Drugs and rock’n'roll… Most of us would agree they go together like a Texas President without a brain but after watching the documentary DIG, every opinion you ever have had about drugs and rock roll, and what you think a musician is all about will change in a matter of 107 min. I promise you that!

Movies like The Doors (one of Oliver Stones all time best!) glorify the legacy that was drugs and rock and to be honest like most people I buy right into it… why? Because my parents told me it was bad, it makes me feel invincible, it’s some what frightening, and you get to stick it to the man! (and you can never do that enough in one life time, that is unless your name ends in Guevara). It’s quite interesting really – as easy as you forget the pain of that first tattoo, the intertwined fates of drugs and rock’n'roll must be forever cursed to walk the line together, as one as the gods intended (cue – Gladiator music here)

DIG: Taking all my ideologies about pop bands and throwing them right out the window. You get an inside look on two completely different bands; not a Metallica edited, edited and more edited doco. This is reality TV that even Michael Moore couldn’t keep up with.

A 7 year documentary in the making; The Dandy Warhols…. their path is clouded by ‘marketing plans’ and bureaucracy. Showing you how songs get written, singles get chosen, and music videos get made. The ins and outs of record company pressure verses band vision. You get a real behind the scenes look at their journey from a failed pop band to international fame and success.

In between that rollercoaster we Have Anton Newcombe or as I like to call him: Mr Strawberry Fields.

As the Brian Jones Town remain lost in their own psychedelic world of hard core drugs, binge drinking, unemployment and mental breakdowns, they try to live their version of the “American Dream”. The film leaves me with an Easy-Rider-meets-Charles-Manson vibe that towards the end is kind of hard to swallow. There is no denying Anton Newcombe, front man of the Brian Jones Town Massacre has something about him. A mad composer constantly struggling for control over his band, trying to create the most pure song that ever was, and an overall insanity that is clouded with dirt, drugs, and ego. But hey that’s what Rock and roll is all about right?

Check it out peoplessssss!!!!