2024 repress; 180 gram black vinyl for the first time. This 1997 album is seen as a classicBrian Jonestown Massacrerelease. The Brian Jonestown Massacre is a psychedelic rock band originally from San Francisco, California, led by guitarist/singerAnton Newcombe. Since 1995 The Brian Jonestown Massacre has released numerous albums, first for Bomp! Records, the label which gave them their start, and later for TVT, Tee Pee, and now on Anton Newcombe’s own A Recordings label. BJM has been essential in the development of the modern U.S. garage scene, and many L.A. and SF musicians got their start playing with Newcombe, includingPeter HayesofThe Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. Originally Newcombe was heavily influenced byThe Rolling Stones‘ psychedelic phase — the name comes from Stones guitaristBrian Jonescombined with a reference to cult leaderJim Jones, but his work in the 2000s has expanded into aesthetic dimensions approximating the UK shoegazing genre of the 1990s, and incorporates influences from world music, especially Middle Eastern and Brazilian music.