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The Brian Jonestown Massacre

The Brian Jonestown Massacre: Take It From The Man

  Catalog:  CD-AUK-005   Format:  CD
 Date:  01/12/2010   MSRP:  $14.99
 UPC:  689492066420  Class:  O
Originally released in 1996 now reissued on "a records" Anton Newcombe's own record label with new artwork
The Brian Jonestown Massacre's obsession with the Rolling Stones continues unabated on the brilliant Take It From the Man! ; where the group resurrected psychedelic-era excesses on the previous Their Satanic Majesties' Second Request, here they jump further back in time to the Stones' mid-'60s period, with even more superlative results. From the opening "Vacuum Boots" onward, Take It From the Man! is gritty, swaggering R&B-influenced rock, delivered with remarkable assurance and attitude; singer Anton Newcombe is half madman and half shaman, and he commands each delirious moment with absolute mastery, emerging not so much a disciple of Mick Jagger but as a serious threat to the throne.