Over its decade-long history, the band has undergone a large number of personnel changes. Multi-instrumentalist and main songwriter Anton Newcombe is the only member who has stayed with the Brian Jonestown Massacre since its beginning, when it was founded by Newcombe, tambourine player Joel Gion (who stayed with him the longest), and guitarist/bassist/vocalist Matt Hollywood. There are at least two dozen musicians who have been in the BJM at one point or another.
Ex-members include: guitarist Jeff Davies; Matt Hollywood, a founding member of Portland band The Out Crowd; Peter Hayes, founding member of San Francisco rock trio Black Rebel Motorcycle Club; Joel Gion, a founding member of San Francisco band, The Dilettantes; Rob Campanella, a Los Angeles producer and engineer who has worked with The Tyde, Beachwood Sparks, Dead Meadow, Mia Doi Todd, Frausdots, Scarling., and his band The Quarter After; Bobby Hecksher, founding member of Los Angeles band The Warlocks; solo recording artist Miranda Lee Richards; Matt Tow, founding member of the Australian band The Lovetones.
Current long-term members include Collin Hegna (bass), Frankie Teardrop (guitar,noise,etc), and Dan Allaire (percussion). Long-time guitarist Ricky Rene Maymi was recently replaced by Irina Yaikowsky for a short tour, who was in turn, replaced by Ricky Rene Maymi.
Much has been made of the fact that Newcombe is head strong and has just one vision in mind: his own. However, many of the musicians who quit his band have stayed in his orbit and continue working with him in some capacity. Newcombe was, at one point, a drummer in Hecksher's Warlocks. Campanella produces or engineers many of the records on Newcombe's record label, the Committee to Keep Music Evil and has also been on the last 2 highly successful European tours, playing keyboards and on occasion, guitar. Gion is forever showing back up shaking the tambourine at BJM shows. Even the Dandy Warhols appear to have buried the hatchet with Newcombe, as he joined them onstage at Lollapalooza in July of 2005.
In 2005 the band released the EP We Are the Radio, on Newcombe's record label The Committee to Keep Music Evil.
The band announced the release of a new studio album, tentatively titled My Bloody Underground, which was released in 2008. On September 3, 2007, the band released rough recordings from the album for download from their website. Music videos of the songs on the album have also been released, including a music video compilation DVD entitled 'Book of Days'. Songs from Brian Jonestown Massacre were specially adapted for use in the score to the critically acclaimed independent film, "Four Eyed Monsters."
Feel So Good
The Brian Jonestown Massacre Lyrics
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Make love forever and it's okay
Don't gotta tell me 'cause I know it's true
The way you love me, baby, through and through<
It's makes me feel so good
I know you feel so good
You love it feels so good
I dream about you almost every night
Can't live without you, better treat you right
I take you up, when you're feeling down
I make you laugh 'cause I love the sound
And it feels so good
I want to feel so good
We're gonna feel so good
I want to feel so good
I have a feeling you're the only one
'Cause when we're naked having so much fun
I gotta say it so you'll understand
Just let me love you, honey, if I can
Make it feel so good
I want to feel so good
You're gonna feel so good
I want to feel so good
Gonna feel so good
I want to feel so good
You're gonna feel so good
I want to feel so good
Gonna feel so good
You're gonna feel so good
Gonna feel so good
I want to feel so good
Gonna feel so good
I want to feel so good
The Brian Jonestown Massacre's song "Feel So Good" is a love song that expresses the deep feelings and emotions of the singer towards their lover. The song opens with the singer admitting to thinking about their lover every day and being fully aware of how much their lover loves them. They convey their desire to love and make love forever, and how it's okay because they feel it's true.
The chorus reverberates the sweetness of love, that it feels so good, and the singer wants to feel so good all the time with their lover. In the second verse, the singer admires their lover's physical and emotional attributes, confessing to dreaming about their lover almost every night and not being able to live without them. The singer desires to elevate their lover when they are feeling down and make them laugh because they enjoy the sound of their laughter.
In the final verse, the singer recognizes the uniqueness of their lover and how they are the only one for them. The singer desires to love their lover so well that they can understand the depth of their emotions. Overall, this song exemplifies the feelings of love, the desire to feel good and to make each other feel good in a loving relationship.
Line by Line Meaning
I think about you, honey, every day
You are always on my mind
Make love forever and it's okay
I want to have a long-lasting and passionate relationship with you and I am okay with that
Don't gotta tell me 'cause I know it's true
I don't need you to tell me you love me because I already know it's true
The way you love me, baby, through and through
You love me completely and fully, all the way through
It's makes me feel so good
Your love makes me feel good
I know you feel so good
I know that you also feel good about our love
You love it feels so good
Your love feels amazing and fulfilling to me
I want to feel so good
I want to continue feeling this great
I dream about you almost every night
You are even a part of my dreams at night
Can't live without you, better treat you right
I can't imagine my life without you and I will always treat you with the love and respect you deserve
I take you up, when you're feeling down
I am there for you when you are feeling low
I make you laugh 'cause I love the sound
I love to hear your joy and laughter because it brings me happiness
We're gonna feel so good
Together, we are going to feel even better
I have a feeling you're the only one
I believe that you are my one and only true love
'Cause when we're naked having so much fun
Being intimate with you brings us both so much happiness
I gotta say it so you'll understand
I need to express my feelings so that you know how much you mean to me
Just let me love you, honey, if I can
Allow me to continue loving you as much as I can
You're gonna feel so good
I know that you will also feel good with me
Gonna feel so good
We are going to have an amazing time together
You're gonna feel so good
I know that our love will feel amazing for you too
Contributed by Anthony J. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
abhijit tripathi
why do these guys not have mainstream success?
ovinel
+Chris Johnson
He still is talented, he's still producing good tracks.
Anna B
+ovinel exactly. mainstream success isn't important, he's for real. BJM are for real
Trend Laser
Tell you, I'm pissed at KROQ the "new music" station in L. A. back in the day. Why wouldn't they play any or all of the songs on "Strung Out In Heaven?"(late 90s) "Going To Hell" is accessible to all. (Dropped the ball on Pavement, too).
I can only surmise forms of payola (drugs, money, women) from bigger labels, who didn't want the competition or the programmers were tasteless idiots.
Alex Lenski
That is history, today we can jam our asses off to newcombes killer beats. No going back, everything happened for a reason.
MassiveImpact
The Soundtrack For Losing Your Mind And Finding It Again...
Renato J Paiva
<3
Sian W
this sounds just like the Jesus and Mary Chain
Uncharted 4 MP Epic Gameplay
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The_egg_man
and me makes me feel so good