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In the Jingle Jangle Jungle

Keeping Time with The Brian Jonestown Massacre

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In the Jingle Jangle Jungle

By: Joel Gion
Narrated by: Joel Gion
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 RESIDENT'S BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024
A ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024

'[Joel's] got me glued to these pages . . . I think my brother knows how to feel' KURT VILE

'A new postmodern Beat sensation' RICHARD MILWARD

'Peppered with breezy humour' DAILY TELEGRAPH

The Brian Jonestown Massacre are one of the great contemporary cult American rock 'n' roll bands. At the peak of their anarchic reign in the San Francisco underground of the mid '90s, their psychedelic output, '60s sensibility, incendiary live shows and rivalry with friends, rivals and nemeses The Dandy Warhols, were almost as infamous, prodigious and impressive as their narcotic intake. A righteous account of the hazards and pleasures of life on and off the road, In the Jingle Jangle Jungle lifts the curtain on life in the band.

Funny as hell and shot through with innocence, wonder and sparkling humour, In the Jingle Jangle Jungle is destined to take its place alongside cult classics in the pantheon of rock 'n' roll literature.

'One can only hope that Gion is prepping memoir number two' IRISH TIMES

'A riotous, yet strangely graceful walk through a life of deep bohemian adventure' THE QUIETUS©2024 Joel Gion (P)2024 Orion Publishing Group Limited Entertainment & Celebrities Music Celebrity Funny San Francisco
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Joel Gion is a great writer, much better than me, so my review is on a par with one written by a child…. Here goes.

I really enjoyed this book. I’d been looking forward to it for many months, having followed the career of the BJM and Joel for many years.

What a life this guy has had… can’t wait to read the sequel (please write one Joel, I’d love to know what happened next)

Fantastic book

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Thank you Joel for always being exquisitely YOU. As a fellow San Josean I can say you brought back so many dam memories of the early BJM days and SF Bay Area hey days. I miss those days and have some stories from that time with you all that I will share someday as you’ve inspired me to write my life. Folks this is the true DIG movie! This is what it was like and I can tell ya, you all should be jealous! 👑🍀

Everything At Once

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has a great voice, alot of fun. Also works great as a bjm bio.

really cool

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The story of Joel Gion, Anton Newcombe and The Brian Jonestown Massacre. The highest accolade? I did not want this book to end! American literature has a new voice. I eagerly await more from Joel. He is going to be up there with the great counterculture essayists. Write about everything, Joel!

American Literature’s New Voice!

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I loved Joel’s wry and playful style, yeah baby! Yeah baby! Yeah baby! Yeah baby!

Unique style and delivery highly entertaining!

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