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Their third album, ''Take It from the Man'', released in 1996, ditched the layered guitars in favor of GarageRock that sounds like it came straight from UsefulNotes/TheSixties, with Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}} influence starting to come in; Newcombe even said, "I, Anton A. Newcombe, do solemnly swear that the ghost of Music/BrianJones came to me in the studio and asked me to make this record. P.S. He also asked that I kick the shit out of old [[Music/MickJagger Mick]] and [[Music/KeithRichards Keith]] for ripping off his band, girl and money, [[UsefulNotes/ConspiracyTheories having him murdered]], being glad he's dead, and for [[TakeThat not being very nice people]].""

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Their third album, ''Take It from the Man'', released in 1996, ditched the layered guitars in favor of GarageRock that sounds like it came straight from UsefulNotes/TheSixties, with Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}} influence starting to come in; Newcombe even said, "I, Anton A. Newcombe, do solemnly swear that the ghost of Music/BrianJones came to me in the studio and asked me to make this record. P.S. He also asked that I kick the shit out of old [[Music/MickJagger Mick]] and [[Music/KeithRichards Keith]] for ripping off his band, girl and money, [[UsefulNotes/ConspiracyTheories having him murdered]], murdered, being glad he's dead, and for [[TakeThat not being very nice people]].""
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The Brian Jonestown Massacre are a PsychedelicRock band formed in 1990. The whole band is basically just Anton Newcombe and friends, to the extent that Wiki/TheOtherWiki also uses the terms "musical project" and "collective". A compilation of recording sessions and demo tapes titled ''Pol Pot's Pleasure Penthouse'' was released at an unknown date, and has since become a popular bootleg. Their second album, ''Spacegirl and Other Favorites'', was recorded in 1993, but not released until 1995.

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The Brian Jonestown Massacre are a PsychedelicRock band formed in 1990. The whole band is basically just Anton Newcombe and friends, to the extent that Wiki/TheOtherWiki Website/TheOtherWiki also uses the terms "musical project" and "collective". A compilation of recording sessions and demo tapes titled ''Pol Pot's Pleasure Penthouse'' was released at an unknown date, and has since become a popular bootleg. Their second album, ''Spacegirl and Other Favorites'', was recorded in 1993, but not released until 1995.

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* AnswerSong: "Not If You Were the Last Dandy on Earth" is a response to Music/TheDandyWarhols' "Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth," which is widely seen as a passive-aggressive DissTrack against Newcombe, who was in the grips of a heroin addiction at the time.



* PsychedelicRock: The only thing that can describe all of their music.

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* PsychedelicRock: The only thing that can describe all band is essentially the standard bearer of their music.the neo-psychedelic rock movement.
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Their third album, ''Take It from the Man'', released in 1996, ditched the layered guitars in favor of GarageRock that sounds like it came straight from UsefulNotes/TheSixties, with Music/TheRollingStones influence starting to come in; Newcombe even said, "I, Anton A. Newcombe, do solemnly swear that the ghost of Music/BrianJones came to me in the studio and asked me to make this record. P.S. He also asked that I kick the shit out of old [[Music/MickJagger Mick]] and [[Music/KeithRichards Keith]] for ripping off his band, girl and money, [[UsefulNotes/ConspiracyTheories having him murdered]], being glad he's dead, and for [[TakeThat not being very nice people]].""

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Their third album, ''Take It from the Man'', released in 1996, ditched the layered guitars in favor of GarageRock that sounds like it came straight from UsefulNotes/TheSixties, with Music/TheRollingStones Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}} influence starting to come in; Newcombe even said, "I, Anton A. Newcombe, do solemnly swear that the ghost of Music/BrianJones came to me in the studio and asked me to make this record. P.S. He also asked that I kick the shit out of old [[Music/MickJagger Mick]] and [[Music/KeithRichards Keith]] for ripping off his band, girl and money, [[UsefulNotes/ConspiracyTheories having him murdered]], being glad he's dead, and for [[TakeThat not being very nice people]].""



* '''[[Music/TheRollingStones Their Satanic Majesties]]' [[SequelSong Second]] [[Music/TheRollingStones Request]]''' (1996)

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* '''[[Music/TheRollingStones '''[[Music/TheRollingStonesBand Their Satanic Majesties]]' [[SequelSong Second]] [[Music/TheRollingStones [[Music/TheRollingStonesBand Request]]''' (1996)
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They would go on to release two more albums in 1996: ''[[Music/TheirSatanicMajestiesRequest Their Satanic Majesties']] [[ShoutOut Second Request]]'', and ''Thank God for Mental Illness''. The former was once again Rolling Stones influence, but rather than taking the Garage Rock of some of their early and late work, they went for the exotic instrumentation of Music/{{Aftermath}}, Music/BetweenTheButtons, and Music/TheirSatanicMajestiesRequest and ran with it. It also contained their biggest hit and SignatureSong, "Anemone". The latter, meanwhile, saw Anton show off his acoustic work, containing mostly psychedelic folk outside of the final track, the 33-minute monster "Sound of Confusion", a series of regular songs and sound collages merged into each other.

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They would go on to release two more albums in 1996: ''[[Music/TheirSatanicMajestiesRequest Their Satanic Majesties']] [[ShoutOut Second Request]]'', and ''Thank God for Mental Illness''. The former was once again Rolling Stones influence, but rather than taking the Garage Rock of some of their early and late work, they went for the exotic instrumentation of Music/{{Aftermath}}, Music/BetweenTheButtons, ''Music/AftermathAlbum'', ''Music/BetweenTheButtons'', and Music/TheirSatanicMajestiesRequest ''Music/TheirSatanicMajestiesRequest'' and ran with it. It also contained their biggest hit and SignatureSong, "Anemone". The latter, meanwhile, saw Anton show off his acoustic work, containing mostly psychedelic folk outside of the final track, the 33-minute monster "Sound of Confusion", a series of regular songs and sound collages merged into each other.
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* FreeHandedPerformer: Joel Gion is a backing vocalist and the official tambourine player for the band. Outside of his ventures into minor percussions, he also plays guitar and has a discography of his own.
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* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Their overall sound is basically PsychedelicRock + Anything Anton felt like playing. While it's usually combined with GarageRock and FolkMusic, they still through the occasional curveball. ''Methodrone'' adds in {{Shoegaze}}, ''Who Killed Sgt. Pepper?'' adds in ElectronicMusic, and ''Aufheben'' adds in {{Krautrock}}.

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* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: GenreMashup: Their overall sound is basically PsychedelicRock + Anything Anton felt like playing. While it's usually combined with GarageRock and FolkMusic, they still through the occasional curveball. ''Methodrone'' adds in {{Shoegaze}}, ''Who Killed Sgt. Pepper?'' adds in ElectronicMusic, and ''Aufheben'' adds in {{Krautrock}}.
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* '''Their Satanic Majesties' Second Request''' (1996)

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* '''Their '''[[Music/TheRollingStones Their Satanic Majesties' Second Request''' Majesties]]' [[SequelSong Second]] [[Music/TheRollingStones Request]]''' (1996)

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Their next album, 1997's ''Give It Back!'', saw them combine the previous three albums into one, and notably contains the song "Not If You Were The Last Dandy on Earth", an AnswerSong to Music/TheDandyWarhols' "Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth" (Itself a TakeThat to the Brian Jonestown Massacre). They have since released 12 more albums, 3 EPs, a compilation, and have been featured in Dig!, a documentary capturing their love-hate relationship with the afformentioned Dandy Warhols. Their latest album, a SelfTitledAlbum, was released in March of 2019, though it can safely be said we could see another one in the future.

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Their next album, 1997's ''Give It Back!'', saw them combine the previous three albums into one, and notably contains the song "Not If You Were The Last Dandy on Earth", an AnswerSong to Music/TheDandyWarhols' "Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth" (Itself a TakeThat to the Brian Jonestown Massacre). They have since released 12 more albums, 3 EPs, [=EPs=], a compilation, and have been featured in Dig!, a documentary capturing their love-hate relationship with the afformentioned Dandy Warhols. Their latest album, a SelfTitledAlbum, was released in March of 2019, though it can safely be said we could see another one in the future.



* '''The Brian Jonestown Massacre'' (2019)

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* '''The ''The Brian Jonestown Massacre'' (2019)



* {{Shoegaze}}: On ''Methodrone''.

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* {{Shoegaze}}: On ''Methodrone''.''Methodrone''.
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Their third album, ''Take It from the Man'', released in 1996, ditched the layered guitars it favor of GarageRock that sounds like it came straight from UsefulNotes/TheSixties, with Music/TheRollingStones influence starting to come in; Newcombe even said, "I, Anton A. Newcombe, do solemnly swear that the ghost of Music/BrianJones came to me in the studio and asked me to make this record. P.S. He also asked that I kick the shit out of old [[Music/MickJagger Mick]] and [[Music/KeithRichards Keith]] for ripping off his band, girl and money, [[UsefulNotes/ConspiracyTheories having him murdered]], being glad he's dead, and for [[TakeThat not being very nice people]].""

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Their third album, ''Take It from the Man'', released in 1996, ditched the layered guitars it in favor of GarageRock that sounds like it came straight from UsefulNotes/TheSixties, with Music/TheRollingStones influence starting to come in; Newcombe even said, "I, Anton A. Newcombe, do solemnly swear that the ghost of Music/BrianJones came to me in the studio and asked me to make this record. P.S. He also asked that I kick the shit out of old [[Music/MickJagger Mick]] and [[Music/KeithRichards Keith]] for ripping off his band, girl and money, [[UsefulNotes/ConspiracyTheories having him murdered]], being glad he's dead, and for [[TakeThat not being very nice people]].""
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'Cause I, I only play it for real"''\\

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* '''And This Is Our Music'''

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* '''And This Is Our Music'''

(This article
Music''' (2003)
* ''Tepid Peppermint Wonderland: A Retrospective'' (2004, Compilation)
* ''We Are The Radio'' (2005, EP)
* '''[[Music/MyBloodyValentine My Bloody]] [[Music/TheVelvetUnderground Underground]]''' (2008)
* '''Who Killed [[Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand Sgt. Pepper?]]''' (2010)
* '''Aufheben''' (2012)
* ''Fist Full Of Bees'' (2013, EP)
* '''Revelation''' (2014)
* '''Musique de Film Imaginé''' (2015)
* ''Mini Album Thingy Wingy'' (2015, EP)
* '''Third World Pyramid''' (2016)
* '''Don't Get Lost''' (2017)
* '''Something Else''' (2018)
* '''The Brian Jonestown Massacre'' (2019)

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!!We don't want you to be yourself, you see, we want you to trope yourself

* EpicRocking: Every album seems to have at least one example. More well-known examples include "Hyperventilation" (9:53), "Cabin Fever" (7:56), Straight Up and Down [Long Version] (11:07), "Jesus (6:30)", "Miss June '75" (7:33), "Bad Baby" (8:22), "Sound of Confusion" (33:03, their longest song), and "The Devil May Care (Mom & Dad Don't)" (6:04)
* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Their overall sound
is currently incomplete)basically PsychedelicRock + Anything Anton felt like playing. While it's usually combined with GarageRock and FolkMusic, they still through the occasional curveball. ''Methodrone'' adds in {{Shoegaze}}, ''Who Killed Sgt. Pepper?'' adds in ElectronicMusic, and ''Aufheben'' adds in {{Krautrock}}.
* PsychedelicRock: The only thing that can describe all of their music.
* {{Shoegaze}}: On ''Methodrone''.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Anton Newcombe, [[IAmTheBand the only guy you need to know]]]]

-->''"I, I think I know how I feel\\
'Cause I, I only play it for real"''\\
-->--'''Anemone'''

The Brian Jonestown Massacre are a PsychedelicRock band formed in 1990. The whole band is basically just Anton Newcombe and friends, to the extent that Wiki/TheOtherWiki also uses the terms "musical project" and "collective". A compilation of recording sessions and demo tapes titled ''Pol Pot's Pleasure Penthouse'' was released at an unknown date, and has since become a popular bootleg. Their second album, ''Spacegirl and Other Favorites'', was recorded in 1993, but not released until 1995.

Their first true album, ''Methodrone'', was released in 1995, is a fantastic record in its own regard despite EarlyInstallmentWeirdness. It's basically a {{Shoegaze}} record, though a highly regarded one, though it had to be VindicatedByHistory first due to coming off the heels of Music/{{Loveless}}.

Their third album, ''Take It from the Man'', released in 1996, ditched the layered guitars it favor of GarageRock that sounds like it came straight from UsefulNotes/TheSixties, with Music/TheRollingStones influence starting to come in; Newcombe even said, "I, Anton A. Newcombe, do solemnly swear that the ghost of Music/BrianJones came to me in the studio and asked me to make this record. P.S. He also asked that I kick the shit out of old [[Music/MickJagger Mick]] and [[Music/KeithRichards Keith]] for ripping off his band, girl and money, [[UsefulNotes/ConspiracyTheories having him murdered]], being glad he's dead, and for [[TakeThat not being very nice people]].""

They would go on to release two more albums in 1996: ''[[Music/TheirSatanicMajestiesRequest Their Satanic Majesties']] [[ShoutOut Second Request]]'', and ''Thank God for Mental Illness''. The former was once again Rolling Stones influence, but rather than taking the Garage Rock of some of their early and late work, they went for the exotic instrumentation of Music/{{Aftermath}}, Music/BetweenTheButtons, and Music/TheirSatanicMajestiesRequest and ran with it. It also contained their biggest hit and SignatureSong, "Anemone". The latter, meanwhile, saw Anton show off his acoustic work, containing mostly psychedelic folk outside of the final track, the 33-minute monster "Sound of Confusion", a series of regular songs and sound collages merged into each other.

Their next album, 1997's ''Give It Back!'', saw them combine the previous three albums into one, and notably contains the song "Not If You Were The Last Dandy on Earth", an AnswerSong to Music/TheDandyWarhols' "Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth" (Itself a TakeThat to the Brian Jonestown Massacre). They have since released 12 more albums, 3 EPs, a compilation, and have been featured in Dig!, a documentary capturing their love-hate relationship with the afformentioned Dandy Warhols. Their latest album, a SelfTitledAlbum, was released in March of 2019, though it can safely be said we could see another one in the future.

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!!Discography (Main Releases in '''Bold''')

* ''Pol Pot's Pleasure Penthouse'' (1990, [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes Bootleg Only]])
* ''Spacegirl and Other Favorites'' (Recorded 1993, Released 1995)
* '''Methodrone''' (1995)
* '''Take It From The Man''' (1996)
* '''Their Satanic Majesties' Second Request''' (1996)
* '''Thank God for Mental Illness''' (1996)
* '''Give It Back!''' (1997)
* '''Strung Out In Heaven''' (1998)
* ''Bringing It All Back Home - Again'' (1999, EP)
* '''Bravery, Repetition, and Noise''' (2001)
* '''And This Is Our Music'''

(This article is currently incomplete)

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