The Brian Jonestown Massacre is a psychedelic rock band originally from San Francisco, California, United States, led by Anton Newcombe. Psychedelic music draws its inspiration from the experience of mind-altering drugs such as cannabis, psilocybin, mescaline, ecstasy and especially LSD. Characteristic features of the style include modal melodies, lengthy instrumental solos, esoteric lyrics and trippy special effects such as reversed, distorted, delayed and/or phased sounds. ... The downtown San Francisco skyline, looking east from the central part of the city. ...

The band has undergone a large number of personnel changes; Newcombe is the only member who has played with the Brian Jonestown Massacre since its beginning. The band is best known for their open advocacy of drug use and their feud with The Dandy Warhols, which is the subject of the 2004 documentary Dig!. That documentary outlines the relationship between the two bands and the conflicts and issues musicians struggle with. The Dandy Warhols is a psychedelic power pop band formed in Portland, Oregon by Courtney Taylor (vocals, guitar), Zia McCabe (keyboard), Peter Holmstrom (guitar), and Eric Hedford (drums). ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A documentary is a work in a visual or auditory medium presenting political, scientific, social, or historical subjects in a factual and informative manner. ...

Originally Newcombe was heavily influenced by The Rolling Stones' psychedelic phase - the name comes from Stones guitarist Brian Jones combined with a reference to cult leader Jim Jones, and their second album's title,"Their Satanic Majesties' Second Request", is a reference to the Stones' 1967 album "Their Satanic Majesties' Request". Newcombe's work in the 2000s has expanded into aesthetic dimensions approximating the UK shoegazing genre of the 1990s and incorporating influences from world music, especially Middle Eastern and Brazilian. For other uses, see Rolling Stones (disambiguation) The Rolling Stones in 1964 The Rolling Stones are a British rock and roll band who rose to prominence during the mid-1960s. ... This entry pertains to the word psychedelic, its origin and uses. ... Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones plays his signature prototype Vox Phantom guitar in 1965. ... Brochure of the Peoples Temple portraying cult leader Jim Jones as the loving father of the Rainbow Family. ... Shoegazing is a style of music that emerged in the UK in the late 1980s. ... // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but keeping the same mind-set. ... World music is a term that covers all music that is not part of mainstream popular music or classical music and has some kind of ethnic component. ...

The band is currently based in Los Angeles, California. The Downtown Los Angeles skyline. ...

Discography

(This discography is incomplete — more to be added later):

• Methodrone (1993)
• Their Satanic Majesties' Second Request (1995)
• Take It From The Man! (1996)
• Thank God For Mental Illness (1997)
• Give it Back! (1997)
• Strung Out In Heaven (1998)
• Bringing It All Back Home Again (1999)
• Bravery, Repetition and Noise (2001)
• ...And This Is Our Music (2003)
• Tepid Peppermint Wonderland: A Retrospective (2004)

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External links

• http://www.brianjonestownmassacre.com
• http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/fridayreview/story/0,12102,1502652,00.html (interview with Anton Newcombe)