The Brian Jonestown Massacre are a band from San Francisco, created in 1988.  Their name comes from the Rolling Stones founder and guitarist, Brian Jones and from the mass cult suicide in Jonestown, Guyana.

The band is notorious for their internal fighting and the excessive use of drugs by their frontman.

The Brian Jonestown Massacre has 14 albums.  The last album, Musique de Films Imaginé was launched in 2015.  The band will be in Montreal at La Tulipe in May 2016.