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BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE30 ans se sont écoulés depuis la sortie de leur premier single She Made Me / Evergreen. Sorti en 1992, alors que la presse musicale britannique se jetait sur les États-Unis pour désigner le prochain groupe à guitares américain qui serait l'incontournable du mois et que les grandes maisons de disques étaient à la recherche des nouveaux talents bien dociles qui deviendrait facilement la nouvelle sensation, Anton Newcombe a eu une idée : dire non.En tant que leader du Brian Jonestown Massacre, Newcombe s'était déjà imposé comme un auteur-compositeur visionnaire, un homme pour qui faire de la musique n'était pas un choix de style de vie ou une coupe de cheveux hipster mais le tissu même de l'existence, et il avait observé avec une horreur silencieuse ses pairs acquiescer docilement à tout - oui aux contrats, oui au management, oui aux suggestions, oui à ceci, oui à cela, oui, oui, oui. Mais lui était différent.Anton Newcombe allait dire non à tout. Je savais juste que j'aurais plus de succès d'une certaine manière en disant non, en étant simplement contraire parce que je me suis dit que si les gens m'aimaient bien, ils allaient m'aimer de toute façon , dit-il. Ou ne pas m'aimer. Ça n'a pas d'importance. La plupart de ces événements ont été documentés dans le documentaire controversé « Dig ! », qui est toujours considéré comme l'un des meilleurs documentaires sur le rock jamais réalisés, et qui fête cette année son 20e anniversaire. La version remastérisée a été présentée en avant-première à Sundance en janvier.Le premier album du Brian Jonestown Massacre, Methodrone, imprégné de sonorités shoegaze, a vu le jour en 1995. Depuis, de nombreux membres du groupe ont rejoint Newcombe dans ses escapades sonores, mais il est resté la seule constante, le cerveau créatif au centre de l'un des groupes les plus fascinants de la musique. Depuis, pas moins de 20 albums ont vu le jour sous le nom de Brian Jonestown Massacre, chacun d'entre eux s'embarquant dans sa propre aventure intellectuelle et explorant les royaumes extérieurs du rock'n'roll : rock psychédélique, country-blues, rock'n'roll hargneux, noise-pop béate et bien d'autres encore.En cours de route, Newcombe s'est imposé comme un talent unique qui a vu la direction que prenait le rock indé grand public et a choisi de prendre le chemin le plus long. Il est devenu une force révolutionnaire dans la musique moderne, un héros de l'underground. Il n'y avait pas d'autre moyen, c'était comme ça que ça devait se passer. Ma seule option dans la vie a toujours été de me jeter dans le feu de l'action , déclare-t-il. Peu importe ce que c'est. C'est dans cet esprit qu'il a fait le tour du monde, de la côte ouest à New York, de Manhattan à l'Islande, puis à Berlin, où il vit depuis 14 ans et possède deux appartements, l'un pour vivre et l'autre transformé en studio.Après des années 2010 extrêmement prolifiques qui ont vu la sortie de huit albums et d'un EP, Newcombe traversait une période de blocage de l'écriture quand un jour il a pris sa guitare 12 cordes en studio et que The Real (morceau d’ouverture de l’album Fire Doesn’t Grow on Trees) a jailli de lui. Comme le kraken, c'était comme s'il l'avait invoqué. Tout d'un coup, j'ai entendu quelque chose , dit-il. Et puis ça n'a pas arrêté. On a enregistré une chanson entière chaque jour pendant 70 jours d'affilée. À la fin de cette session, ils avaient deux albums prêts à sortir. Aux côtés de Newcombe en studio pour The Future Is Your Past se trouvaient Hakon Adalsteinsson (guitare) et Uri Rennert (batterie).Il n'existe plus de déclaration fondamentale dans le monde d'Anton Newcombe, juste des chapitres supplémentaires qui contribuent au récit. Personne ne peut m'arrêter, je ne demande rien à personne, je ne vais pas faire le tour des bureaux de Warner en disant s'il vous plaît, sortez mon disque ! . C'est juste pour moi , dit-il. Il espère pouvoir être une source d'inspiration pour les autres. J'aimerais voir plus de groupes, de personnes qui jouent de la musique au Royaume-Uni et partout ailleurs, car j'aime vraiment ça. C'est la seule raison dont j'ai besoin. C'est la seule raison de faire des choses . Cela touche à l'essentiel de ce qui fait qu'Anton Newcombe et du Brian Jonestown Massacre. Il va continuer à se jeter dans le feu. C'est son truc. Profitez-en.En février 2023, le Brian Jonestown Massacre a sorti son 20? album studio, The Future Is Your Past, sur le label d'Anton, A Recordings. Entre 2022 et 2023, le groupe a achevé une gigantesque tournée mondiale, avec 34 dates en Amérique du Nord, 25 en Europe et 16 au Royaume-Uni.
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May 7th 2025
It was a good gig, a bit short, but therefore with a great sound. The Arena is a perfect location, you're never far away from the stage. The support was Errorr, good band aswell.
Already looking forward for the next BJM concert !
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The Brian Jonestown Massacre Biography
The Brian Jonestown Massacre was formed in San Francisco in 1990. The band has had over 40 members since then, but its driving force and main songwriter is Anton Newcombe. Prominent ex-members included Matt Hollywood, Dean Taylor, Jeff Davies, Brian Glaze, and Joel Gion. Their sound is heavily influenced by the psychedelic sounds of the 1960s, but also carries influences from shoegaze, jangle pop, garage rock, and lo-fi sonorities. The band is probably most famous from their mid-90s friendship/rivalry with The Dandy Warhols, and ensuing documentary, DiG!.
Over its decade-long history, the band has undergone a large number of personnel changes. Multi-instrumentalist and main songwriter Anton Newcombe is the only member who has stayed with the Brian Jonestown Massacre since its beginning, when it was founded by Newcombe, tambourine player Joel Gion (who stayed with him the longest), and guitarist/bassist/vocalist Matt Hollywood. There are at least two dozen musicians who have been in the BJM at one point or another.
Ex-members include: guitarist Jeff Davies; Matt Hollywood, a founding member of Portland band The Out Crowd; Peter Hayes, founding member of San Francisco rock trio Black Rebel Motorcycle Club; Joel Gion, a founding member of San Francisco band, The Dilettantes; Rob Campanella, a Los Angeles producer and engineer who has worked with The Tyde, Beachwood Sparks, Dead Meadow, Mia Doi Todd, Frausdots, Scarling., and his band The Quarter After; Bobby Hecksher, founding member of Los Angeles band The Warlocks; solo recording artist Miranda Lee Richards; Matt Tow, founding member of the Australian band The Lovetones.
Current long-term members include Collin Hegna (bass), Frankie Teardrop (guitar,noise,etc), and Dan Allaire (percussion). Long-time guitarist Ricky Rene Maymi was recently replaced by Irina Yaikowsky for a short tour, who was in turn, replaced by Ricky Rene Maymi.
Much has been made of the fact that Newcombe is head strong and has just one vision in mind: his own. However, many of the musicians who quit his band have stayed in his orbit and continue working with him in some capacity. Newcombe was, at one point, a drummer in Hecksher's Warlocks. Campanella produces or engineers many of the records on Newcombe's record label, the Committee to Keep Music Evil and has also been on the last 2 highly successful European tours, playing keyboards and on occasion, guitar. Gion is forever showing back up shaking the tambourine at BJM shows. Even the Dandy Warhols appear to have buried the hatchet with Newcombe, as he joined them onstage at Lollapalooza in July of 2005.
In 2005 the band released the EP We Are the Radio, on Newcombe's record label The Committee to Keep Music Evil.
The band announced the release of a new studio album, tenativley titled My Bloody Underground, is due for 2008. On September 3, 2007, the band released rough recordings from the album for download from their website. Music videos of the songs on the album have also been released, including a music video compilation DVD entitled 'Book of Days'. Songs from Brian Jonestown Massacre was specially adapted for use in the score to the critically acclaimed independent film, "Four Eyed Monsters."
Read MoreOver its decade-long history, the band has undergone a large number of personnel changes. Multi-instrumentalist and main songwriter Anton Newcombe is the only member who has stayed with the Brian Jonestown Massacre since its beginning, when it was founded by Newcombe, tambourine player Joel Gion (who stayed with him the longest), and guitarist/bassist/vocalist Matt Hollywood. There are at least two dozen musicians who have been in the BJM at one point or another.
Ex-members include: guitarist Jeff Davies; Matt Hollywood, a founding member of Portland band The Out Crowd; Peter Hayes, founding member of San Francisco rock trio Black Rebel Motorcycle Club; Joel Gion, a founding member of San Francisco band, The Dilettantes; Rob Campanella, a Los Angeles producer and engineer who has worked with The Tyde, Beachwood Sparks, Dead Meadow, Mia Doi Todd, Frausdots, Scarling., and his band The Quarter After; Bobby Hecksher, founding member of Los Angeles band The Warlocks; solo recording artist Miranda Lee Richards; Matt Tow, founding member of the Australian band The Lovetones.
Current long-term members include Collin Hegna (bass), Frankie Teardrop (guitar,noise,etc), and Dan Allaire (percussion). Long-time guitarist Ricky Rene Maymi was recently replaced by Irina Yaikowsky for a short tour, who was in turn, replaced by Ricky Rene Maymi.
Much has been made of the fact that Newcombe is head strong and has just one vision in mind: his own. However, many of the musicians who quit his band have stayed in his orbit and continue working with him in some capacity. Newcombe was, at one point, a drummer in Hecksher's Warlocks. Campanella produces or engineers many of the records on Newcombe's record label, the Committee to Keep Music Evil and has also been on the last 2 highly successful European tours, playing keyboards and on occasion, guitar. Gion is forever showing back up shaking the tambourine at BJM shows. Even the Dandy Warhols appear to have buried the hatchet with Newcombe, as he joined them onstage at Lollapalooza in July of 2005.
In 2005 the band released the EP We Are the Radio, on Newcombe's record label The Committee to Keep Music Evil.
The band announced the release of a new studio album, tenativley titled My Bloody Underground, is due for 2008. On September 3, 2007, the band released rough recordings from the album for download from their website. Music videos of the songs on the album have also been released, including a music video compilation DVD entitled 'Book of Days'. Songs from Brian Jonestown Massacre was specially adapted for use in the score to the critically acclaimed independent film, "Four Eyed Monsters."
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