JOEL GION - IN THE JINGLE JANGLE JUNGLE

Name: JOEL GION - IN THE JINGLE JANGLE JUNGLE
Start: 2025-02-17T19:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-02-17T23:00:00+00:00
Location: 61-63 Tower Hamlets Road,London,E17 4RQ,GB

Schedule

Mon Feb 17 2025 at 07:00 pm to 11:00 pm

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Location

61-63 Tower Hamlets Road,London,E17 4RQ,GB | Leytonstone, EN

Joel Gion’s righteous account of the hazards and pleasures of life in the Brian Jonestown Massacre.
Crashing into Walthamstow in the middle of his band, the Brian Jonestown Massacre's UK tour we welcome Joel Gion to the rock 'n' roll book club for a riotous evening.
Joel's memoir, IN THE JINGLE JANGLE JUNGLE - KEEPING TIME WITH THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE was one of our books of 2024. Rough Trade, Resident and others through so too. The Brian Jonestown Massacre are one of the great contemporary cult American rock and roll bands. At the peak of their anarchic reign in the San Francisco underground of the mid '90s their psychedelic output was almost as prodigious and impressive as their narcotic intake. Immortalised in one of the most unforgettable rock and roll documentaries of all time, DIG! alongside their friends/rivals/nemeses, The Dandy Warhol's, in their early years when the US were obsessed with grunge, the BJM felt like a '60s anachronism. But with albums like Their Satanic Majesties Second Request and Thank God for Mental Illness , and incendiary, often chaotic, live shows, they burnished their legend as true believers and custodians of the original west coast flame; a privilege and responsibility which continues to this day when the band have a bigger and more dedicated audience than ever. Joel Gion's memoir tells the story of the first ten years of the band from the Duke Seat. A righteous account of the hazards and pleasures of life on and off the road, In the Jingle Jangle Jungle takes use behind the scenes of the supposed behind the scenes film that cemented the band's legend. Funny as hell, shot through with the innocence and wonder of a 'percussionist' whose true role is that of the band's 'spirit animal', In the Jingle Jangle Jungle is destined to take its place alongside cult classics in the pantheon of rock and roll literature like Playing the Bass with Three Left Hands , Head On , and 45 by Bill Drummond. The book also features a foreword by Anton Newcombe, fellow member and founder of The Brian Jonestown Massacre.
Joel will be in conversation with the Times chief rock and pop critic , WILL HODGKINSON , author of Street-level Superstar: A Year With Lawrence
DJs on the night are Jim Jones and White Rabbit Books own psychic shepherd, Lee Brackstone. In conversation, Q&A, book signjng and DJs and a great night out.