Anton Newcombe the mastermind behind the San Francisco band, Brian Jonestown Massacre, is notorious for being hard to get along with. He fires or frustrates band mates until they quit at an impressive rate. Of the 40+ musicians that have past through the usually 5 to 7-piece band, several have gone on to make some excellent music.
In Ondi Timoner's Sundance Film Festival 2004 Grand Jury Prize winning documentary DIG!, there is a scene where fed-up guitarist Peter Hayes and another band member quit the band and just walk away from the tour down the streets of Cleveland. Hayes went on to form Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. That name comes from Marlon Brando's biker gang in the movie 'The Wild One. Hayes and BRMC co-founder Robert Been had considered naming their band after the rival gang in that film, but being called 'The Beetles' may have caused some confusion.
Here is their song EVOL
Ian Sefchik also had a limited membership with Newcombe's band before he reunited with his former high school classmate Sharky Laguna to record a couple of albums as Creeper Lagoon.
Brian Glaze was a drummer in an early incarnation of BJM, he now spends his Thanksgivings recording music with Greg Ashley of the Gris Gris. He has recorded a few solo EPs and albums. Here is a grooveshark link to the closing song on his third CD, Green Living. Brian Glaze- Shake Shiloh
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