Jim Reid, lead singer of the Jesus and Mary Chain, tells us about the continued thrill he gets from the band's earliest hits, plus how Coachella brought his band back together. The Jesus and Mary ...
Though the introductory drumbeat of “Just Like Honey” was certainly familiar, no one had heard it nestled in such cacophony until two moody youths from Scotland married their devout love of pop music ...
“For a few years now, people had been trying to get us to do Psychocandy shows, and there didn’t really seem much point to us [until] someone brought up the idea of a 30th-anniversary tour,” says Jim ...
The Jesus and Mary Chain will return to the UK this November for three live dates. The band confirmed shows in London, Manchester and Glasgow via their Twitter feed yesterday (May 13), also announcing ...
Their second date in North America will be in Detroit, at St. Andrew’s Hall, on Sunday May 3. Tickets go on sale this week. The Jesus and Mary Chain will be touring to celebrate the 30th anniversary ...
The Jesus and Mary Chain sound like a band playing delicately crafted melodies next to a table saw chewing away on a plate of candy glass – all soaked in reverb. The ever-present screeching of the ...
In 1985, The Jesus and Mary Chain released its massively influential landmark debut Psychocandy, an electric shock of rock 'n' roll and sugary sweet pop as one big feedbacking sound.
A Jesus and Mary Chain update directed at our European readers—in honor of the Psychocandy’s thirtieth (!) anniversary, the band will play it in full during three of their upcoming November tour dates ...
When the Jesus and Mary Chain — who headline night one of Los Angeles’s post-punk Substance festival on Oct. 21 — emerged from East Kilbride, Scotland, in 1983, they concocted a visionary, fuzzed-out ...
The Jesus and Mary Chain are a Scottish alternative rock band that revolves around the songwriting partnership of brothers Jim Reid and William Reid. From East Kilbride in Scotland, the JAMC released ...