The Jesus and Mary Chain

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The Jesus and Mary Chain is an alternative Scottish rock band formed at East Kilbride in 1983. The band revolves around the songwriting partnership of Jim's brother and William Reid. After signing to an independent label Creation Records, they released their first single Upside Down in 1984. Their debut album Psychocandy was released for critical praise in 1985 on the major label WEA. The band went on to release five more studio albums before disbanding in 1999. They reunited in 2007.

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Biography

Initial years

Brother Jim and William Reid have been inspired to form a band as far back as 1977, after hearing British punk scene groups; in the early 1980s they formed their own. William stated, "This is the perfect time because there is no guitar band. Everyone makes this electronic pop music." Before forming the band, the brothers had spent five years in alms, where they wrote and recorded songs at home and composed band sounds and pictures. Originally called The Poppy Seeds, and then Death of Joey, they initially told reporters that they had taken the last name from the line in the Bing Crosby movie, though six months later they admitted that this was not true. Another account indicates that the name came from a breakfast cereal package offer, where customers can send for gold Jesus & Chain Mary.

The brothers began recording and sending demos to the record company in 1983 (using Portastudio purchased with Ã, £ 300 awarded to them by their father's redundancy salary after he lost his factory job), and in early 1984 they recruited bassist Douglas Hart and teenage drummer Murray Dalglish. Early influences included The Velvet Underground, The Stooges, and The Shangri-Las, William stated in 1985, "We all love The Shangri-Las, and one day we will make Shangri-Las notes." Jim mentioned his fondness for Pink Floyd, Siouxsie and Banshees, The Monkeys and Muddy Waters. The early demos feature similarities with the Ramones, encouraging the brothers to add other elements to their voices; in William's words: "That's why we started using noise and feedback, we wanted to make different sounding tapes." They began playing in the spring of 1984. In the early days, Jim Reid's guitar would not be played, while Dalglish's drum kit was limited to two drums, and Hart's bass guitar had only three strings, dropping to two in 1985; in Hart's words "that's the two I use, I mean what's the use of spending money for two more? Two is enough."

Struggling to get the show, the band appeared in a place claiming to be a support band, playing their short set and making a quick exit. Having failed to generate any interest from concert promoters and record labels in Scotland, the band moved to Fulham, London, in May 1984, and soon after that their demo tape was passed to fellow Scottishman Alan McGee by Bobby Gillespie. Furthermore, McGee promoted a show for the band in the Living Room in London in June 1984. On the hearing power of the band's sound check, McGee signed them to his Records Creation label on a one-off deal, and McGee also became the band manager. Their debut single, "Upside Down", was recorded in October and released in November of that year. The session was produced by Joe Foster, but McGee, who was dissatisfied with Foster's work, mixed A's back again, although the B-side, the cover version of "Vegetable Man" Syd Barrett, remained credited to Foster. The band is getting increasing attention from the current music press with Neil Taylor from NME which describes them as "the best band in the world".

Dalglish left in November 1984 after a money dispute and was replaced shortly after by Bobby Gillespie who also formed Primal Scream two years earlier in 1982. In December the band was arrested for possession of amphetamine, and Jim Reid also claimed to use LSD. "Reversed" occupied the UK Indie Chart in February 1985 and then returned in March and remained on the chart for 76 weeks, selling about 35,000 copies in its entirety, making it one of the best-selling indie singles of the 1980s.

Playing in front of a small audience, during the early show Chain Maria performed a very short show, usually driven by amphetamines and lasted about 20 minutes, and played with their backs to the audience, refusing to talk to them. At the end of December 1984, the band performed as part of ICA Rock Week. During their performances bottles were thrown on stage, with press reports exaggerating events and claiming that there had been riots, and the national newspaper The Sun which contained stories about bands that concentrated on violence and drugs, the band drew the tag "The new Sex Pistols". This led to some local councils banning bands from performing in their area.

Psychocandy

The success of "Reversed" led to the interest of WEA-a subsidiary of Blanco y Negro Records who signed the group in early 1985. The group released their Never Understand single in February, which reached number forty-seven on the UK Singles Chart. The label initially refused to press the single because of its B-side, "Suck", but went ahead considering the alternatives put forward by the band, a song called "Jesus Fuck". The band was excited to get "Jesus Fuck" released, and Alan McGee got as far as producing test emphasis from the "Upside Down" issue with a song on the B-side, before the band insisted that Blanco y Negro included the song on the next single. The follow-up, "You Trip Me Up", was postponed because the staff at the press factory refused to press him for the presence of the song, now re-titled "Jesus Suck"; The single was released in June 1985 with a new B-side, "Just Out of Reach". John Peel got the band to record the second session for the BBC Radio 1 event in February 1985 (the first just a few months earlier), and the band also made a TV show on the Whistle Test in March and The Tube in the same year. The third single for Blanco y Negro, "Just Like Honey", was released in October, giving them the biggest hit to date, reaching No. 1. 45.

Wanting to avoid violence from previous shows and allowing their songs to be heard without distortion and feedback, the band plans to perform some sudden acoustic sets that support Sonic Youth, but this was abandoned when the plan was leaked. Their debut album Psychocandy followed in November of that year. The album brings together two main Reids influences: guitar sounds from Stooges and Velvet Underground with pop and melody songs from Beach Boys, The Shangri-Las and Phil Spector; In fact, the album's opening song, "Just Like Honey," borrowed the famous Hal Blaine intro drum from the classic 1963 The Ronettes, "Be My Baby", produced and co-written by Spector. This record received positive reviews unanimously and is now considered a landmark recording. Drummer Gillespie announced his departure from the band in October 1985, to concentrate on Primal Scream. He has recorded most of the drums on Psychocandy, with John Moore filling when Gillespie is unavailable, eventually joining the band to replace him. John Loder also acted as a stand-in drummer when Gillespie was not available for live performances.

When the band signed a contract with a subsidiary of WEA Blanco y Negro in January 1985, there was news reporting that they had stolen money from managing Director Jack Robens's jacket and destroying his office, all incorrect but seen as good publicity by McGee's manager. In a Belgian television show in March 1985, the band destroyed sets and audio equipment, but this was at the request of a TV producer. Such behavior became the band's hopes and many events culminated with Reids contaminating their equipment, which was often followed by audiences throwing projectiles onto the stage and destroying equipment.

On March 15, 1985, the Chains of Jesus and Mary played a show at the Polytechnic of North London in front of one of their biggest crowds up to that time. The organizers have booked the place excessively, leaving hundreds of fans locked out. When Gillespie and Hart tried to break the key, the police were summoned. Whiplash Flesh band support had sparked violence before Mary Chain set foot on stage when singer Paul McDermott threw the empty wine bottle into the audience, prompting the four members of the crowd to attack him, causing their sets to be abandoned. The second act of The Jasmine Minks got past their set without incident, but Jesus and Mary Chain then made the crowd wait for more than an hour before boarding the stage, and then left the stage after playing less than twenty minutes. Members of the audience began throwing cans at the bands hiding behind the stage curtain, before installing the stage to destroy the remaining equipment there. The violence continued for some time before police finally took control. The place blamed the band's final appearance and two equipment damage, while McGee issued a statement saying that "the audience did not destroy the hall, they smashed pop music", went on to say "This is really art as terrorism". Violence soon began to be a barrier for the band, with people attending concerts solely for violence rather than music, William commented "I hate it, I hate it. It gets in the way of getting more shows, and that's blocking our image". Many performances were canceled for the remainder of 1985, with local promoters or councils unprepared to risk rioting. The violence increased again at a show at the Electric Ballroom in Camden Town in September, with bottles thrown into the band as they played, and part of the audience destroyed amplification equipment and smashed lights afterwards, with several people injured by flying glass. The main factor in audience reaction was the length of the band's set at the time, which lasted less than twenty-five minutes, Jim explained this with "no group is good enough to play any longer". The lack of a song is also a factor, according to Jim: "We only have enough songs to play that long".

Following the success of the album in the UK, the band embarked on a tour of the United States in late 1985 and 1986, followed by a Japanese tour. On their return to England, they toured the UK, this time without any problems that have ruined previous performances. The band revived their acoustic intentions with stripped-down sessions for John Peel in November 1985, which included "Psychocandy", the original album title track removed from the release, and "Some Candy Talking", a song they have performed for over of a year, but has left the album. The second version of "Some Candy Talking" was published on a free EP published with NME in January 1986, and the song was released as the next single in July. It reached number thirteen on the UK Singles Chart, but it attracted controversy when BBC Radio 1 DJ Mike Smith decided that the song was a compliment against illegal drugs (rejected by the band at the time, but recognized by William a year later) and convinced the station to forbid it to be played.

Darklands and Automatically

In September 1986, the band parted ways with manager Alan McGee, and nearly parted at the end of the year, with Jim Reid suffering from "fatigue". John Moore has been a well-established member, but moved to a rhythm guitar, with former Redskins member Martin Hewes joining the band briefly (though he strongly denies ever joining) and former Dead Can Dance percussionist James Pinker takes over the drums. Blanco y Negro manager Geoff Travis took over management, and the band returned in December with two performances at the National Ballroom in Kilburn, where they aired new songs including "Skies April" and "Do not Get Hit". Beginning in 1987, they entered the studio to record their second album. The first fruit of the session was released on April's "April Skies" single, which saw the band have their first ten hits. The Beach Boys influence is proven on the B-side, which includes "Kill Surf City", reworking Brian Wilson's "Surf City". The various formats released also include Bo Diddley's cover of "Who Do You Love?", A tribute to him with "Bo Diddley is Jesus", and a live version of Can's "Mushroom". "Happy When It Rains" was the second pre-album single, heavily influenced by Smokey Robinson's "My Girl", but failed to match the success of "April Skies", reaching number twenty-five. The band departed on another UK tour, this time with a stretching set of up to 45 minutes, despite mixed reactions from the music press. They toured without a drummer, instead of using a drum machine.

The band's second album, Darklands , was released during the tour, in September, described by writer Steve Taylor as "a mixture of light and shadow". Featuring a more melodious sound, the album was recorded almost entirely by Reids itself, replacing live drums with drum machines, and received very positive reviews by the British music press. The album's title track was released as a single in October, and the band was thrown from the music show ITV The Roxy when they failed to pantomime well enough for it.

The band's malicious reputation culminated in a show at RPM club in Toronto in November 1987, when after being criticized throughout the show by group in the audience, Jim Reid pushed his microphone up toward them, struck one in the head and cut the other in the arm. Jim was arrested and spent the night in jail, before being redeemed to return in the following February. He was then awarded an absolute discharge after agreeing to give around à £ 500 to the Salvation Army charity and to apologize to the complainants.

With court cases hanging over the band, they compiled a collection of B-sides and rare ones to be released in April 1988 as Barbed Wire Kisses. They also chose a live song from a Detroit concert last November to be released while they are planning further studio work. Dave Evans, former soundman and bassist Mary Chain with Biff Bang Pow! (which also featured Alan McGee and Dick Green of Creation Records) and Richard Thomas, was recruited in early 1988 to replace Moore, who formed John Moore and the Expressway, and Pinker. The next release was a new recording of "Sidewalking", released in March 1988, and supported by several live songs, followed a month later by Barbed Wire Kisses. Later that year, they performed a remix for the single "Birthday" by The Sugarcubes.

The band's third studio album Automatic was released in October 1989, at which time Evans was replaced by Ben Lurie. Using a lot of synthesized bass and keyboard, the album was not as well received as its predecessor. It contains singles "Head On" and "Blues From A Gun". At the moment, the violence that was initially associated with the band was practically non-existent and the Reid brothers were less aggressive and antagonistic in general. The Rollercoaster EP (August 1990) will be their last release for over a year, the band toured under the same name as My Bloody Valentine, Dinosaur Jr. and Blur.

The 1990s

Douglas Hart was bathed in light with Acid Angels in 1988, and left the band in 1991, to have a career in filming, before taking another bass in 2006, playing with Sian Alice Group, Le Volume Courbe and Cristine. Thomas also quit the band to join Renegade Soundwave. The fluid nature of the Mary Chain circuit continues throughout their careers, with drummer revolving doors, bassist and guitarist recruited for TV performances and performances whenever they are needed, the only constant being the Reid brothers. The Reid brothers recruited Starlings rhythm parts formerly Matthew Parkin and Barry Blackler to replace Hart and Thomas.

Brothers bought their own recording studio in 1991 at Elephant & amp; Castle in South London, whom they nicknamed The Drugstore, and they returned in February 1992 with the first pieces of the new studio, the next single, "Reverence", which gave them their biggest hit single in nearly five years , reached No. 10 in the UK. Spitting feedback and punk rock bile in all directions, the track was banned on BBC Radio 1 and from Top of the Pops because of its potentially offensive lyrics ('I want to die like JFK, I want to die in USA '...' I want to die like Jesus Christ, I want to die in a bed of nails'). The single was followed by the release of Honey's Dead album (1992), which received mixed reviews. After the Rollercoaster Tour to support the album, the band concentrated on cracking the United States, with appearances on the David Letterman show, and the tour as part of the Lollapalooza line-up, which William later described as "the worst experience of our lives." , "followed by a headlining tour of their own.In December 1992, Reids again lost part of their rhythm, with Ben Lurie returning and Steve Monti joining in drums.Another compilation was released in 1993, The Sound of Speed ​​â € < € <, before they returned to the studio to record their fifth proper album, Stoned & Dethroned to be released in 1994, and featured guest appearances from Shane MacGowan and William's girlfriend, Hope Sandoval.The album was originally planned as an acoustic album, but the idea was abandoned because, in Jim's words, "We can not do enough interesting things with the acoustic guitar to make the album." In 1995 the EP was released under American Records, a number of new and B-side works were published which were later collected in the Munki album.

After the release of the 1995 Hate Rock 'N' Roll compilation, Chain Mary split with Blanco y Negro, their record label for more than a decade, and re-signed to their original Recording Creation label, and Sub Pop in America. The band now includes former bassist Phil King. They then recorded the album Munki in 1998, which will be their last album before parting the following year. Munki is commercially the most unsuccessful album released by the band, peaking at number forty-seven in the UK Album Album. The album featured Reid's sister, Linda, who sang the song "Mo Tucker" as well as the vocals of Hope Sandoval in "Perfume".

Although it was not until October 1999 that the split was made official, on 12 September 1998, William had fallen on a tour bus with guitarist Ben Lurie before they played a sold-out show in the famous Los Angeles House of Blues. Jim appeared onstage apparently drunk and barely able to stand or sing. William walked offstage for about 15 minutes to their shooting location, and the show ended. The audience then refunded their ticket prices. The band completed their US and Japanese dates without William, but from that point on, it was clear that the band was in the end. Jim Reid said in 2006 about the tension between himself and William: "After each tour we wanted to kill each other, and after the last tour we tried".

Post-sharing

Soon after the breakup, William Reid went solo as Lazycame - after the release of his solo EP in April 1998 - and Jim Reid founded Freeheat along with Lurie bassist and ex-Gun Club Romi Mori and drummer Earl Brutus Nick Sanderson, though not acting receiving much attention or find any success. In October 2005, it was announced that Reids were reunited; Jim Reid's Song For A Secret duet with his wife Julie Barber, was released as a single, paired with Sister Vanilla's "Can not Stop The Rock", written and produced by William Reid and his younger brothers. siblings, Linda. The single was released by Transistor Records on October 17th. Jim Reid promoted his team from this single with a very rare solo performance at London's Sonic Cathedral club on John Peel Day, Thursday, October 13, 2005. He completed this rare live performance with an early appearance of the classic Mary Chain of "Never Understand". Jim Reid also featured new material on a low-key show with a new band consisting of Phil King on guitar, Loz Colbert (Ride) on drums and bassist Mark Crozer (International Jetsetters).

In 2006, five albums were re-published via Rhino Records: Psychocandy , Darklands , Automatic , Dead Honey and < i> Stoned & amp; Released on July 11, 2006. Each album was released with a DVD containing three promo videos from a certain album.

Reunion: 2007-present

They performed at Coachella 2007 in April. During the main stage performance on April 27, 2007, they joined onstage for the song "Just Like Honey" by actress Scarlett Johansson (who was cast in the film Lost in Translation featuring the song). On the warmup show on April 26, 2007, in Pomona, California, they joined Annie Hardy from Giant Drag. The band's first appearance since the reformation was at the Meltdown festival in June.

In an interview with the magazine Uncut , Jim Reid announced that a new album by the band was in the works. In March 2008, the band released the recording studio "All Things Must Pass" on the soundtrack album for the NBC Heroes television drama . It was their first new song released since 1998. In September, Rhino Records released a 4-CD box titled The Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides & amp; Rarities . The box set consists of materials from Wire Kisses Kisses , The Sound of Speed ​​ and The Jesus And Mary Chain Hate Rock 'n' Roll compilations, in addition to the never-before-released and rare tracks of their entire career; including early shows, unheard demos, re-mix, alternative versions of some songs and pirated recordings.

In 2010, a greatest hits album, Reverse: The Best of The Jesus and Mary Chain , was released via Music Club Deluxe. In 2012, between March and September, the band toured again with a series of dates through North America, which also included their first show in China in May. It was confirmed through the band's official website that John Moore will be back on guitar, while Fountains of Wayne Brian Young's drummer confirmed via Twitter that he will replace Loz Colbert. The Jesus and Mary Chain also performed two shows in Tel Aviv on October 19 and 20. In an interview posted to Whopper Jaw in September, Jim Reid revealed that he and his brother William had written songs for the new album, however, they had not yet entered the recording studio.

In 2013, it was announced that the full-discography vinyl box set, dubbed as The Complete Vinyl Collection, will be released for the band's 30th anniversary, through Demon Music Group. In March 2014 the band signed back to Alan McGee and became the first artist to sign for a newly reformed Creation Management. They announced November 2014 in the UK to debut the Live Psychocandy Live performance, which toured during 2015 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the album's release.

In September 2015, Jim Reid announced that the band recorded their first studio album since 1998. The album titled Damage and Joy was produced by Youth and released on March 24, 2017.

On August 24, 2017, Bobby Gillespie joined the band on drums for three songs during their performance at the Vilar de Mouros Festival in Portugal.

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Discography

• Psychocandy (1985)
• Darklands (1987)
• Automatic (1989)
• Dead Honey (1992)
• Throw & amp; Removed (1994)
• Munki (1998)
• Damage and Joy (2017)

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Members

Current

• Jim Reid - vocals, guitar (1983-1999, 2007-present)
• William ReidÃ, - guitar, vocals (1983-1999, 2007-present)
• Scott Von RyperÃ, - guitar (2015-present)
• Brian YoungÃ, - drum (2012-present)
• Mark CrozerÃ, - guitars (2007-2008, 2012), bass (2013-present)

Former

• Douglas HartÃ, - bass (1984-1991)
• Murray DalglishÃ, - drum (1984)
• Bobby GillespieÃ, - drum (1984-1986, 2017)
• Martin HewesÃ, - drum (1986)
• James PinkerÃ, - drum (1986)
• Dave Evans - rhythm guitar (1987-1989)
• Richard ThomasÃ, - drum (1988-1990)
• Ben Lurie - rhythm guitar/bass (1989-1998)
• Steve Monti - drum (1990-1995)
• Matthew ParkinÃ, - bass (1992)
• Barry BlacklerÃ, - drum (1992)
• Nick SandersonÃ, - drum (1993-1998; died 2008)
• Lincoln FongÃ, - bass (1994-1995)
• Geoff Donkin - drum (1998)
• Phil King - bass/guitar (1998, 2007-2015)
• Loz ColbertÃ, - drum (2007-2008)
• John MooreÃ, - guitar (1986-1987, 2012), drums (1985-1986)
• Duncan Cameron - guitar (1983-1984)

Timeline

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Cultural reference

They are referred to in Season 24, Episode 22 of the Simpsons, "Danger on a Train". The Springfield people helped Homer recover the train for Homer and Marge's birthdays. Reverend Lovejoy is reading a book titled The Jesus and Mary Train .

Their song "Just Like Honey" from Psychocandy is featured in the Sofia Coppola film closing scene Lost in Translation . The acoustic version of their song "Taste of Cindy" is featured in the 2009 Greg Mottola Adventureland . The song "Reverence" from their Honey's Dead album was featured in the 1992 film Pet Sematary II . "Snakedriver" is displayed in The Crow: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack .

They are referenced by their acronym, J.A.M.C. by the band Death Cab for Cutie in the song "We Looked Like Giants" from their fourth studio album Transatlanticism. Jimmy Eat World also referred to the band and their third album ("DJ never had it, J.A.M.C. Automatic") in the lyrics of "The Authority Song" from their fourth album Bleed American. In addition, Jesus and Mary Chain is referenced in the song "Mildenhall" from the fifth studio album The Shins, Heartworms . James Mercer mentions them as a band he often hears as a child in his time abroad in Suffolk, England.

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