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unusual facts about Jonestown Massacre



Team Sleep

More so than the Deftones, many of Team Sleep's themes and lyrics are fantastical and imaginative in nature, drawing from such literary sources as Edgar Allan Poe and historical events like the Jonestown Massacre.


see also

Crime of the century

Guyana: Crime of the Century, a 1979 exploitation film loosely based on the Jonestown massacre

Joel Gion

His image is also on the cover of the Brian Jonestown Massacre album, Thank God For Mental Illness (and a very distended image of him can be seen on Give It Back!).

Mexican Moon

The song "Jonestown" is a scathing critique of the theology surrounding the Jonestown Massacre and opens with a minute-long sample of Jim Jones ranting about warfare.

Rob Campanella

Brian Jonestown Massacre, And This Is Our Music, album (2003) — Producer, Engineer, Hammond Organ, Dobro, Mandolin, Piano

The Lea Shores

Andy Bell (formerly of Ride, currently of Oasis) had this to say about the band's live performance: The Lea Shores are my favourite new band… I saw them supporting the Brian Jonestown Massacre in Stockholm and was hooked straight away.

The Out Crowd

The Out Crowd was featured briefly on the DVD extras of the movie Dig! about The Dandy Warhols and The Brian Jonestown Massacre