Methodrone

Methodrone is an album by The Brian Jonestown Massacre, released in 1995. The name of the album is clearly a pun on the drug Methadone, used in treatment of heroin addiction, as well as the word 'drone', referencing the overall shoegazer sound of this, the band's first studio album. This dreamy rock sound, comparable to that of Spacemen 3 and My Bloody Valentine sets this record apart from the rest of the band's discography, as they would later dive into a defined yet open-ended psychedelia sound.

"Wisdom" was later re-recorded on the band's first and only album with TVT Records, Strung Out in Heaven.

1 Track listing
2 Personnel
3 Critical response
4 Cover artwork

[edit] Track listing

"Evergreen" – 3:24
"Wisdom" – 5:20
"Crushed" – 6:08
"That Girl Suicide" – 3:41
"Wasted" – 4:21
"Everyone Says" – 4:15
"Short Wave" – 2:47
"She Made Me" – 4:42
"Hyperventilation" – 9:53
"Records" – 1:50
"I Love You" – 4:11
"End of the Day" – 5:09
"Outback" – 4:07
"She's Gone" – 7:18
"Untitled" – 4:52

[edit] Personnel

Anton Newcombe - Guitar, Bass, Drums, Vocals
Jeffrey Davies - Guitar
Rick Maymi - Bass
Matt Hollywood - Bass
Brian Glaze - Drums
Graham Bonnar - Drums
Elise Dye - Vocals
Paola Simmonds - Vocals

[edit] Critical response

The debut album by a band that had been steadily releasing singles throughout the two years previous, Methodrone was largely ignored upon its release. However, it garnered a favorable review in British tastemaker mag Mojo, where Brian Bannin wrote, "Everything moves with the slowness and presence of a disgraced monarch in exile...At its best, Methodrone has the tormented grace of accepting doom."

[edit] Cover artwork

The faces featured on the cover artwork are, clockwise from top left, Brian Glaze, Matt Hollywood, Anton Newcombe, and Dean Taylor.

Discography
The Brian Jonestown Massacre
Anton Newcombe \| Matt Hollywood \| Joel Gion Peter Hayes \| Jeffrey Davies \| Rob Campanella \| Miranda Lee Richards \| Dean Taylor \| Ricky Maymi \| Frankie "Teardrop" Emerson \| Collin Hegna \| Pacer Stracktrain \| Daniel Allaire \| Raugust Bobby Hecksher \| Travis Threlkel \| Brian Glaze \| Mike Whitemann \| Graham Bonnar \| Mike Sharperson \| Matt Tow \| Sarabeth Tuceck
Albums and extended plays: Spacegirl & Other Favorites \| Methodrone \| Their Satanic Majesties' Second Request \| Take It From The Man! \| Thank God For Mental Illness \| Give It Back! \| Strung Out in Heaven \| Bringing it All Back Home - Again \| Bravery, Repetition and Noise \| And This Is Our Music \| Tepid Peppermint Wonderland: A Retrospective \| We Are the Radio \| My Bloody Underground
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