The Brian Jonestown Massacre, who began nearly ten years ago in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury neighborhood, create work rooted in the many musical grounds of the mid- to late '60s, often grafted with British-inspired shoegazing and mantra drones. They've been through forty members and are notorious for fighting on stage and inciting riots in music halls. Much of their music is also influenced by drugs and mental illness -- the title of their '98 release is Strung Out in Heaven  [+]