Straight up and Down : The story of Anton Newcombe

[@JMP1269]

Anton is a highly talented song writer. ❤

[@filmretrospective5334]

Definitely

[@jewelsandbinoculars1]

✌️🌵🎂

[@hanskloss1331]

and a massive A HOLE

[@CantTellYou]

No question

[@remdyxx]

Thanks for this. Anton is legendary song writer.

[@atlanteantruth]

My band played with the Brian Jonestown Massacre at a little tiny club called the Mojo room in Baltimore Md in 2003. I first heard Take it from the man in 1999 and by 2003 was a big fan. I walked into the Mojo room early to load our gear in and instantly saw Anton sitting alone at the bar with a drink in front of him by himself. I walked over ordered a drink and sat down next to him and struck up a conversation. He honestly couldn’t have been a nicer guy. Super interesting, present, lucid and stable. Everything that he is not in the press. My band played and then Jonestown played and went through all of their classics to a virtually empty bar. This was a couple of years before Dig had come out and they were pretty much unknown to most people at that time. I walked away that night blown away at just how good the BJM were and how downright cool Anton was. By the way DIG portrayed him you’d think in real life he was a monster.

[@MarledBoroughMan]

At a bar and in the cold light of day are two different things.

[@MarledBoroughMan]

@@stellarcellar7512 He’s not a really kind person. He’s an abusive drunk who disrespects his wife, his sons and his fans. He had people fooled for years. How banal, rich kid from California who never had to work a day job. Tried for years to convince people he wasn’t the idiot from Dig, only to prove that he always was, right down to the worst. Unemployable now. Time has closed in.

[@yaboyreege7158]

@@MarledBoroughManI know of some people in his vast circle and they say he can be very unpredictable lol

[@MarledBoroughMan]

@@yaboyreege7158 That’s the understatement of the decade!

[@MarledBoroughMan]

@@atlanteantruth No comment.

[@FatRalphsBoutique]

I have friend who introduced me to BJM from a recorded cassette tape in 1998 or 99. Until the film DIG! came out, I thought BJM was a band that existed in the late 1960's. That's how little info I had.

[@rogerrendzak8055]

Don't feel bad. I'm 63, and just learned of BJM, several months ago. Excellent and music🎵🎶!!! Where the f*ck was I, right???

[@jasonsenator6144]

Spacemen 3 video?

[@bobsbigboy_]

This is a must

[@richardscargill7201]

Amen

[@karimaferfase3127]

God bless

[@ralphk.j7809]

Yes please

[@theheadofthemansonfamilyof1363]

Brilliant video! I’ve been waiting for years for someone to make a video about them!!

[@KINGMONKEY1989]

One of the greatest bands I have ever heard. They were so effortlessly cool. They has so much potential and wrote a hell of alot of great music.

[@ramon2008]

Raise your children well fellas. Poor bastard.

[@patrykmatusik6145]

Thanks for introducing me to this amazing band.

[@dimitrism.1814]

One of the most underrated bands in history of rock music

[@stephengrahn9361]

Best name for a band ever. Them and Sublime's 40oz to Freedom really encapsulates life in 1990s California. Oh man it was fun time

[@nolagospeltracts8264]

Anton may have come across as an arrogant douche in "DIG' but he has the talent to back up his mouth and he always delivers the goods.

[@tastemaker_87]

Some people overlook this most important fact about the guy. Character assassination is usually jealousy/sour grapes

[@jasonsenator6144]

This was really cool! I can't wait for dig xx. How do you order it?

[@cbob213]

No idea. Still looking for it 7 months after it was released at Cannes

[@mr.milehi9883]

I didn't know about either one of these bands. Guess I hadn't been paying attention to the stuff at that time. This is all very interesting and I'm planning on looking into these two groups. How cool.

[@davidaston5773]

BEFORE WATCHING THE FULL VIDEO: I heard the words "The Brian Jonestown massacre" I knew it was about the album I'd heard at randon on a KZbin channel which uploads lots of the same. Wow, this is going to be interesting.

[@danielpaschjr3547]

I just found your channel by chance and watched your Anna Woling and Brian Jones' life ag Cotchford Farm video. It was really good and I subscribed to your channel. Now I'm watching this. Just thought I'd let you know. Joel

[@simplechronology2605]

No mention of his incredible string of albums in 2011-2020? It was something of a second Golden Age for the band (and how many bands ever get one of those?)

[@BobbyGeneric145]

Their new album with the cat on the cover is amazing old school BJM.

[@TheBlister69]

Agree

[@christy7698]

Old school BJM was the best!

[@Bluepilled-c5t]

No, he lost it. It’s all just Anton now and he’s forcing it, not coming naturally. Though to be fair I’d say I’m talking about the latter 2010s. And My bloody underground is the greatest album ever made imo.

[@jamesmckean232]

@@Bluepilled-c5t yep, weird this video didn't mention MBU

[@nickmoranis2865]

I hung out with Matt Hollywood at Nice N Sleazy in Glasgow. I say hung out, just ended up standing up every 2 minutes to take someone’s phone so I could take a photo of them with Matt.

[@nickmoranis2865]

Who Killed Sgt. Pepper is great but the mixing is terrible. It’s so quiet. Brings to mind Capitol again. Paul’s Boutique is another low volume mix, on the vinyl, CD and digital. Would be easy to fix.

[@wallace44able]

Crazy or not he's made some of the best albums I've ever heard.

[@sconni666]

He recently freaked out onstage in Australia on the last tour. Go figure.

[@Diazepamber]

I went to 2 shows of that tour . It was terrible . He looked ugly inside and out . Too many bridges were burned on the last tour. What a shame

[@sconni666]

@@Diazepamber yep. I was at the LA show.

[@Eternally11]

To me, Anton (BJM in general) seems to personify the words of Bukowski! If you’re going to try, go all the way! 🎶

[@Bluepilled-c5t]

Hank also said, don’t try

[@samaireoctober5584]

I just love BJM, however I've often imaged running into Anton at the airport and running fast to get away. I don't want my illusions/delusions to be proven otherwise. I would rather just enjoy the music and put my own thoughts into it.

[@Bluepilled-c5t]

Yes, I’ve run into them before, they’re arrogant narcissistic hipsters. But I live their music

[@bobsbigboy_]

Very underrated band in the larger rock sphere

[@BobbyGeneric145]

How about just tell us to watch DIG!... because thats where all of this footage is from.

[@costellojones3104]

some good extra info in this vid though. was very well collected. after dig xx, and after antons health scare, there will be so much more to this amazing group and their stories/songs/shenanigans. he writes a song a day, and he has written some of the best songs I have ever heard. more to come for sure. good video.

[@danielpaschjr3547]

The song that starts at 3:14 sounds like a copy of "I'm Waiting for my Man". Anton must have listened to both the studio version on the VU's debut as well as the different versions that were released on the posthumous live box that was made from Robert Quine's tapes. Also, the song 'David Bowie I Loved You Since I Was Six' didn't sound like it was much influenced by Bowie at all which disappointed me. I've never been much of a fan and I don't own anything by them but the one album which did interest me was 'Their Satanic Majestie's Second Request'. That is probably my favorite Stones album and I think the '66-'68 period is the Stones' best period because of Brian. Is it any good? Thanks, Joel

[@aisle_of_view]

He's a product of a crazy homeless dad and a karen of a mom. Definitely some chemical imbalance in A, but he got much better as he got older.

[@davidaston5773]

AFTER WATCHING THE VIDEO: I am going to be honest and say Anton sounds like a moron. HOWEVER, I have to add I don't know him personally and the only things we have in common is addiction and mental illness. I can say, first hand, you get judged or pigeon holed even if you stay sober or have mental health issues. Sounds to me he's both driven by this mental health but also hindered? As for the documentary "Dig"? He's not the first person, or persons, to have been misrepresented. And, "Dig" was made during the mid to late 1990s, a period of documentaries, being scucessful which later have been exposed as being misleading or edited to present a bised perspective (as opposed to being objective). Such as: "Super size me" or several by Michael Moore, which are dubious in their editing. As for his more recent work? Why does an artist have to deliver work which 'fits in' with what has gone before? Bowie and Prince's entire career existed on changing and exploring new genres or concepts. And finally, why does an artist have to be acccessable? Sometimes, how people react to an artist or work, says MORE about the audience than it does the creator. Either way, his story and career are anything but borning. David

[@justinparkerthewildwolf6394]

He's not for sale. If your for sale. Then of course he's a moron

[@edgytryhard]

very good video.

[@aisle_of_view]

8:05 interviewer is Jim Gaffigan

[@ronbaldon8125]

Anton I must say you have led a very interesting life and I highlight the word life. You have LIVED. Thru the ups and downs the highs and lows and yet you are a survivor. Keep on doing what you do best making great music. As a decent Bassist getting into your music has been an eye and ear opening experience. As we get older and I am 68 BTW I lived thru those eras of music you are so fond of. Listening to today Garbage they call music prepackaged no talent just looking good for the camera or Social Media. No wonder a lot of us harken back to when they really made MUSIC. Anyway glad to see you are still alive . Like you I moved overseas to the Philippines. Where they do love music . Perhaps one day you can take a trip out here and I would love to keep correspondence with you. Peace Out.

[@TheMicahwitz]

I became a fan of the BJM like ten years ago when I watched the Netflix documentary. Anton struck me as an absolute genius. The fact that everyone thinks he’s crazy makes me like him even more.

[@MrMastrsushi]

Netflix documentary, You don’t mean dig right?

[@TheMicahwitz]

@ you never saw it? You should check it out.

[@arricammarques1955]

'Thank God For Mental Illness' BJTM

[@zeljkokrajcer523]

Kralj...

[@ratsontherails]

In thirty years people will be listening to BJM and no one will remember whatever his critics have to say about his behaviour. He is dedicated to his creative vision in a ruthless way. Thats what makes him special and thats what pisses people off.

[@jamesanthonydebello6309]

I don't like The Dandy Warhol's.

[@Bawsack121]

Last rock and roll band to walk this planet

[@gregniel]

Anton would have made a great cult leader. His music is shockingly good.

[@crackthefoundation_]

he did kinda do that lol, in musical form

[@thornebladezlash9925]

...eclectic music from a madcap !

[@katelennon6869]

Brilliant band!!

[@karenscigliano9787]

Outside of kicking the guy in the head at Knitting Factory and stabbing his friend, Anton seemed to only be hurting himself as he struggled to create. A true artist, everything else aside. Just listen to their music. All the drama should be put into context anyway.

[@hanskloss1331]

May 2024 and IMO bothe The Dandys and BJM suck ! wwwwwaaaaaayyyyy past prime

[@AlexanderLaurence]

hot

[@Microtonal_Cats]

Ugh. THAT guy. It's not interesting up close. It's twitchy, and not in a cool way. He can write a catchy melody but so can a few million other people, and all his music is extremely derivative. Yes, he's madcap but not in a Syd Barret way, closer to GG Allin in his emotional (and sometimes physical) treatment of people around him. But on top of that there's a huge synthetic act. There's not much legit about him. He wakes up everyday and asks himself "How can I be weird today?" It's a big fake image on top of a lot of insecurity and bipolarism. He's had a hundred chances to get help and climb out of it, and slapped it all away. It's a lot less cute than it was 20 years ago and it's going to be really sad from here on out. --someone who's seen him in action off stage a bunch of times, seen how he treats people, and been close with people who used to be in his band.

[@MarledBoroughMan]

Speak the truth, no matter how many sycophants don’t want to hear it.

[@Microtonal_Cats]

@@MarledBoroughMan I bet a lot of the people who think "He sounds so cool!" have never actually spent time around someone truly unhinged. There's nothing cool about it.

[@BobbyGeneric145]

Well I for one love his music and have no idea what songs you've written.

[@Diazepamber]

I used to think that Anton liked his fans until that last tour . Drunk ppl are uninhibited and I heard him say what he really thinks . Im never giving him a dime

[@MarledBoroughMan]

@@Microtonal_Cats Especially people who have never actually spent time around that particular guy. It’s hell.

[@teddnagurski5583]

An entire band full no-talent posers.

Not true at all.

[@teddnagurski5583]

None of them can play a solo to save their lives.

[@lucasoheyze4597]

And yet they do.

[@teddnagurski5583]

@@lucasoheyze4597 And yet they don't.

[@clarkbowler157]

​@@teddnagurski5583 Solos really aren't any more important than any other parts of the song

[@Flibbybibby]

Cool band, I really love their bravery repetition and noise album though BJM are nowhere in the league of greatness of say MBV and SLOWDIVE.