Brian Jonestown's Bloody Underground: record news, potty mouth
Legendary Californian experimentalists The Brian Jonestown Massacre - now essentially Anton Newcombe (pictured) and a host of floating members both past and present - return on March 31 with their thirteenth album, My Bloody Underground.
Recorded in Liverpool and Reykjavik between August and October of last year, it also features contributions on two tracks by ex-Ride singer/guitarist Mark Gardener.
The full tracklisting is as follows:
'Bring Me The Head of Paul McCartney On Heather Mills' Wooden Peg (Dropping Bombs On The White House)'
'Infinite Wisdom Tooth' / 'My Last Night In Bed With You'
'Who Fucking Pissed In My Well?'
'We Are The Niggers Of The World'
'Who Cares Why'
'Yeah - Yeah'
'Golden - Frost'
'Just Like Kicking Jesus'
'Ljosmyndir'
'Automatic Faggot For The People'
'Darkwave Driver'/'Big Drill Car'
'Monkey Powder'
'Black Hole Symphony'
DiS managed to grab a few words with Anton earlier today, where the man himself revealed: "I was deconstructing and detuning guitars in 1978 aged 11 way before Thurston Moore had picked one up and Kevin Shields was learning how to play Cramps records." He also seemed quite proud of the fact that since giving away all of his music for free via the internet, and how he can "fill any venue anywhere in the world as I have 90 million users e-mail addresses - something no one else even Dylan or U2 could achieve."
Sadly, when DiS went on to ask him whether he regretted never signing a major record deal as 90 million album sales would make him some serious money, he hung up amidst a stream of expletives. Blast. Which wasn't one of them.
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I'm looking forward to the interview
The guy is a fucking nutjob. Can't decide whether I love him or hate him.
In many many years of
interviewing bands, it was the...shall we say...most "amusingly interesting" 25 minutes I've ever had.
I don't know much
about this band but whats going on with these song titles ? there's some odd shit going on there....
those song titles
are absolutely awesome.
I'll
second that.
wanna check this out
DiG was such a good film
I do love the BJM
and if you really said the thing about the record deal then Dom Gourlay you are one bad motherfucker.
just
seems like people wind this guy up for no reason since dig.
we all know he's a bit of a mental
he allegedly made each song in half an hour
fuelled by amphetamines and MDMA...
and it kinda shows on the album, some of it could do with some more work (well, the pre-release, release back in september suggested so)
definitely their most spaced out and dark record yet, really looking forward to buying it and seeing them again.
and yeah, i love and hate anton in equal measure. occasionally a brilliant and coherent man, other times a shit spewing, violent, angry bastard.
he still makes great records, though.
every BJM album
is available for free on their site.
One of the best lines
in movie history.
I didn't need to wind him up
as he did a pretty good job of that himself.
I interviewed him once
and he is a lovely, intelligent, reasonable and coherant guy....... We spoke so long the tape ran out...
Is that blood on you? Where is it from?
Other peoples faces.
i have respect for him
but he seems to spend far far too much time on myspace...
seriously, he posts bulletins all day with youtube videos basically saying the same thing all the time.
Thanks
to you both!


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