Named in tribute to the legendary Rolling Stones guitarist and his influence in introducing Eastern culture and music into the world of Western rock & roll, the Brian Jonestown Massacre formed in San Francisco in 1990. Some 40 different members passed through the group's ranks over the half-decade to follow.
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The Brian Jonestown Massacre (BJM) is a neo-psychedelic rock band, led by Anton Newcombe. The group was founded by Newcombe, Matt Hollywood, Ricky Rene Maymi, Patrick Straczek and Travis Threlkel in the early 1990s in San Francisco, California. According to the band's MySpace page, the current line-up consists of Anton Newcombe, Matt Hollywood, Frankie "Teardrop" Emerson, Ricky Maymi, Collin Hegna, Dan Allaire, Rob Campanella and Joel Gion. Band leader Anton Newcombe is influenced by the post-modernist technique of cut ups and the re-contextualization of images; "Brian Jonestown Massacre" itself being a portmanteau of The Rolling Stones' guitarist Brian Jones and the infamous mass cult suicide in Jonestown, Guyana. The band's name has been noted (in the documentary DiG!) likely to be a reaction against a late 80s and early 90s trend toward monosyllabic band names such as Blur, Loop, and Ride.