There's rock-star misbehavior, and then there's the misbehavior of Anton Newcombe, the mad, bad and downright dangerous songwriting genius who fronts the San Francisco-based band the Brian Jonestown Massacre. Keith Moon and John "Bonzo" Bonham may have destroyed hotel rooms, but Newcombe trashes his bandmates — 40 musicians have reportedly passed through the ranks of the BJM since Newcombe founded the band in 1991 — audience members and his own already fragile psyche. Blessed with one of the greatest band monikers ever, the BJM steeps the sounds of Buffalo Springfield, the Byrds and the Stones in the grimy drug-soaked drone of the Velvet Underground. Though longtime ...
Released:
2004
Rated:
NR
Length:
105 mins