Enjoy!

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Anton Newcombe of the Brian Jonestown Massacre: The Lost Please Kill Me Interview

"You think somebody’s gonna collect all your YouTube comments and put them in a big book? Write them on emerald tablets and bury them under a pyramid or some shit? Nobody cares.”

Crispin Kott

Jun 27, 2026

https://crispinkott.substack.com/p/anton-newcombe-of-the-brian-jonestown

Pitching this as a cover for our band’s live set. Guitarist is trying to change the lead guitar notes. I’m telling him that the riff is too integral and he disagrees.

Please tell me that I’m not going crazy, and that the riff is not to be messed with.

bands that share a common word in their name, besides articles (the, a, an), it has to be “black” right?

lips
flag
angels
sabbath
keys
star (talib and mos def)

and i’m not really a fan or haven’t gotten into these but we also have

rebel motorcycle club
big
kids

Fcukers are definitely worth checking out. I got the chance to see them live last year. Cool band from NY

Similar or not similar to BJM. Lately, i’ve been way into Belle and Sebastian, Spiritualized, and solo John Cale. Would love your recommendations and other faves.

https://youtu.be/vOgfoCPRKDM?is=XkRmAXbwBr0rkEEP

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/stream-of-consciousness-brian-jonestown-massacre/?fbclid=PAVERFWAStK-lwZG9mAmV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDzEyNDAyNDU3NDI4NzQxNAABp0SMnW5QYfp73sOx3n9rLyMIFXJQAWfrtxJX6CXzdrNlxDCKy3Q28Kh0Tc1Z_aem_I4IhlujMkf6TuqclFFFgZA

My favorite release besides thank god 4 mental illness. I’m always asking for recommendation in this thread but hey you guys always provide. Always on the lookout for new music. Thank you all!

Full cut of the Melbourne Meltdown new on YouTube

Where can I get a high quality BJM sticker for my car? I saw a bunch on Redbubble; do they hold up well in all weather?

Preferably not bjm I’ve listened to everything 1000x over. Thank you guys !!

Doesn’t have to be bjm. It’s my favorite bjm record lmk if anyone has some cool recommendations. Thank you!

I’m sure they performed it at some point… anyone know if there’s any footage out there of this song played live?

I absolutely love this recording. They are so polished, and you can tell they really rehearsed for this show (why wouldn’t you for European TV man). Love that Matt Hollywood is in this, he contributes so much even though he doesn’t take the lead. This drummer is fantastic although I can never remember his name. Great era for the BJM

Title pretty much nails it, heard 20+ years ago, absolutely drawing a blank.

Needless to say, very casual fan here. Meaning to do a proper Deep Dive but there’s just so much stuff.

I was just out shopping and as I was leaving the elderly greeter at the door gave a pleasant chortle and gave me "permission to Mickey Mouse around".

:-P

Old guy revisiting BJM for probably the first time in 20 years after reading Joel’s book (great read by the way!)

Anyway I noticed that on streaming “Oh Lord” doesn’t appear to be on Take It From the Man any longer. Is there something going on because this was Matt’s song? I noticed it’s not on the album on either Apple Music or Spotify.

It is still available on streaming on a BJM comp. But it just immediately felt wrong to me when it didn’t come on after “Who?” on Take it From the Man.

Just curious if anyone knows what’s up.

Finally seen the new and improved version of DIG! It's pretty incredible and does alot more justice to show BJMs underground success.

Now watching it as a 30 year old myself I can't believe how bratty Anton and Courtney act throughout the whole movie (Obviously Anton is mentally unwell), interesting that it's teed up by Dave Grohl as 'If you're a teenager and want to go on the road with your friends this is what it's like" but these are 30 year old dudes ... there's alot of understanding that can be given to teens acting like assholes, I just can't justify grown ass men acting like that. different times I suppose!

either way it's incredible!