''Give It Back!'' is the sixth studio album by the American
psychedelic rock
Psychedelic rock is a rock music Music genre, genre that is inspired, influenced, or representative of psychedelia, psychedelic culture, which is centered on perception-altering hallucinogenic drugs. The music incorporated new electronic sound ...
band
The Brian Jonestown Massacre
The Brian Jonestown Massacre is an American musical project and band led and started by Anton Newcombe. It was formed in San Francisco in 1990.
The group was the subject of the 2004 documentary film called '' Dig!'', and have gained media noto ...
, released in 1997 by the
Bomp! record label.
Background and recording
Notably, this is the only album with
Peter Hayes, who later founded the
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (sometimes abbreviated to BRMC) is an American rock band from San Francisco, California. The group originally consisted of Peter Hayes (vocals, guitar, harmonica), Robert Levon Been (vocals, bass, guitar), and Ni ...
.
The sessions for the record were filmed for the documentary ''
Dig!''. Though only a couple of minutes of these sessions appear in the film, the second disc of the double-disc
DVD
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has more footage from the sessions, including the recording of "Not If You Were the Last Dandy on Earth", the guitar track for "Servo" and the vocals for "Super-Sonic". The latter song includes a
sample of
The Dandy Warhols
The Dandy Warhols are an American alternative rock band, formed in Portland, Oregon, in 1994 by singer-guitarist Courtney Taylor-Taylor and guitarist Peter Holmström. They were later joined by keyboardist Zia McCabe and drummer Eric Hedford ...
' song "Be-In", the opening track from their ''
...The Dandy Warhols Come Down'' album.
The outstanding single on the album, "Not If You Were the Last Dandy on Earth", is best known for being a sardonic reply to The Dandy Warhols' single "
Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth", which was itself directed at The Brian Jonestown Massacre. On the
DVD commentary
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for ''Dig!'',
Matt Hollywood
Matt Hollywood (born June 11, 1973) is an American indie rock guitarist and singer. He was a founding member and leader of the Portland-based indie rock band The Out Crowd, as well as a founding member of the psychedelic rock band The Brian Jones ...
claims that he wrote the song in a tongue-in-cheek manner towards The Dandy Warhols, and goes on to discuss how
Anton Newcombe
Anton Alfred Newcombe (born August 29, 1967) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and founder of the music group The Brian Jonestown Massacre.
Newcombe was the subject of the 2004 documentary film '' Dig!'', alo ...
even borrowed elements of The Dandy Warhols' sound. "Not If You Were the Last Dandy on Earth"" was used on the soundtrack of
Jim Jarmusch
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's 2005 film ''
Broken Flowers
''Broken Flowers'' is a 2005 French-American comedy-drama film written and directed by Jim Jarmusch and produced by Jon Kilik and Stacey Smith. The film focuses on an aging "Don Juan" who embarks on a cross-country journey to track down four of ...
''.
Critical reception
The ''
AllMusic
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'' reviewer, Richie Unterberger, wrote of the album, "About half of this is run-of-the-mill pseudo-'60s
garage/psych with too many indulgent guitar breaks. They get a lot more interesting when they slow things down to a wasted quasi-junkie
folk-rock mode."
Track listing
#"Super-Sonic" – 5:15
#"This Is Why You Love Me" – 1:55
#"Satellite" – 3:39
#"Malela" – 3:09
#"Salaam" – 1:44
#"Whoever You Are" – 4:41
#"Sue" – 8:30
#"(You Better Love Me) Before I Am Gone" – 3:35
#"Not If You Were the Last Dandy on Earth" – 2:46
#"#1 Hit Jam" – 4:55
#"Servo" – 3:23
#"The Devil May Care (Mom & Dad Don't)" – 6:04
#"Their Satanic Majesties' Second Request (Enrique's Dream)" – 5:35
Personnel
*
Anton Newcombe
Anton Alfred Newcombe (born August 29, 1967) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and founder of the music group The Brian Jonestown Massacre.
Newcombe was the subject of the 2004 documentary film '' Dig!'', alo ...
– vocals, guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, sitar
*
Matt Hollywood
Matt Hollywood (born June 11, 1973) is an American indie rock guitarist and singer. He was a founding member and leader of the Portland-based indie rock band The Out Crowd, as well as a founding member of the psychedelic rock band The Brian Jones ...
– bass guitar, vocals, guitar
*
Jeff Davies – guitar
*
Peter Hayes – guitar
*
Joel Gion
Joel Gion (; born ) is an American musician, best known as the tambourine player for the psychedelic rock band The Brian Jonestown Massacre.
He was a guest star on the U.S. television show ''Gilmore Girls'', where he played the tambourine in th ...
– percussion
*
Miranda Richards – vocals, guitar
*Jussi Tegelman – drums
*Adam Hamilton – drums
*Raugust –
flute
References
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1997 albums
The Brian Jonestown Massacre albums