Anton Newcombe needs no introductions. As founder member of
The Brian Jonestown Massacre, he has a recording career spanning a decade-and-a-half, and next month sees his band release their thirteenth full-length album,
My Bloody Underground. Recorded between Liverpool and Reykjavik at the back end of last year, as well as the latest incarnation of his band it also features contributions from several little-known Icelandic musicians and ex-Ride frontman Mark Gardener.
Of course, most people won’t associate Anton Newcombe with a long-standing recording career. Instead, he shot to fame – if those are the right words – for his role in the documentary