In the Jingle Jangle Jungle. Keeping Time with the Brian Jonestown Massacre

The Brian Jonestown Massacre are one of the great contemporary cult American rock and roll bands. At the peak of their anarchic reign in the San Francisco underground of the mid '90s their psychedelic output was almost as prodigious and impressive as their narcotic intake. Immortalised in one of the most unforgettable rock and roll documentaries of all time, DIG! alongside their friends/rivals/nemeses, The Dandy Warhol's, in their early years when the US were obsessed with grunge, the BJM felt like a '60s anachronism.

But with albums like Their Satanic Majesties Second Request and Thank God for Mental Illness, and incendiary, often chaotic, live shows, they burnished their legend as true believers and custodians of the original west coast flame; a privilege and responsibility which continues to this day when the band have a bigger and more dedicated audience than ever. Joel Gion's memoir tells the story of the first ten years of the band from the Duke Seat. A righteous account of the hazards and pleasures of life on and off the road, In the Jingle Jangle Jungle takes use behind the scenes of the supposed behind the scenes film that cemented the band's legend.

Funny as hell, shot through with the innocence and wonder of a 'percussionist' whose true role is that of the band's 'spirit animal', In the Jingle Jangle Jungle is destined to take its place alongside cult classics in the pantheon of rock and roll literature like Playing the Bass with Three Left Hands, Head On, and 45 by Bill Drummond. It will also feature a foreword by Anton Newcombe, fellow member and founder of The Brian Jonestown Massacre.

CONTENIDO:

List of Illustrations
Prologue

Part I
J.O.B.
Try Me
I Wanna Get Paranoid
Cymbal
Tambourine Person
The System
High Tide and Green Hair
Countdown
Toppermost of the Poppermost
Walk the Earth Arrival
Reappearing
Animal Pants
Cookie Jar
Armed with Shovels and Dangerous
The Life
Timothy Leary's Bed
The Johnny Depp Viper Room Masacre
The Rinky Dink Doublethink
Final Destination
Bande á part
The Last Hitchhiker on Earth
Reel World for Real

Part II
If You're Going to San Francisco, Be Sure to Wear Some Horseshoes
Dog Day at the Salvation Army
Manic Digression
Take It or Give It
Electric Kool-Aid Puke Fest
The Marlboro Man vs the Man
BANG!
Go Directly to Jail Do Not Pass Go Do Not Collect $200
Butts County to the Bottom of the Hill
Blackballed from Berserkeley
Fails of the City
Heaven Can Wait
The Burning Bug
Thumping Bible Thumpers Bible Thumping, or Something
Pow! Wham! Zap!

Part III
He Blew It
Zen Bobbyism
Riders on the Norm
Strung Out in Sunset Ralphs
Canadian Club
The Sunny-Side Up Eggs vs Both Kinds of Bacon
The Final Blow It
Gordon's Heavy Foot
Beach Town Masacre
Hey Joel, Where You Gonna Go?
Digging to the Roots

Acknowledgements
References and Credits