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| THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN |
| East Kilbride, Scotland, GB | | * 1983 |
Jim Reid - voc,g
William Reid - voc,g
John Moore - g
Philip King - bg
Former Members:
John Moore (g, 12/86-10/87); Dave Evans (g, 9/87-10/89); Ben Lurie (g, 10/89-cca 7/96)
Douglas Hart (bg, 1983-91); Matthew Parkin (bg, 2/92-?); Lincoln Fong (bg, cca 6/96)
Murray Dalglish (ds, 1984-10/84); Bobby Gillespie (ds, 10/84-2/86); John Loder (ds, 1986 g.a.); John Moore (ds, 2/86-12/86); James Pinker (ds, 12/86-87); Richard Thomas (ds, 5/88-1991); Barry Blackler (ds, 1991-?); Nick Sanderson (ds, cca 6/96); Lawrence Colbert (ds, 2/07-cca 5/07)
Albums Discography:
| # | Title | Release Date | Label | Type | UK | USA | | 1. | Psychocandy | 11/1985 | blanco y negro | | 31 | 188 | | 2. | Dark Lands | 31.08.1987 | blanco y negro | | 5 | 161 | | 3. | Barbed Wire Kisses | 3/1988 | blanco y negro |  | 9 | 192 | | 4. | Automatic
produced by: Alan Moulder | 10/1989 | blanco y negro | | 11 | 105 | | 5. | Peel Sessions
(mini LP) | 8/1991 | Strange Fruit | | | | | 6. | Honey's Dead
produced by: Alan Moulder | 23.03.1992 | blanco y negro | | 14 | 158 | | 7. | The Sound Of Speed | 12.07.1993 | blanco y negro | | 15 | | | 8. | Live | 6/1994 | Audioglobe |  | | | | 9. | Stoned And Dethroned
produced by: Jim Reid/William Reid | 15.08.1994 | blanco y negro | | 13 | 98 | | 10. | Munki Tip
produced by: Jim Reid/William Reid | 01.06.1998 | Creation | | 47 | | | 11. | The Complete John Peel Session | 2/2000 | Strange Fruit | | | | | 12. | 21 Singles | 04.06.2002 | Rhino | | | | | 13. | BBC Live in Concert | 02.09.2003 | Strange Fruit | | | | | 14. | The Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides & Rarities
(4CD box set) | 30.09.2008 | Rhino | | | | | 15. | Original Album Series
(5CD box set) | 02.03.2010 | Rhino | | | | | 16. | Upside Down: The Best Of
(2CD) | 19.11.2010 | Demon | | | | | 17. | The Complete Vinyl Collection
(11LP box set) | 02.12.2013 | Demon Music Group | | | | | 18. | U4 Club Wien, Austria: April 10th 1987 | 18.05.2015 | East West | | | | | 19. | Psychocandy: Live Barrowlands | 31.07.2015 | Demon | | | | | 20. | Damage And Joy | 3/2017 | Artificial Plastic | | 16 | | | 21. | Glasgow Eyes | 08.03.2024 | Fuzz Club | | 7 | |
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Singles Discography:
| # | SP/EP Title | Release Date | Label | UK | USA | | 1. | Upside Down / Vegetable Man | 11/1984 | Creation | | | | 2. | Never Understand / Suck
12" + Ambition | 2/1985 | Blanco Y Negro | 47 | | | 3. | You Trip Me Up / Just Out Of Reach
12" + Boyfriend's Dead | 5/1985 | Blanco Y Negro | 55 | | | 4. | Just Like Honey / Head
7"(2) + Inside Me
12" + Just Like Honey (demo) / Cracked | 9/1985 | Blanco Y Negro | 45 | | | 5. | Some Candy Talking / Psycho Candy / Hit
7"(2) + Cut Dead / You Trip Me Up (acoustic)
12" + Taste Of Cindy | 7/1986 | Blanco Y Negro | 5 | | | 6. | April Skies / Kill Surf City
7"(2) + Mushroom / Bo Diddley Is Jesus
12" + Who Do You Love | 4/1987 | Blanco Y Negro | 4 | | | 7. | Happy When It Rains / Everything Is Alright When You're Down
10" + Shake
12" + Happy Place / F-Hole | 8/1987 | Blanco Y Negro | 21 | | | 8. | Darklands / Rider / On The Wall (demo)
12" + Surfin' U.S.A.
10",CD + Here It Comes Again | 11/1987 | Blanco Y Negro | 33 | | | 9. | Sidewalking / Taste Of Cindy (live)
12" + April Skies (live)
CD + Chilled To The Bone | 3/1988 | Blanco Y Negro | 30 | | | 10. | Kill Surf City / Surfin' USA (summer mix)
(v USA) | 11/1988 | Reprise | | | | 11. | Blues From A Gun / Shimmer
10" + Break Me Down / Penetration
12",MC + Penetration / Subway
CD + Penetration / My Girl | 9/1989 | Blanco Y Negro | 32 | | | 12. | Head On / In The Black
12",CD + Terminal Beach | 11/1989 | Blanco Y Negro | 57 | | | 13. | Head On / Penetration
(v USA) | 3/1990 | Reprise | | | | 14. | Rollercoaster EP
(Rollercoaster / Silver Blade / Tower Of Song / Low-Life) | 27.08.1990 | Blanco Y Negro | 46 | | | 15. | Reverence / Heat
12",CD + Guitar Man
produced by: Alan Moulder | 03.02.1992 | Blanco Y Negro | 10 | | | 16. | Far Gone And Out / Why'd You Want Me
12",CD + Sometimes You Just Can't Get Enough / Reverence
produced by: Alan Moulder | 09.03.1992 | Blanco Y Negro | 23 | | | 17. | Almost Gold / Teenage Lust (acoustic)
12",CD + Don't Come Down / Reverberation (Doubt)
produced by: Alan Moulder | 22.06.1992 | blanco y negro | 41 | | | | 10" +Catch Fire (live) / Blues From A Gun (live) / Head On (live) | 29.06.1992 | blanco y negro | | | | 18. | Sound Of Speed EP
(Snakedriver / Something I Can't Have / Write Record Release Blues / Little Red Rooster) | 21.06.1993 | blanco y negro | 30 | | | 19. | Sometimes Always / Perfect Crime
12",CD + Little Stars / Drop | 18.07.1994 | blanco y negro | 22 | 96 | | 20. | Come On / I'm In With The Out Crowd
CD1 + New York City / Taking It Away
CD2 + Ghost Of A Smile / Alphabet St / New Kind Of Kick | 26.09.1994 | blanco y negro | 52 | | | 21. | I Hate Rock'n'Roll EP
(I Hate Rock'n'Roll / Bleed Me / 33 1/3 / Lost Star) | 05.06.1995 | blanco y negro | 61 | | | 22. | Cracking Up / Hide Myself / Rocket / Commercial | 06.04.1998 | Creation | 35 | | | 23. | I Love Rock & Roll | 18.05.1998 | Creation | 38 | | | 24. | Amputation | 09.12.2016 | EK OK | | | | 25. | Always Sad | 10.02.2017 | Artificial Plastic | | | | 26. | jamcod | 29.11.2023 | Fuzz Club | | | | 27. | Chemical Animal | 18.01.2024 | Fuzz Club | | | | 28. | Girl 71 | 23.02.2024 | Fuzz Club | | |
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Jim Reid:
| # | SP/EP Title | Release Date | Label | UK | USA | | 1. | Song For A Secret / Can't Stop The Rock
& Sister Vanilla | 17.10.2005 | Transistor | | | | 2. | Dead End Kids / If You Gotta Go / Dead End Kids (demo) | 31.07.2006 | Transistor | | |
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Bibliography:
William Reid, Jim Reid, Ben Thompson: Never Understood, The Story Of The Jesus & Mary Chain (15.8.2024, White Rabbit)
Awards:
1989 New Musical Express Readers' Poll - Best Album Of 80's ("Psychocandy")
Various:
original name The Poppy Seeds
3/1992 - Rollercoaster Tour (+ My Bloody Valentine, Blur, Dinosaur Jr.)
1999 disbanded
2/2007 reunited
2/2012 reunited
Compilation Appearances:
"Little Red Rooster" on compilation "Ruby Tracks The NME's Roaring Forty" (11/92, Forty/NME)
"New Kind Of Kick" on Greenpeace compilation "Alternative NRG" (2/94, A&M, produced by Dave Wakelin)
"Come On" on OST "Love & a.45" (1994, Epic)
"Snake Driver" on DVD compilation "Later ... Louder" (5.5.03, Warner Music)
"Just Like Honey" on OST "Lost In Translation" (2003)
"You Trip Me Up" on compilation "Rough Trade Shops: Indiepop 1" (23.8.04, Rough Trade)
"Sidewalking" on compilation "John Peel - A Tribute" (17.10.05)
"Fall" / "Head On" on compilation "A Life Less Lived - The Gothic Box" (19.9.06, Rhino)
"Just Like Honey" on compilation "John Peel - Right Time, Wrong Speed: 1977-1987" (9.10.06)
"All Things Must Pass" on OST "Heroes" (18.3.08, NBC)
"Upside Down" / "Some Candy Talking" on OST "Upside Down" (9.5.11, Creation)
Jim Reid:
appeared on the LP:
Death In Vegas: The Contino Sessions (13.9.99, Concrete)
William Reid:
cca 1999 own label "Hot Tam"
Press References:
| Bang! | | Year | Issue | Date | Page | Column | Type | | 1994 | 26 | 19.07.1994 | 8 | Big Bang! | | | 1994 | 35 | 12.10.1994 | 10 | | album review | | 1995 | 2 | 25.01.1995 | 32 | | profile, interview | | Big Beng! | | Year | Issue | Date | Page | Column | Type | | 1996 | 11 | 25.07.1996 | 6 | Infokus | | | 1998 | 5 | 05.02.1998 | 7 | Infokus | | | 1998 | 24 | 18.06.1998 | 26 | Forum kritikum | album review | | 2002 | 12 | 05.07.2002 | 45 | Forum kritikum | album review | | Melodie | | Year | Issue | Date | Page | Column | Type | | 1988 | 1 | | 24 | Melodie ze světa | | | 1992 | 6 | | 5 | | gig review | | 1992 | 7 | | 10 | | gig review | | 1992 | 7 | | 15 | | | | 1993 | 2 | | 31 | Recenze | album review | | Melody Maker | | Year | Issue | Date | Page | Column | Type | | 1990 | 0 | 30.06.1990 | 3 | News | | | 1992 | 5 | 01.02.1992 | 27 | Singles | single review | | 1992 | 8 | 22.02.1992 | 3 | News | | | 1992 | 9 | 29.02.1992 | 2 | News | | | 1992 | 9 | 29.02.1992 | 29 | Singles | single review | | 1992 | 10 | 07.03.1992 | 2 | News | | | 1992 | 11 | 14.03.1992 | 38 | | | | 1992 | 12 | 21.03.1992 | 26 | | | | 1992 | 12 | 21.03.1992 | 30 | Albums | album review | | 1992 | 14 | 04.04.1992 | 44 | | | | 1992 | 15 | 11.04.1992 | 14 | Live | gig review | | 1992 | 25 | 20.06.1992 | 2 | News | | | 1992 | 26 | 27.06.1992 | 35 | Singles | single review | | 1992 | 46 | 14.11.1992 | 13 | Live | gig review | | 1992 | 50 | 12.12.1992 | 23 | Live | gig review | | 1993 | 21 | 22.05.1993 | 3 | News | | | 1993 | 25 | 19.06.1993 | 5 | News | | | 1993 | 26 | 26.06.1993 | 27 | Singles | single review | | 1993 | 28 | 10.07.1993 | 33 | Albums | album review | | 1993 | 33 | 14.08.1993 | 39 | Info Freako | | | 1994 | 12 | 26.03.1994 | 49 | Info Freako | | | 1994 | 25 | 25.06.1994 | 5 | News | | | 1994 | 28 | 16.07.1994 | 5 | News | | | 1994 | 28 | 16.07.1994 | 34 | Singles | single review | | 1994 | 29 | 23.07.1994 | 12 | | | | 1994 | 34 | 27.08.1994 | 17 | Live | gig review | | 1994 | 36 | 17.09.1994 | 5 | News | | | 1994 | 40 | 08.10.1994 | 34 | Singles | single review | | 1994 | 52 | 24.12.1994 | 21 | Live | gig review | | 1995 | 2 | 14.01.1995 | 12 | | interview | | 1995 | 16 | 22.04.1995 | 5 | News | | | 1995 | 18 | 06.05.1995 | 30 | | gig review | | 1995 | 23 | 10.06.1995 | 34 | Singles | single review | | 1995 | 24 | 17.06.1995 | 39 | | interview | | 1995 | 27 | 08.07.1995 | 17 | Live | gig review | | 1998 | 5 | 31.01.1998 | 5 | News | | | 1998 | 13 | 28.03.1998 | 37 | Live | gig review | | 1998 | 13 | 04.04.1998 | 16 | | interview | | 1998 | 13 | 04.04.1998 | 43 | Singles | single review | | 1998 | 17 | 25.04.1998 | 38 | Coming Up | | | 1998 | 29 | 18.07.1998 | 8 | News | | | 1998 | 29 | 18.07.1998 | 31 | Live | gig review | | Rock & Pop | | Year | Issue | Date | Page | Column | Type | | 1991 | 12 | 21.06.1991 | 4 | Pelmel | | | 1992 | 9 | 04.05.1992 | 18 | | profile | | 1992 | 11 | 01.06.1992 | 31 | Live | gig review | | 1992 | 18 | 14.09.1992 | 28 | Recenze | album review | | 1993 | 6 | 01.04.1993 | 23 | | | | 1998 | 6 | | 78 | | profile, interview | | 1998 | 8 | | 76 | | gig review | | 1998 | 9 | | 76 | | interview | | 1998 | 9 | | 105 | Recenze - Novinky | album review | | 2006 | 6 | | 14 | Rock & Top - News | | | 2006 | 7 | | 42 | Starobinec | profile | | 2007 | 6 | | 8 | Rock & Top - News | | | 2008 | 7 | | 13 | Rock & Top | |
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