In the Jingle Jangle Jungle: Keeping Time with the Brian Jonestown Massacre

A ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024

'[Joel's] got me glued to these pages… I think my brother knows how to feel,' remarks Kurt Vile. Richard Milward hails it as 'A new postmodern Beat sensation,' while The Daily Telegraph notes it's 'Peppered with breezy humour.'

The Brian Jonestown Massacre stands as one of the great contemporary cult American rock 'n' roll bands. At the height of their anarchic reign in the San Francisco underground of the mid-nineties, their psychedelic output, sixties 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.

In the Jingle Jangle Jungle offers a righteous account of the hazards and pleasures of life both on and off the road, lifting the curtain on life within the band. Hilarious and imbued with innocence, wonder, and sparkling humour, In the Jingle Jangle Jungle is destined to secure its place alongside cult classics in the pantheon of rock 'n' roll literature.

'One can only hope that Gion is prepping memoir number two,' suggests The Irish Times. The Quietus describes it as 'A riotous, yet strangely graceful walk through a life of deep bohemian adventure.'