sammynb 3674 Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 I watched a very good documentary last night called Dig! which is about the parallel careers of two bands, The Brian Jonestown Massacre and The Dandy Warhols. I won't go into to much detail as you really should see it for yourself, or not if you want the main protagonist from the BJM opinion but suffice to say it's an interesting look at the music scene and the egos/talent/hangers-on/A&R/violence with in it. Also Brian Jonestown Massacre is playing a gig at the Newcastle Academy 2 next Monday 9 July. So if you like Jesus and Mary Chain, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, the Scientists, John Spencer Blues Explosion, basically that 60s rock sound and you don't mind the chance that the band will end up trying to punch fuck out of each other on stage during the gig, it would be a good performance to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14021 Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 Yeh its a mint documentary, Plus pete hayes from BRMC used to play in the BJM, It just shows how soft and pathetic the majority of todays ''rock stars'' are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 Aye it's good, previous HF recommendation too... It would be hilarious if it wasn't true. As it is, it's a horrifying documentary (as horrifying as a music doc can get anyway). The Dandy Warhols and The Brian Jonestown Massacre are bands that tour together and have a good time. When the Dandy's knuckle down to some hard work and get some recognition, The BJM fall apart at the seams trying to keep it 'real' (partying hard, not selling out). It's been compared to Spinal Tap and that's spot on, the reality gives it more Officey cringe type laughs than proper belly laughs. They fawn over over Anton (singer with BJM) as a genius and compare him to Jesus, then complain when his ego gets out of control, what the fuck did they expect? I'd recommend it to all, I'm not a fan of either band and thoroughly enjoyed it. I hope the people that were in it saw their behaviour and have since reigned it in a tad. I doubt it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 3674 Posted July 3, 2007 Author Share Posted July 3, 2007 Aye it's good, previous HF recommendation too... It would be hilarious if it wasn't true. As it is, it's a horrifying documentary (as horrifying as a music doc can get anyway). The Dandy Warhols and The Brian Jonestown Massacre are bands that tour together and have a good time. When the Dandy's knuckle down to some hard work and get some recognition, The BJM fall apart at the seams trying to keep it 'real' (partying hard, not selling out). It's been compared to Spinal Tap and that's spot on, the reality gives it more Officey cringe type laughs than proper belly laughs. They fawn over over Anton (singer with BJM) as a genius and compare him to Jesus, then complain when his ego gets out of control, what the fuck did they expect? I'd recommend it to all, I'm not a fan of either band and thoroughly enjoyed it. I hope the people that were in it saw their behaviour and have since reigned it in a tad. I doubt it though. Find out Monday and let us know??? After you've watched the documentary or for anyone that's just interested you can download all of the Brian Jonestown Massacre's catalogue of music from their site for free, you just need to be able to use .ogg files or have an audio converter. Anton Newcombe might be a right twat but he can write a good song: http://www.brianjonestownmassacre.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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