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• Posted 02/22/11 by kjr
  Also it seems like the people who criticize The Brian Jonestown Massacre never actually listened to any of their albums.
• Posted 02/22/11 by kjr
  Obviously Lp never heard of the Brian Jonestown Massacre's music, they take elements from psychedelic rock, 60's rock, world music, and shoegaze and combine it all into one hell of a listen. And considering Newcombe also wrote a lot of the music and recorded it himself and released it with no label shows how much dedication he has to the music craft. Plus the band still received praise and recognition without being on any label as well, that would have never happened if they had NO talent. Nowadays The Brian Jonestown Massacre is still making more music without interference from record labels and has a big enough fan base to do world tours. But according to Lp they have no talent, give me a break!
• Posted 01/01/11 by CJC
  This was amazing. It makes me really wonder... how in the world has youth developed into what it is today? And what purpose do we serve? who are we pleasing? Everyone's dream is to grow up and impress somebody that is wearing some pair of fancy boots and a tie with their scientific lingo to become bigtime executives and stuff. BJM were revolutionaries and while you might call them "posers" and whatever, they tried anton's lyrics are some of the best I have EVER read. As for the dandy warhols, I didn't have a bad opinion of them until I watched this, they had no passion or purpose for their music, they were playing dress up. this was moving.
• Posted 12/24/10 by Lp
  Its a joke right? No wonder music has gone in the toilet. They all think they are superstars but without the talent and music.(the play like they are still in their basement) All I hear is people calling them geniuses and not one of them has written one good song. These dreamers have miss the 60s and now think they can re-create it..FAIL..its over. to sum it all - nerds with guitars with egos bigger than...there is no way I am inserting a real composer's name with these clowns. Revenge of the metro sexuals ...waste of plastic that CDs are made of.
• Posted 10/26/10 by emin
  Awesome documentary. One thing to keep in mind when watching this documentary is that all this musical activity (BJM and DW) was happening years before retro/60s/garage/psych all came flooding back to the mainstream within the past handful of years (starting with White Stripes, Strokes, 2001-2002 etc.). These days, fake hippies (which are usually just pothead hipsters who grew their beards out and wear beads), garage bands, psych bands, retro bands, etc. have proliferated across the globe 500000000000000% more once again and are also 50000000000% more visible due to the internet. By no stretch of the imagination could you call Anton's music original, but at least it was still somewhat "his thing" at that time and place, relatively speaking. There was no myspace, youtube, any of that crap, and the most popular rock music was probably something terrible like nu-metal or Rancid. Even though I don't consider him anywhere near a genius (more like just a very creative dude), and even though he's prone to morbid self-importance and hyperbole, there's no arguing that he charged ahead doing "his thing" and living for the music... I dunno, that's what I got out of this... a difficult dude to be around, but if you come back 3 years later he'd still be locked in his studio banging out the jams. Regarding the Dandy Warhols, however.... after watching this documentary, I wish they had all gotten in a fatal bus crash on tour, or at least gotten framed for hard drugs by corrupt border guards and thrown in jail and anally raped 24-7. I've never in my life seen such a vomit-inducing display of pseudo-artistic self-aware phony try-hards attempting to put across the most transparent and calculated vain catsh*t. Every syllable, every facial expression, every step, every body position from that piece of dung lead singer Courtney Taylor looked like he had pre-charted it in his style notebook months in advance. How has this dude not had glass bottles thrown at his head during concerts? They're so contrived and pretentious and OBVIOUS about it after watching this documentary that I honestly wish he would just overdose and die.
• Posted 07/21/10 by anon
  Note to Brett Johnson: Really? Well... Opinion aside, you are completely misinformed. That you find someone so mediocre to be your guiding light is your own problem - but do a little research - you might be surprised to find that artists today have more control of their copyrights than artists did in the 60's. But that's just the beginning... If you'd like to know where the Dig! dude is trying his absolute junkie-hardest to steal from (and falls flat doing so), maybe check out some albums from the 60's. I don't know... how about Love, Beach Boys, Dylan and 13th Floor Elevators for a start? Or do what he did and by the Nuggets Box Set - that'll put you on the 'right' path and also perhaps enlighten you to the fact that he is a bore and can't hold a candle to his forefathers, or many of his more interesting contemporaries for that matter. He writes typical pop songs so he's not exactly a 'great composer' - also, he can barely play a guitar so the fact that he farts around on other instruments in the studio hardly makes him 'one of the greatest instrumentalists of all time' but that's funny!! Have you ever seen him play live? I'd rather watch movie previews for teenage summer films in another language. Really, he's beyond boring. Note to Slim Jurado: You knocked your bong over and spilled bong water on your Mom's favorite carpet...bummer dude. yawn....
• Posted 04/17/10 by slim jurado
  Tortured genius, Anton is too good for the hordes of pablum sucking masses. If you find this guys work anywhere, buy it, download it, live it. Your in the presence of greatness, not seen since the sixties and seventies. peace and love slim
• Posted 03/05/10 by Brett Johnson
  Anton is among the greatest composers and instrumentalists of all time. His music is drenched in this fantastic beauty. It's too bad his genius (pretentious word)gets overlooked because of his occasional antics. But he only says and acts in a way many of us wish we had the balls to do. Nearly everything he says is fundamentally true at some level. There is nothing phony about him. His music reflects the fact that he is genuine, and the way in which he lives his life reflects that truth. I think he would have had far more commercial success if he been writing and producing in the late 60s when artists controlled their final product far more so than they do today. Yes, there was a business element then just as there is a business element now, but the business served to support artists rather than control them. I can only imagine Anton's frustration in dealing with individuals trying to get in the way of his creative process. It's too bad someone in the industry with insight and wisdom and the guts to let things happen on their own doesn't provide the means to the BJM to allow them complete artistic freedom to cut loose. I also don't understand why, given the BJM's incredible output over the years,the band doesn't have the marketing support of a major label. Anyhow, we should be thankful for what Anton has given us. His work is incredible and will continue to amaze as long as he's alive. Generations from now, the music world will be celebrating this man, much like later generations came to recognize JS Bach, the father of modern music. Anton, like Courtney Taylor admits, is so far ahead of everybody else that the best he and others can do is hope to eventually catch up with him.
• Posted 01/31/10 by Margaret
  OK - last comment. Anton strikes me as someone trying soooo desperately hard to be cool, and original, and neato, and a rebel, and an original thinker. He's not. David Byrne, Bryan Ferry, Cyndi Lauper; just to name a few; and even if these people aren't to your taste, they are what music should be, IMHO; enjoyable, thought provoking (to an extent); listenable. (OK - I know these artists might be "tainted" because they are successful; but keep in mind success comes - most of the time - for a reason.) Suffering for one's art doesn't make one's art worthwhile. Anton is actually rather pedestrian; middling. He's not exceptional, he's not innovative (anymore), he's not anything but a perhaps decent musician with some nice ideas. I guess what I am trying to say is: Anton has a way way way overinflated sense of self-worth. If he REALLY wants to get his music out there, he'd play the game. At first. Then, once he's made it, he can be the wacky, nutty, balls to the wall rebel. But being that now? While he thinks he keeping his integrity, all he's really doing is giving himself an excuse to fail. "Gee...no one "gets" me; these jerks...". Now, that may be true, but why not play the game, and then make your statement? Or maybe he sees his lack of originality, and it scares him? He's not bad, nor is his band; they just aren't particularly different, or groundbreaking, or interesting, or anything. Not anymore. Hey...just my opinion. However, this is a great documentary. Very cringe-worthy...watching these guys - Anton specifically - play up to the camera; trying to be the rebel. Enough already! Get over yourself!
• Posted 01/31/10 by Margaret
  One can pour one's heart into something, but it still won't make it worthwhile. These folks are really into themselves...into being self-destructive, and poor...and dirty, and junkies. That's SO much easier than actually being original, isn't it? Here's what my impression is of these people...they are SOO SOOO full of themselves...they've bought into their own image of being wild, and crazy, and different, and gee whiz...what rebels! They aren't any of those things; except maybe original in their music. But it's not that good to begin with! But, they package it with the whole "wild and crazy junkie rock & rollers" sort of image, and it's arresting, but not necessarily very good.
• Posted 01/31/10 by Margaret
  what a bunch of pretentious a-holes. These guys are doing coke and whatnot...who cares? What a trite band. They are not anything special. Who's gonna "change the world" when they are f-ed up on drugs? Hey...I did my fair share...and it never did me any good. Talk about self-delusional people. He's just spouting the same old crud. He is NOT an original thinker.
• Posted 01/26/10 by arcarsenal
  I agree with the person that said the music is bland. I really like the style of the doc, but the subjects aren't worthy. I shouldn't be surprised majors actually tried marketing these people. Good storytelling though.
• Posted 01/20/10 by Anon
  Great documentary, but I hate everyone in this video. Anton sings some of his songs with an english accent. WTF? I agree with those of you who said that BJM's songs are regurgitated 60's pop, and I agree that it's cheap. These people are epitamy of hippocritical. Just terrible, terrible human beings with God complexes.
• Posted 11/29/09 by david
  so sorry to bill and rdjy....you guys missed it. go put on some green day. you guys wouldn't know good music if it dropped a brick on your head. if there is a difference for you between good music and good musicians, than you don't deserve people who pour their heart into something. it has nothing to do with being a nice guy. the world is a lot meaner than anton.
• Posted 11/29/09 by david
  so sorry to bill and rdjy....you guys missed it. go put on some green day. you guys wouldn't know good music if it dropped a brick on your head. if there is a difference for you between good music and good musicians, than you don't deserve people who pour their heart into something. it has nothing to do with being a nice guy. the world is a lot meaner than anton.
• Posted 11/25/09 by rdjy
  Shameless self-promotion for a bunch of pretentious idiots who ape far better bands. Anton was obviously an only child. Next...
• Posted 10/29/09 by grifftrain
  I hope Anton can survive his demons. His music is not for everyone, but some of the music I heard here was excellent. I was unfamiliar with these groups (BJM, DW) but I am going to search some of it out. The movie itself , while disturbing, was well made and held my interest throughout. I am curious to know what is going on with him today
• Posted 10/05/09 by bill ratekin
  This band is crap,,,no wonder the music industry is a joke,,,this is talent?,,,,this is cutting edge? No it sucks,,,and you need to fire some A@R reps
• Posted 08/07/09 by Jason Compton
  This is a great documentary...every aspiring documentary filmmaker should be forced to watch this...the feel is new, the technique is fresh...this filmmaker made the documentary form very exciting...
• Posted 07/29/09 by Barry M
  Loved it. Goofus vs Gallant. Too bad the DWs appear so smug and condescending, however. Anton's talent is highly overrated. The songs are OK, but no better than anything that someone with a Nuggets collection could regurgitate. Even worse, he's a man child with a bad Cali vocal affectation. The hero of the flick - Joel. Joel is cool. Best of luck to you, Joel.
• Posted 05/14/09 by LAUREN PERSAUL
  JOEL
• Posted 05/11/09 by toni
  but..its not the 60s anymore... and they act like scene kids. wtf. cuz its all about the drugs now, i guess. and i like the chick in the band who plays *snarf* tambourine? lol.
• Posted 05/10/09 by Matt
  Do you have biographies? I would love to watch biographies of the people who made the difference in the world business, politics, science, etc.
• Posted 04/28/09 by Mike Ratel
  This film is such a powerful document of the life of a an artist who is committed or should be committed. Anton serves up so many quotable lines in the film. In addition to This is Spinal Tap this movie is required viewing for anyone in a band or anyone hoping to be in one.
• Posted 04/04/09 by this is bullshit
  this isn't the whole movie. it's just bits and pieces. you people suck. i'm so disappointed.
• Posted 03/07/09 by realtalk
  its not the 60's , they are wannabees !!
• Posted 02/14/09 by AnotherMark
  Kids playing dress-up retredding music they could never have invented themselves... what else you got?!
• Posted 02/13/09 by can
  can you diiiggg it???!!!
• Posted 02/03/09 by sara champoux
  I AGREE WITH COURTNEY, YOU PEOPLE HAVE NO TASTE! GET BACK TO WATCHING MTV KIDDIES
• Posted 11/14/08 by Marcus Carnero
  Saw this documentary. Total garbage. I made it about 35 minutes into it. What is with the being shocking for the sake of being shocking? This is not Rock n' Roll This is, we wish we were Nirvana or evn just Poison. Art and Commerce? No, ...just bland music that equals Commerce.
• Posted 09/12/08 by Courtney Taylor-Taylor-Taylor-Taylor
  Fxxx Kurt, BJM rules.
• Posted 08/27/08 by Meg
  i agree with nick, this one is hilarious.
• Posted 08/05/08 by Mossy Lightning
  Oh, Kurt. Why did you have to leave us with these jokers??
• Posted 08/02/08 by Nick
  Great unintentional comedy! Love the Jesus/Hitler/Manson scene. Also, "13 Tales from Urban Bohemia" is one of the worst album titles ever.
• Posted 08/01/08 by Frankie Engeltown
  The Brian Jonestown Massacre and the Dandy Warhols were both just a bunch of retro poseurs. The Velvet Underground and Lou Reed already made this music. Doing it again thirty years later does NOT make it original. Doing drugs and acting like drunken idiots is not cool.
• Posted 07/31/08 by The Pebble
  "REAL UNDERGROUND" has no clue. There are a lot of different "underground" scenes, and I don't think either BJM or the Dandies ever thought of themselves in those terms. The bands he mentions are just of a different genre, mostly early punk and hardcore, whereas a band like BJM is much more influenced by 60s psychedelic rock, early Stones, etc. It's not a competition, dude -- I like a lot of the bands yous are talking about, but I also like BJM and the Dandies. I don't have to choose or decide that one is "phony." And maybe if you had come up in a better music scene than Podunk Wisconsin -- like, say, San Francisco, where BJM got their start and the Dandies spent a lot of time -- you would have a broader sense of musical taste and knowledge than your own little corner of the world.
• Posted 07/30/08 by real underground sucks
  Some of us enjoy these bands a lot more than we would those obnoxious hardcore bands you named. I personally do not want 'real underground' as you described it... I'd take these two bands any day over the screaming crap you named.
• Posted 07/27/08 by REAL UNDERGROUND
  These bands are really just phony underground. I spent the mid-1980's - late 1990's in the REAL underground on tours and in scenes that would eat these #s alive. They are like a cheap REALLY cheap Dickies-Fluid copies - these are the type of bands/scenesters that made me stop. Portland should be POISON IDEA - not the #in capitol records type feelers. YOu want underground? see REAL bands PI, Black Flag, Dicks, Necros, Suicidal (early), ALL Dischord pre 1987 and all the bands that NEVR WANTED A DEAL prior to 1990 - THese guys are weak - ONE TOUR!! HA! EVERY BAND that was underground played my town in WI in the 80's - 90's and they didn't # around if you wanted to fight they did. SEE the DWARVES - naked dudes get there asses kicked and liked it and we liked to deal it out!Hard-ons, descendents, SNUFF - JESUS they came from england! SAINT VITUS good god THEY WOULD HEROIN YOUR ### TO SLEEP! My point these #s are phony.
• Posted 07/17/08 by joe f.
  This is one of my favorite documentaries of all time. It's got amazing music and insanely memorable characters. A funny, sad and tragic story of two great bands looking for success. Should be required watching for anyone with rock and roll drea,s