambourine/Percussion Jason Anchondo - Tambourine Raugust - Flute Rob Campanella Rob Campanella Rob Campanella is a musician, best known as a Los Angeles producer, engineer, and member of The Quarter After.-Producer, Engineer:Rob has produced and engineered albums for his own band The Quarter After, and for clients including Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Tyde, Beachwood Sparks, Goldrush, ... - Organ/Mellotron/Mandolin Christopher Tucker - Co-wrote "If Love Is the Drug…" |
| 2002 | Anton Newcombe Anton Newcombe Anton Alfred Newcombe is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and leader of the music group, The Brian Jonestown Massacre.-Music:... Jeff Davies Jeffrey Davies Jeffrey Davies in Washington D.C. is a guitarist best known for his contributions to the neo-psychedelic rock group The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He played in the band from 1992 to 1999. He rejoined the band in 2001 only to quit again in 2003. Spending a good deal of his early years in Washington... Frankie "Teardrop" Emerson Frankie Emerson Frankie Emerson, also known as Frankie Teardrop, is an American indie multi-instrumentalist, best known as a current member and for his work with the neo-psychedelic rock band, The Brian Jonestown Massacre.-The Brian Jonestown Massacre:... Rob Campanella Rob Campanella Rob Campanella is a musician, best known as a Los Angeles producer, engineer, and member of The Quarter After.-Producer, Engineer:Rob has produced and engineered albums for his own band The Quarter After, and for clients including Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Tyde, Beachwood Sparks, Goldrush, ... Kirpatrick Thomas |
Dave Koenig | Dan Allaire | Anton Newcombe Anton Newcombe Anton Alfred Newcombe is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and leader of the music group, The Brian Jonestown Massacre.-Music:... |
Rob Campanella Rob Campanella Rob Campanella is a musician, best known as a Los Angeles producer, engineer, and member of The Quarter After.-Producer, Engineer:Rob has produced and engineered albums for his own band The Quarter After, and for clients including Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Tyde, Beachwood Sparks, Goldrush, ... - Organ |
| 2003 | Anton Newcombe Anton Newcombe Anton Alfred Newcombe is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and leader of the music group, The Brian Jonestown Massacre.-Music:... Frankie "Teardrop" Emerson Frankie Emerson Frankie Emerson, also known as Frankie Teardrop, is an American indie multi-instrumentalist, best known as a current member and for his work with the neo-psychedelic rock band, The Brian Jonestown Massacre.-The Brian Jonestown Massacre:... Rob Campanella Rob Campanella Rob Campanella is a musician, best known as a Los Angeles producer, engineer, and member of The Quarter After.-Producer, Engineer:Rob has produced and engineered albums for his own band The Quarter After, and for clients including Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Tyde, Beachwood Sparks, Goldrush, ... Ricky Maymi Ricky Maymi Ricky Rene Maymi is a multi-instrumentalist from San Francisco, California. Born September 15, 1972. He is most famous for his work with the neo-psychedelic rock band, The Brian Jonestown Massacre .-The Brian Jonestown Massacre:... Matthew J. Tow Matthew J. Tow Matthew J. Tow is a highly regarded Australian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Perhaps best known as the singer and guitarist of 90's Sydney indie band Drop City, Tow currently fronts international neo-psychedelic rockers The Lovetones.... Kirpatrick Thomas Bowerbird |
Dave Koenig Tommy Dietrick |
Dan Allaire | Anton Newcombe Anton Newcombe Anton Alfred Newcombe is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and leader of the music group, The Brian Jonestown Massacre.-Music:... |
Rob Campanella Rob Campanella Rob Campanella is a musician, best known as a Los Angeles producer, engineer, and member of The Quarter After.-Producer, Engineer:Rob has produced and engineered albums for his own band The Quarter After, and for clients including Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Tyde, Beachwood Sparks, Goldrush, ... - Organ/Dobro/Piano/Mandolin Ed Harcourt - Vocals on "Here It Comes" Daniella Meeker - Vocals on "Here It Comes" Matt Tow - Vocals & wrote on "Starcleaner" (also wrote & sang on "A New Low In Getting High") Joseph Campanella Joseph Campanella Joseph Campanella in Lewistown, Pennsylvania is an American character actor who has appeared in over 200 TV and film roles since 1955, including such shows as The Eleventh Hour, The Fugitive, Mission: Impossible, Gunsmoke, The Road West, The Golden Girls and Mama's Family. He also had a role in... - whistling on "You Look Great When I'm Fucked Up" |
| 2004 | Anton Newcombe Anton Newcombe Anton Alfred Newcombe is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and leader of the music group, The Brian Jonestown Massacre.-Music:... Frankie "Teardrop" Emerson Frankie Emerson Frankie Emerson, also known as Frankie Teardrop, is an American indie multi-instrumentalist, best known as a current member and for his work with the neo-psychedelic rock band, The Brian Jonestown Massacre.-The Brian Jonestown Massacre:... Rob Campanella Rob Campanella Rob Campanella is a musician, best known as a Los Angeles producer, engineer, and member of The Quarter After.-Producer, Engineer:Rob has produced and engineered albums for his own band The Quarter After, and for clients including Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Tyde, Beachwood Sparks, Goldrush, ... Ricky Maymi Ricky Maymi Ricky Rene Maymi is a multi-instrumentalist from San Francisco, California. Born September 15, 1972. He is most famous for his work with the neo-psychedelic rock band, The Brian Jonestown Massacre .-The Brian Jonestown Massacre:... |
Collin Hegna Dave Koenig |
Dan Allaire Ryan Sumner Brian Glaze |
Anton Newcombe Anton Newcombe Anton Alfred Newcombe is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and leader of the music group, The Brian Jonestown Massacre.-Music:... |
Joel Gion Joel Gion Joel Gion is an American indie rock percussionist. He is a member of the neo-psychedelic rock band, The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He was a guest star on the U.S... (on and off)- Tambourine/Maracas Rob Campanella Rob Campanella Rob Campanella is a musician, best known as a Los Angeles producer, engineer, and member of The Quarter After.-Producer, Engineer:Rob has produced and engineered albums for his own band The Quarter After, and for clients including Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Tyde, Beachwood Sparks, Goldrush, ... - Organ Zy Lynn - Violin on If Love Is the Drug... Single |
| 2005 | Anton Newcombe Anton Newcombe Anton Alfred Newcombe is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and leader of the music group, The Brian Jonestown Massacre.-Music:... Frankie "Teardrop" Emerson Frankie Emerson Frankie Emerson, also known as Frankie Teardrop, is an American indie multi-instrumentalist, best known as a current member and for his work with the neo-psychedelic rock band, The Brian Jonestown Massacre.-The Brian Jonestown Massacre:... Rob Campanella Rob Campanella Rob Campanella is a musician, best known as a Los Angeles producer, engineer, and member of The Quarter After.-Producer, Engineer:Rob has produced and engineered albums for his own band The Quarter After, and for clients including Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Tyde, Beachwood Sparks, Goldrush, ... Ricky Maymi Ricky Maymi Ricky Rene Maymi is a multi-instrumentalist from San Francisco, California. Born September 15, 1972. He is most famous for his work with the neo-psychedelic rock band, The Brian Jonestown Massacre .-The Brian Jonestown Massacre:... Irina Yalkowsky |
Collin Hegna |
Dan Allaire | Anton Newcombe Anton Newcombe Anton Alfred Newcombe is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and leader of the music group, The Brian Jonestown Massacre.-Music:... |
Joel Gion Joel Gion Joel Gion is an American indie rock percussionist. He is a member of the neo-psychedelic rock band, The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He was a guest star on the U.S... (on and off)- Tambourine/Maracas Rob Campanella Rob Campanella Rob Campanella is a musician, best known as a Los Angeles producer, engineer, and member of The Quarter After.-Producer, Engineer:Rob has produced and engineered albums for his own band The Quarter After, and for clients including Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Tyde, Beachwood Sparks, Goldrush, ... - Organ Sarabeth Tucek Sarabeth Tucek Sarabeth Tucek is an American singer and songwriter. Her self-titled first album was released in 2007, with a second album Get Well Soon in 2011.-Life and career:... - Vocals on We Are The Radio |
| 2006 | Anton Newcombe Anton Newcombe Anton Alfred Newcombe is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and leader of the music group, The Brian Jonestown Massacre.-Music:... Frankie "Teardrop" Emerson Frankie Emerson Frankie Emerson, also known as Frankie Teardrop, is an American indie multi-instrumentalist, best known as a current member and for his work with the neo-psychedelic rock band, The Brian Jonestown Massacre.-The Brian Jonestown Massacre:... Rob Campanella Rob Campanella Rob Campanella is a musician, best known as a Los Angeles producer, engineer, and member of The Quarter After.-Producer, Engineer:Rob has produced and engineered albums for his own band The Quarter After, and for clients including Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Tyde, Beachwood Sparks, Goldrush, ... Ricky Maymi Ricky Maymi Ricky Rene Maymi is a multi-instrumentalist from San Francisco, California. Born September 15, 1972. He is most famous for his work with the neo-psychedelic rock band, The Brian Jonestown Massacre .-The Brian Jonestown Massacre:... Irina Yalkowsky |
Collin Hegna |
Dan Allaire | Anton Newcombe Anton Newcombe Anton Alfred Newcombe is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and leader of the music group, The Brian Jonestown Massacre.-Music:... |
Joel Gion Joel Gion Joel Gion is an American indie rock percussionist. He is a member of the neo-psychedelic rock band, The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He was a guest star on the U.S... - Tambourine/Maracas Rob Campanella Rob Campanella Rob Campanella is a musician, best known as a Los Angeles producer, engineer, and member of The Quarter After.-Producer, Engineer:Rob has produced and engineered albums for his own band The Quarter After, and for clients including Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Tyde, Beachwood Sparks, Goldrush, ... - Organ/Mellotron |
| 2007 | Anton Newcombe Anton Newcombe Anton Alfred Newcombe is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and leader of the music group, The Brian Jonestown Massacre.-Music:... Frankie "Teardrop" Emerson Frankie Emerson Frankie Emerson, also known as Frankie Teardrop, is an American indie multi-instrumentalist, best known as a current member and for his work with the neo-psychedelic rock band, The Brian Jonestown Massacre.-The Brian Jonestown Massacre:... Rob Campanella Rob Campanella Rob Campanella is a musician, best known as a Los Angeles producer, engineer, and member of The Quarter After.-Producer, Engineer:Rob has produced and engineered albums for his own band The Quarter After, and for clients including Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Tyde, Beachwood Sparks, Goldrush, ... Ricky Maymi Ricky Maymi Ricky Rene Maymi is a multi-instrumentalist from San Francisco, California. Born September 15, 1972. He is most famous for his work with the neo-psychedelic rock band, The Brian Jonestown Massacre .-The Brian Jonestown Massacre:... |
Collin Hegna |
Dan Allaire | Anton Newcombe Anton Newcombe Anton Alfred Newcombe is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and leader of the music group, The Brian Jonestown Massacre.-Music:... |
Joel Gion Joel Gion Joel Gion is an American indie rock percussionist. He is a member of the neo-psychedelic rock band, The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He was a guest star on the U.S... - Tambourine/Maracas Rob Campanella Rob Campanella Rob Campanella is a musician, best known as a Los Angeles producer, engineer, and member of The Quarter After.-Producer, Engineer:Rob has produced and engineered albums for his own band The Quarter After, and for clients including Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Tyde, Beachwood Sparks, Goldrush, ... - Organ/Mellotron |
| 2008 | Anton Newcombe Anton Newcombe Anton Alfred Newcombe is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and leader of the music group, The Brian Jonestown Massacre.-Music:... Frankie "Teardrop" Emerson Frankie Emerson Frankie Emerson, also known as Frankie Teardrop, is an American indie multi-instrumentalist, best known as a current member and for his work with the neo-psychedelic rock band, The Brian Jonestown Massacre.-The Brian Jonestown Massacre:... Ricky Maymi Ricky Maymi Ricky Rene Maymi is a multi-instrumentalist from San Francisco, California. Born September 15, 1972. He is most famous for his work with the neo-psychedelic rock band, The Brian Jonestown Massacre .-The Brian Jonestown Massacre:... |
Collin Hegna Will Carruthers |
Dan Allaire | Anton Newcombe Anton Newcombe Anton Alfred Newcombe is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and leader of the music group, The Brian Jonestown Massacre.-Music:... |
Joel Gion Joel Gion Joel Gion is an American indie rock percussionist. He is a member of the neo-psychedelic rock band, The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He was a guest star on the U.S... - Tambourine/Maracas Rob Campanella Rob Campanella Rob Campanella is a musician, best known as a Los Angeles producer, engineer, and member of The Quarter After.-Producer, Engineer:Rob has produced and engineered albums for his own band The Quarter After, and for clients including Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Tyde, Beachwood Sparks, Goldrush, ... - Organ/Mellotron |
| 2009-2010 | Anton Newcombe Anton Newcombe Anton Alfred Newcombe is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and leader of the music group, The Brian Jonestown Massacre.-Music:... Matt Hollywood Matt Hollywood Matt Hollywood is an American indie rock guitarist and singer. He was a founding member and leader of the Portland-based indie rock band The Out Crowd, as well as a founding member of the neo-psychedelic rock band The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He currently fronts the drone rock band The Rebel... Frankie "Teardrop" Emerson Frankie Emerson Frankie Emerson, also known as Frankie Teardrop, is an American indie multi-instrumentalist, best known as a current member and for his work with the neo-psychedelic rock band, The Brian Jonestown Massacre.-The Brian Jonestown Massacre:... Ricky Maymi Ricky Maymi Ricky Rene Maymi is a multi-instrumentalist from San Francisco, California. Born September 15, 1972. He is most famous for his work with the neo-psychedelic rock band, The Brian Jonestown Massacre .-The Brian Jonestown Massacre:... |
Collin Hegna |
Dan Allaire | Anton Newcombe Anton Newcombe Anton Alfred Newcombe is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and leader of the music group, The Brian Jonestown Massacre.-Music:... Matt Hollywood Matt Hollywood Matt Hollywood is an American indie rock guitarist and singer. He was a founding member and leader of the Portland-based indie rock band The Out Crowd, as well as a founding member of the neo-psychedelic rock band The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He currently fronts the drone rock band The Rebel... |
Joel Gion Joel Gion Joel Gion is an American indie rock percussionist. He is a member of the neo-psychedelic rock band, The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He was a guest star on the U.S... - Tambourine/Maracas Rob Campanella Rob Campanella Rob Campanella is a musician, best known as a Los Angeles producer, engineer, and member of The Quarter After.-Producer, Engineer:Rob has produced and engineered albums for his own band The Quarter After, and for clients including Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Tyde, Beachwood Sparks, Goldrush, ... - Organ/Mellotron |
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Discography
- 1993 Spacegirl & Other FavoritesSpacegirl & Other FavoritesSpacegirl & Other Favorites is the debut album by The Brian Jonestown Massacre. The original release was vinyl only in 1993, with a limited run of only 500. The band have re-released it a number of times. First, in 1995, before the release of Methodrone, and again on CD in 2003 with six bonus demo...
- 1995 MethodroneMethodroneMethodrone is the second studio album by American neo-psychedelia band The Brian Jonestown Massacre, released in 1995. The name of the album is a pun on the drug methadone, used in treatment of heroin addiction, as well as the word "drone", referencing the overall shoegaze sound of the album...
- 1996 Take It from the Man!Take It From The Man!Take It from the Man! is the third album by American neo-psychedelia band The Brian Jonestown Massacre. It is the first of three critically acclaimed albums released by the band in 1996, preceding Their Satanic Majesties' Second Request and Thank God for Mental Illness...
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- 1996 Thank God for Mental IllnessThank God For Mental IllnessThank God for Mental Illness is the fifth album by American neo-psychedelia band The Brian Jonestown Massacre, released on October 25, 1996. It was the third of the three critically acclaimed albums released by the band in that year. Anton Newcombe has claimed that the album cost him only $17.36...
- 1997 Give It Back!Give It Back!Give It Back! is an album by The Brian Jonestown Massacre, released in 1997 by Bomp! Records. Notably, this is the only album that features Peter Hayes, who went on to found the Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. Give It Back! was the band's fifth studio album in two years. The sessions for the record...
- 1998 Strung Out in HeavenStrung Out in HeavenStrung Out in Heaven is the seventh full-length album by American neo-psychedelia band The Brian Jonestown Massacre. It was the band's first and only recording with the large independent label, TVT Records...
- 1999 Bringing It All Back Home – Again
- 2001 If I Love You (EP)
- 2001 Bravery, Repetition and NoiseBravery, Repetition and NoiseBravery Repetition and Noise is the ninth full length album by The Brian Jonestown Massacre, released in 2001. All the songs were written by Anton Newcombe. The front cover shows American independent film director Jim Jarmusch. Incidentally The Brian Jonestown Massacre's song "Not if You Were the...
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. - "13" appeared on the episode "The Devil's ThreesomeThe Devil's Threesome"The Devil's Threesome" is the tenth episode of the Showtime original series Californication. It was written by Tom Kapinos, directed by John Dahl and originally aired on Monday October 15, 2007.- Plot :...
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. - A number of Jonestown songs were used in the improvisational film by Zak Penn entitled The Grand.
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, consisted of music by The Brian Jonestown Massacre. - "The Way It Was" appeared in the 08 Fallen video "Ride the Sky", in Gilbert Crockets section.
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- "Anenome" was also used in an independent skateboard film "Beware of Sasquatch" in Cory Kennedy's part
- "Straight up and Down Also appeared in the independent skateboard film "Beware of Sasquatch" as a second song in Cory Kennedy's part
- "Oh Lord" appeared in the skate film series "United by Fate" in Jake Duncombe's part in "vol. 3"
- "Straight Up and Down" is used in the opening theme song for the show Boardwalk Empire on HBO.
- "Nevertheless" featured on the Pennsylvania section of Mutiny Bike's DVD, Let's Get Mystical (2009)