Brian Jonestown Massacre’s Anton Newcombe: ‘I feel like I have to work very hard to redeem myself’

After undergoing double bypass surgery two years ago, the band’s frontman talks about his band’s chaotic reputation, making it up to his fans, and his dream sandwich You and I have something very serious in common – we’ve both had open heart surgery in the last few years. I’m fine, but it changed me, so I was curious to know if it changed you too. Oh, on more than one level. The issue isn’t me dying; it’s having to address mortality. It’s constantly on my mind now. I’m 58, I’m thin as a twig, I grew up on the coast eating fish, I was a vegetarian for 12 years. I did, however, drink – mostly hard alcohol – and I have smoked [Anton periodically drags on a cigarette throughout our hour-long conversation] . I thought I was like a teenager. But my life expectancy, because I smoked, is probably less than five years now. Continue reading...