I went to this on a whim but the name of the band was good and some spotify sampling of the music encouraged me to try a gig. I warm to that Californian psychedelic guitar sound as a general rule.
The support was 'The See See' who were basically dull with their sound consisting of fairly aimless and repetitive loud and grungy strumming with some twee melodies laid on top.
'Brian Jonestown Massacre' were a welcome relief. They came with more band members than I had imagined - eight in all. They started with four guitars (including bass) which is a good start for me and after a couple of tracks moved to five guitars and a few tracks after that made it to six. Now that's what I call a band line-up. Two of the guitarists were playing lead (including Anton Newcombe who also did a lot of the singing). They were good guitarists and the others made a good sound but the gig itself was a bit variable. When they got into a groove it was good to listen to and there were a number of notable tracks. However sometimes it seemd to be going through the motions. Maybe it was because I didn't know much of the music but it was starting to feel a bit repetitive towards the end of a two hour gig. It didn't help that the second vocalist who took a number of tracks was poor. I was also slightly bemused by a guy who took centre stage and came complete with a John Lennon cap but just strummed tambourines and shook some marraccas and contributed occasionally to the vocals. His contribution didn't seem in tune with his stage presentation.
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