‘We had even more fights than they show in the film’: how we made Dig! with the Brian Jonestown Massacre and the Dandy Warhols
‘The gig ended with onstage brawls. It was the most incredible thing I’d ever filmed but the bouncer took the tapes. It took me years to get them back’I wanted to make a documentary about 10 bands on the verge of getting signed by record companies, to see what would happen to them. When I first heard the Brian Jonestown Massacre, I thought they were some lost band from the 1960s. But a friend told me they were alive and well – and that every label wanted to sign them. I filmed them soundchecking for an industry showcase gig at the Viper Room in Los Angeles, then they came over to my house, which is the backyard scene in Dig! Continue reading...
‘The gig ended with onstage brawls. It was the most incredible thing I’d ever filmed but the bouncer took the tapes. It took me years to get them back’
I wanted to make a documentary about 10 bands on the verge of getting signed by record companies, to see what would happen to them. When I first heard the Brian Jonestown Massacre, I thought they were some lost band from the 1960s. But a friend told me they were alive and well – and that every label wanted to sign them. I filmed them soundchecking for an industry showcase gig at the Viper Room in Los Angeles, then they came over to my house, which is the backyard scene in Dig! Continue reading...
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