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2 unusual facts about The Brian Jonestown Massacre


Lie: The Love and Terror Cult

The Brian Jonestown Massacre does a reworked version of "Arkansas" (called "Arkansas Revisited") on their 1999 EP Bringing It All Back Home – Again.

Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth

As documented in the film Dig!, the song is dedicated to the band The Brian Jonestown Massacre, friends/rivals of The Dandy Warhols at the time, who in turn dedicated their own track "Not If You Were the Last Dandy on Earth" to them; although frontman Courtney Taylor-Taylor revealed in an interview that the song is also about his girlfriend at the time who, according to him, had become a heroin addict.


Antonia Scarpa

Scarpa and Moni Ritchie founded the multimedia rock group “The Drummed” (which also featured Rob Campanella of The Quarter After and The Brian Jonestown Massacre and Christian Hejnal of Scarling.) Scarpa played drums, and synthesizers as well as creating a visual projection show for the bands performances.

Collin Hegna

Cocaine Unicorn have opened shows for bands such as The Warlocks, The Brian Jonestown Massacre and The Out Crowd at various times throughout their career.

Tepid Peppermint Wonderland: A Retrospective

Tepid Peppermint Wonderland: A Retrospective is a double album by The Brian Jonestown Massacre, released in 2004.


see also

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!).

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