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Jesus And Mary Chain, The

Profile:Like Velvet Underground, The, their most obvious influence, the chart success of the Jesus and Mary Chain was virtually non-existent, but their artistic impact was incalculable; quite simply, the British group made the world safe for white noise, orchestrating a sound dense in squalling feedback which served as an inspiration to everyone from My Bloody Valentine to Dinosaur Jr.. Though the supporting players drifted in and out of focus, the heart of the Mary Chain remained vocalists and guitarists William Reid and Jim Reid, Scottish-born brothers heavily influenced not only by underground legends like the Velvets and Stooges, The but also by the sonic grandeur and pop savvy of Phil Spector and Brian Wilson. In the Jesus and Mary Chain, which the Reids formed outside of Glasgow in 1984 with bassist Douglas Hart and drummer Murray Dalglish (quickly replaced by Bobby Gillespie), these two polarized aesthetics converged; equal parts bubblegum and formless guitar distortion, their sound both celebrated pop conventions and thoroughly subverted them.
In late 1984, the band issued its seminal debut single, "Upside Down," a remarkable blast of live wire feedback anchored by a caveman-like drumbeat; the record made the Mary Chain an overnight sensation in the U.K., as did their nascent live shows, 20-minute sets of confrontational noise (performed with the band's members backs to the audience) which frequently ended in rioting. The follow-ups, "Never Understand" and "You Trip Me Up," further perfected the formula, and led to their 1985 debut LP Psychocandy, which gift-wrapped sweet, simple pop songs in ribbons of droning guitar fuzz. After a two-year layoff (during which time Gillespie exited to form Primal Scream, and was replaced by John Moore), the Jesus and Mary Chain returned with Darklands, a dramatic shift in approach which stripped away the feedback to expose the skeletal guitar pop at the music's core. After a sprawling 1988 collection of singles, B-sides and demos titled Barbed Wire Kisses, they emerged with Automatic, which introduced a more tightly-coiled brand of feedback while jettisoning Moore's live drums in favor of synthesized beats.
After another long absence, the Mary Chain (minus Hart) resurfaced in 1992 with Honey's Dead, and earned greater U.S. visibility thanks to a spot on that summer's Lollapalooza lineup; the first single "Reverence" also won them renewed notoriety at home when Top of the Pops banned the song because of its opening lines "I wanna die just like Jesus Christ" and "I wanna die just like JFK." With 1994's gentle, largely acoustic Stoned & Dethroned, they even reached the U.S. pop charts thanks to the lovely single "Sometimes Always," a duet with Mazzy Star's Hope Sandoval. Another collection of scattered sides, The Jesus and Mary Chain Hate Rock 'n' Roll, followed a year later, highlighted by the single "I Hate Rock 'n' Roll," a scabrous swipe which reclaimed the pure noise attack of their earliest work. Moving to Sub Pop, they returned with Munki in 1998. William Reid left the group during the subsequent tour, and in 1999, the Jesus and Mary Chain officially disbanded.
URLs:http://www.jesusandmarychain.org
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http://users.student.lth.se/e94hgy/music/jamc.html
Aliases:Acid Angels
Members:Ben Lurie, Bobby Gillespie, Douglas Hart, James Pinker, Jim Reid, John Moore (3), Loz Colbert, Mark Crozer, Martin Hewes, Murray Dalglish, Nick Sanderson, Philip King, Richard Thomas (2), Steve Monti, William Reid
Name Variations: All | Jesus And Mary Chain, The | J&M Chain, The | JAMC | Jesus & Mary Chain | Jesus & Mary Chain, The | Jesus + Mary Chain | Jesus + Mary Chain, The | Jesus And Mary Chain | Jesus And The Mary Chain | thejesusandmarychain
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Releases:
Upside Down (Single) ◄ (6 versions)   Creation Records ... 1984
Just Like Honey (Single) ◄ (4 versions)   Blanco Y Negro ... 1985
Never Understand ◄ (2 versions)   Blanco Y Negro 1985
Psychocandy (Album) ◄ (16 versions)   Blanco Y Negro ... 1985
You Trip Me Up ◄ (2 versions)   Blanco Y Negro 1985
Some Candy Talking (EP) ◄ (6 versions)   Blanco Y Negro ... 1986
April Skies (Single, Maxi) ◄ (11 versions)   Blanco Y Negro ... 1987
Darklands (Single) ◄ (8 versions)   Blanco Y Negro ... 1987
Darklands (Album) ◄ (15 versions)   Blanco Y Negro ... 1987
Darklands EP (Maxi) ◄ (2 versions)   Blanco Y Negro 1987
Happy When It Rains (Maxi) ◄ (6 versions)   Blanco Y Negro ... 1987
Interview Picture Disc ◄ (2 versions)   Baktabak 1987
Barbed Wire Kisses (B-Sides And More) (Comp, Album) ◄ (9 versions)   Blanco Y Negro ... 1988
Head On (Single) ◄ (8 versions)   Blanco Y Negro ... 1988
Jesus & Mary Chain, The (VHS)   Blanco Y Negro 1988
Sidewalking (Maxi, Single) ◄ (7 versions)   Blanco Y Negro ... 1988
Surfin' USA (Summer Mix) (7", Single)   Warner Bros. Records 1988
Automatic (Album) ◄ (11 versions)   Blanco Y Negro ... 1989
Blues From A Gun ◄ (4 versions)   Blanco Y Negro ... 1989
Her Way Of Praying (CD, Promo, Single)   Warner Bros. Records 1989
Rollercoaster E.P. (EP) ◄ (5 versions)   Blanco Y Negro 1990
Videos 1985 To 1989 (VHS, NTSC)   Warner Bros. Records 1990
The Peel Sessions ◄ (2 versions)   Strange Fruit 1991
7 Years On The Leading Edge / 10 Smash Hits 1985 - 1992 (CD, Promo)   Def American Recordings, Warner Bros. Records 1992
Almost Gold (Single) ◄ (4 versions)   Blanco Y Negro ... 1992
Far Gone And Out (Maxi, Single) ◄ (6 versions)   Blanco Y Negro ... 1992
Far Gone And Out (Official Bootleg Mixes) (12", Promo)   Def American Recordings, Def American Recordings 1992
Honey's Dead (Album) ◄ (7 versions)   Def American Recordings ... 1992
Live (CD, Mini)   Stampa Alternativa 1992
Reverence (Maxi, Single) ◄ (8 versions)   Blanco Y Negro ... 1992
Soil X Samples 7 (7", Promo, Ora)   Warner Bros. Records 1992
The Sound Of Speed (Album) ◄ (4 versions)   Blanco Y Negro ... 1992
Sound Of Speed E.P. (EP) ◄ (5 versions)   Blanco Y Negro ... 1993
Come On (Maxi, Single) ◄ (5 versions)   Blanco Y Negro ... 1994
Sometimes Always (Single, Maxi) ◄ (6 versions)   Blanco Y Negro ... 1994
Stoned & Dethroned (Album) ◄ (9 versions)   Warner Music UK Ltd. ... 1994
I Hate Rock 'N' Roll (Maxi, Single) ◄ (6 versions)   Def American Recordings ... 1995
The Jesus And Mary Chain Hate Rock 'n' Roll (CD)   American Recordings 1995
'98 Tour EP (CD, EP, Promo)   Sub Pop Records 1998
Birthday / Hide Myself (7")   Sub Pop Records 1998
Cracking Up (Maxi, Single) ◄ (5 versions)   Creation Records 1998
I Love Rock 'N' Roll (Single, Maxi) ◄ (4 versions)   Creation Records 1998
Munki (Album) ◄ (7 versions)   Sub Pop Records ... 1998
The Complete John Peel Sessions (Comp) ◄ (2 versions)   Strange Fruit 2000
21 Singles (Comp) ◄ (3 versions)   Warner Music UK Ltd. ... 2002
Live In Concert (CD)   Strange Fruit 2003
Lost In Translation (Single) ◄ (2 versions)   Not On Label 2007
The Power Of Negative Thinking: B-Sides & Rarities (4xCD, Comp, RM + Box)   Rhino Entertainment Company 2008
The Power Of Negative Thinking: B-Sides & Rarities Box Set Sampler (CDr, Smplr)   Rhino Entertainment Company 2008
Remixes:
Birthday Christmas Mix (Single) ◄ (5 versions)   One Little Indian ... 1988
12•11 (10x12", Single + 10", Single + Box) Christmas Eve, Christm... One Little Indian 1989
CD•6 (6xCD, Maxi + Box) Christmas Eve, Christm... One Little Indian 1989
Birthday (CD, Maxi, Dig) Birthday (Jim & Willia... Elektra 1992
It's-It (2xCD, Ltd) Birthday (Jim & Willia... One Little Indian 1992
Afrodisiac (Album) ◄ (2 versions) Soul In A Jar (The Dru... Mercury 1994
Why America Will Go To Hell (Maxi) ◄ (2 versions) Ja Sha Taan (Jesus And... Nation Records 1999
The CD Box Set (6xCD, Single + Box, RE, Ltd) Christmas Eve, Christm... One Little Indian 2008
Production:
The Hit RED Hot EP (7", EP) Taste Of Cindy The Hit 1985
Modern Girls (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (LP) Some Candy Talking Warner Bros. Records 1986
NME's Big Four (7") Some Candy Talking New Musical Express 1986
Mix:
Alternative NRG (CD, Dig) New Kind Of Kick Hollywood Records 1994
Come On (CD, Maxi)   Blanco Y Negro, Blanco Y Negro 1994
Appears On:
The Crow - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Snakedriver Atlantic 1994
Boots And Bras (7", Ltd, RP, Gre) Taste Of Cindy No Idea Records 1998
Chronology Of A Love-Affair (CD, Album, Promo, Car) April Skies Hall Of Sermon 2000
Gleam Garden / Dan Padilla Split (7") Between Planets Snuffy Smile 2007
Vanishing Point (2xCD, Ltd) Darklands, Badlands Sony Music 2009
Tracks Appear On:
Tapeworm (Cass) Inside Me New Musical Express 1985
The Hit RED Hot EP (7", EP) Taste Of Cindy The Hit 1985
Modern Girls (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (LP) Some Candy Talking Warner Bros. Records 1986
NME's Big Four (7") Some Candy Talking New Musical Express 1986
Some Kind Of Wonderful (Album, Comp) ◄ (4 versions) The Hardest Walk MCA Records ... 1987
The Hits Album 6 (2xLP, Comp) April Skies BMG UK & Ireland 1987
The Hits Album 7 (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Darklands WEA International Inc. ... 1987
Sounds - Waves 2 (7") Nine Million Rainy Day... Sounds (Magazine) 1988
The Hits Album 8 (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Sidewalking WEA International Inc. ... 1988
Under The Covers - Other People Sing Other People's Songs ◄ (3 versions) Surfin' USA (April Out... WEA International Inc. ... 1988
Earth Girls Are Easy - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ◄ (5 versions) Who Do You Love Sire Records Company 1989
Monster Hits ◄ (2 versions) Head On CBS ... 1989
CMJ Presents Certain Damage! - Volume 31 (CD, Promo) Reverberation (Doubt) College Music Journal 1990
Product 2378 (Comp) ◄ (3 versions) Head On Telstar 1990
Radio FFN Powerstation 2 (Album) ◄ (2 versions) April Skies SPV GmbH ... 1990
The Last Temptation Of Elvis (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Guitar Man New Musical Express 1990
Un Printemps 90 (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) My Girl Virgin France S.A. 1990
Where The Pyramid Meets The Eye - A Tribute To Roky Erickson (Album) ◄ (2 versions) Reverberation (Doubt) WEA International Inc. ... 1990
Absolution - Rock The Alternative Way (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Some Candy Talking PolyGram TV 1991
Never Mind The Mainstream...The Best Of MTV's 120 Minutes Vol. 2 (CD, RM) Head On Warner Special Products, Rhino Entertainment Company 1991
New Season - The Peel Sessions (CD) Inside Me Strange Fruit 1991
Rollercoaster U.S. (Maxi) ◄ (2 versions) Teenage Lust, Teenage ... Def American Recordings ... 1991
Freejack Soundtrack (CD) Sugar Ray Morgan Creek Records 1992
Lollapalooza '92 (CD, Promo, Smplr) Far Gone And Out Not On Label 1992
Now That's What I Call Music 21 (2xCD, Comp, Fat) Far Gone And Out EMI Records, Virgin, PolyGram, EMI Records 1992
Radio On! ◄ (2 versions) Inside Me Vox Magazine 1992
Ruby Trax - The NME's Roaring Forty (Comp, Album) ◄ (3 versions) Little Red Rooster New Musical Express 1992
The 1992 Mercury Music Prize Sampler (CD) Far Gone And Out Mercury 1992
The Best Of Bizarre Festival (1987 - 1992) (2xCD, Comp) Blues From A Gun Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) 1992
RCD July Collection 13 (CD, Comp, Promo) Heat RCD Magazine 1993
Alternative NRG ◄ (3 versions) New Kind Of Kick (Live) Hollywood Records ... 1994
De Afrekening Volume 8 (CD) Sometimes Always Columbia 1994
Love & A .45 (Soundtrack) ◄ (2 versions) Come On Epic Soundtrax 1994
RockVideo Monthly - Winter 1994 - Alternative Edition (VHS, Comp) Sometimes Always Warner Music Enterprises 1994
The Crow - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Comp) ◄ (3 versions) Snakedriver Atlantic ... 1994
The Patron Saints Of Teenage (CD, Comp, Ltd) Upside Down Creation Records 1994
The Trip 4 (CD) Sometimes, Always Warner Music (New Zealand) 1994
WEA NME C30 (Cass) Dirty Water Warner Music UK Ltd., New Musical Express 1994
Zillo Jubiläums Compilation 1989-1994 (CD) Alphabet Street Zillo 1994
104.9 (An XFM Compilation) (CD, Album) 45 RPM XFM Ltd. 1995
American Recordings 1995 CD Sampler (CD) I Hate Rock And Roll American Recordings 1995
The Best...Album In The World...Ever! (2xCD, Comp) April Skies Circa Records Ltd. 1995
The Doom Generation (CD) Penetration American Recordings 1995
The Fall Of American (CD, Comp, Promo, Car) I Hate Rock 'n' Roll American Recordings 1995
Unlaced (CD) Snakedriver EMI Records 1995
Alternator (CD) I Hate Rock ’N’ Roll Dino Entertainment 1996
Lost Property (An Alternative History 1979 - 1982) (2xCD, Comp) April Skies EMI Records Ltd. 1996
Sem Limites (2xCD, Comp) Sometimes Always MCA Music Entertainment, Lda 1996
The Best... Album In The World...Ever! (2xCD, Comp) Far Gone And Out Circa Records Ltd. 1996
The Ongoing History Of New Music Volume 2 (CD) Head On Warner Music (Canada) 1997
Trackspotting (2xCD) Sugar Ray PolyGram TV 1997
Buzz Mix 3 Go! (CD, Comp) I Love Rocknroll Epic Records (Japan) 1998
Nocturnal (2xCD, Album) Cracking Up, Never Und... Procreate 1998
Rock Sound Volume 21 (CD, Smplr) Degenerate Rock Sound 1998
Sound: Check (2xCD, Smplr) I Love Rock 'N' Roll, ... Sub Pop Records 1998
Was Het Nu 70 Of 80? Vol 7 (2xCD, Comp) Just Like Honey EVA Belgium 1998
Zoo Magazine CD Sampler 14 (CD, Smplr, Promo) Hide Myself Zoo Magazine (DK) 1998
Dressed In Black (2xCD) April Skies PolyGram TV 1999
Guitar Pop Jamboree - Starting (Here) (CD, Comp) April Skies Warner Music (Japan) 1999
Postpunk Chronicles: Going Underground (CD) Upside Down Rhino Entertainment Company 1999
Priceless Creation (CD) Cracking Up New Musical Express 1999
Priceless Creation (CD, Promo, Comp) Cracking Up Creation Records 1999
Rage - More Of The Songs Most Chosen By Rage Guest Programmers (2xCD, Comp) Sidewalking Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC Music) 1999
Creation Records • International Guardians Of Rock 'N' Roll 1983-1999 (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Upside Down, Cracking Up Columbia 2000
Dressed In Black 3 (2xCD, Comp) Just Like Honey Universal Music (Netherlands) 2001
Was Het Nu 70, 80 Of 90? File 2 (2xCD, Comp) Happy When It Rains Virgin Music (Belgium) 2001
The Best ALTERNATIV3 Album... Ever! (2xCD) April Skies EMI Music (South Africa) 2002
Dark Side Of The 80's (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) April Skies BMG Belgium NV/SA ... 2003
Essential 80's - New.Wave (2xCD, Mixed) April Skies Warner Music (Benelux) 2003
Later... With Jools Holland Louder (DVD-V, PAL, Copy Prot.) Snakedriver (July 93) Warner Music Vision 2003
Lost In Translation (Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Comp) ◄ (5 versions) Just Like Honey Emperor Norton 2003
VirginMegaMusic · Goth (CD) Blues From A Gun Rhino Special Products, Virgin Megastore 2003
Crash! Indie Anthems (2xCD) April Skies Telstar TV 2004
Left Of The Dial: Dispatches From The 80s Underground (4xCD, RM + Box, Comp) Just Like Honey Rhino Entertainment Company 2004
Rough Trade Shops - Indiepop 1 (2xCD) You Trip Me Up Mute Records Ltd. 2004
John Peel - A Tribute (2xCD, Comp) Sidewalking Warner Strategic Marketing (UK) 2005
Süddeutsche Zeitung Diskothek 1985 (CD) Just Like Honey Süddeutsche Zeitung 2005
A Life Less Lived - The Gothic Box (3xCD + DVD) Fall, Head On Rhino Entertainment Company 2006
CD86 - 48 Tracks From The Birth Of Indie Pop (2xCD, Comp) Upside Down Castle Music 2006
Essential New Wave - Volume 3 (CD) Never Understand EMI Music (Belgium) 2006
Rhino SXSW Sampler (CD, Comp, Smplr, Promo) Just Like Honey Rhino Entertainment Company 2006
The Playlist August 2006 (CD, Comp) You Trip Me Up Uncut Magazine 2006
100 Hits 80s (5xCD, Comp + Box) Some Candy Talking Demon Music Group 2007
20 Years Of Rage (4xCD, Comp) Sometimes Always Warner Music (Australia) 2007
Fred Deakin Presents: The Triptych (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Sometimes Always Family Recordings (UK) 2007
Selections From The Brit Box: U.K. Indie, Shoegaze, And Brit-Pop Gems Of The Last Millennium (CD, Smplr, Promo) April Skies Rhino Records (2) 2007
The Brit Box: UK Indie, Shoegaze, And Brit-Pop Gems Of The Last Millennium (4xCD, Comp, RM + Box) April Skies Rhino Entertainment Company 2007
Tribute To National Noise Day (File, MP3, 192) Head Wrong-Lab 2007
100 Hits 80s Pop (5xCD, Comp) April Skies Demon Music Group 2008
Heroes Original Soundtrack (CD, Comp, Ltd) All Things Must Pass NBC Records 2008
Mannen Som Elsket Yngve (2xCD, Comp) Just Like Honey Oh No! 2008
Sci-Fi-Lo-Fi Vol. 3 (Shoegazing 1985 - 2009) (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Just Like Honey Soma Quality Recordings 2008
The Second Wave (CD, Comp) Just Like Honey Rhino Custom Products 2008
Musikexpress 16 - Creation Records (CD) Rocket Musikexpress  
Tune Up - Rock 44 (CD, Comp, Promo) Head On Album Network, The  
Unofficial Releases:
Cutmedeadnailmedownandkickmyhead (LP)   Not On Label 1985
Live In Heaven 1987 (CD)   Oblivion Records (2) 1987
Fuck (LP)   El Topo 1988
Riot (CD, Single, RE)   Fierce Recordings 1988
Surfin' USA (CD)   Mongoose Records 1991
April Skies (CD)   Blue Knight Records 1992
Europe 1987 (CD)   Post Script 1992
Lollapaloza '92 (CD, Album)   Kiss The Stone 1992
Vengeance (CD)   Kiss The Stone 1992
In Concert (CD)   Westwood One 1995
Lost In Translation (Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack) (LP, Pic) Just Like Honey Not On Label 2008
Electricity (CD)   Thunderball  
Live LA Roxy 1985 (7", red)   Not On Label (The Jesus And Mary Chain)  
Mushroom Head / Some Candy Talking (7", Single, Ltd)   ICM  
ULU (12")   Not On Label  
Ultra Rare Trax Vol.1 (CD) Drama (Art Of Remix) Not On Label (Ultra Rare Trax Series)  
You Trip Me Up (LP, Album)   Keri  
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