Joel Gion (/ɡiːˈɒn/; born 1970 or 1971 (age 53–54)) is an American musician, best known as the tambourine player for the psychedelic rock band The Brian Jonestown Massacre.

[1] He was a guest star on the U.S. television show Gilmore Girls, where he played the tambourine in the fictitious band Hep Alien.

The album is co-produced by members of the Brian Jonestown Massacre, Collin Hegna and Rob Campanelle, featuring actual (Daniel Allaire and Matt Hollywood) and former (Jeffrey Davies and Miranda Lee Richards) members of the Brian Jonestown Massacre, members of the Dandy Warhols (Pete Holmstrom), Dead Skeletons (Ryan Van Kriedt) and Warlocks (Jason Anchondo).

[3] The album is mainly composed of classic 1960s sounds, with influences from shoegaze, post-punk, psychedelia, alt-country and mod/beat music.

[4] In February 2024, Gion published In the Jingle Jangle Jungle, a memoir telling the story of the first ten years of The Brian Jonestown Massacre.