Dig!
(2004)
Starring: The Brian Jonestown Massacre & the Dandy Warhols
"The fuckers. The bean-counters, the lawyers, all of these assholes at every label. Those are people that wreck the music business. Not Napster, not some college kid downloading shit. The people without vision." - Anton
A rockumentary about the little known, but genius band called The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Dig! is the sad chronicle of a band who had nothing going for them but the music they made. Anton Newcombe is the mastermind behind the Brian Jonestown Massacre, a musical genius of epic proportion who can't keep his junkie habits and his unbridled temper from ruining his chance at fame. Essentially, the end of this film simply degrades into a constant feed of Anton's antics including bar fights, heroine binges, abusive relationships, and arrests. But the crux of the film is really the interaction between the Brian Jonestown Massacre and the joke of a pop band, The Dandy Warhols. Courtney Taylor and the rest of the "Dandys" practically worship Anton and the Jonestown boys, to an embarassing degree. All of this incriminating action caught on film, denial isn't an option for the puffed up egos of the band who could never hope to be one ounce as brilliant as any half baked creation of Anton's. The Brian Jonestown Massacre is doomed from the get go, because Anton believes signing with a record label is selling out and subsequently always sabatoges the bands shot at making it big time. The rotating entourage of the Brian Jonestown Massacre includes Matt Hollywood, Frankie Emerson, Ricky Maymi, Collin Hegna, Dan Allaire, Rob campanella and last but certianly not least Joel Gion (the tambourine man). This group of performers sticks around as long as they can put up with Anton's madness. Overall, this film will chronicle a band that could have been great, a story of brilliant musicians doomed to oblivion in the overstimulated ears of a generation of ipods filled with music that will never reach the pinnacle of the talent that is channeled through The Brian Jonestown Massacre.
"I'll just say what I got to say. I'm here to destroy this fucked up system. I will do it. That's why I got the job. I said let it be me; I said use my hands. I will use our strength. Let's fuckin' burn it to the ground! " - Anton
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