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by Anton is my boyfriend on 22/02/2025Rating: 5 out of 5The Best thing and even betterer than sliced bread.
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One of psychedelic rock music's wildest and most compelling bands
The Brian Jonestown Massacre’s shoegazing-tinged debut album Methodrone was released in 1995 and since then numerous band members have joined Anton Newcombe on his sonic escapades. But he has remained the sole constant, the creative mastermind at the centre of one of music’s most fascinating bands.
There have been a further 20 albums under the Brian Jonestown Massacre moniker since then, each embarking on their own mind-expanding adventure and exploring the outer realms of rock ’n’ roll; psychedelic rock, country-blues, snarling rock ’n’ roll, blissed-out noise-pop and more.
After a hugely prolific 2010s that saw the release of eight long-players and one mini-album, Newcombe had been going through a period of writer’s block when one day he picked up his 12-string guitar and 'The Real' (the opening track on previous album Fire Doesn’t Grow on Trees) came out of him. Like the kraken, it was as if he’d summoned it. “All of a sudden, I just heard something,” he says. “And then it just didn’t stop. We tracked a whole song every single day for 70 days in a row.” By the end of it they had two albums ready to go. Joining Newcombe in the studio for The Future Is Your Past were Hakon Adalsteinsson (guitar) and Uri Rennert (drums).
Brian Jonestown Massacre released their 20th full-length studio album The Future Is Your Past, in February 2023 on Anton’s record label A Recordings. In 2022 / 2023 they completed a massive world tour that saw them play 34 dates in North America, 25 dates across Europe.
2025 saw the return of the band to UK shores, with a run of 15 dates at Brighton Dome, London's Brixton Academy, Manchester's Albert Hall, Barrowland Ballroom in Glasgow, and more.
Hecklers, histrionics, and haymakers: The Brian Jonestown Massacre’s mercurial leader Anton Newcombe reflects on his out-of-the-ordinary history of live performances.
The Best thing and even betterer than sliced bread.