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 was one of "those bands" that always got me in trouble with my mom. She couldn't stand "disrespectful" band names like The Dead Kennedys and Suicidal Tendencies. (I'm not sure ...

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 ...

Paula Mejia arrived in Glasgow exhausted. She hoped to spend a day resting but her friend in Scotland insisted they hit the town: food, drink, a comedy club. "I think I only understood about 40 ...

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 ...

Released in 1985, debut album Psychocandy by The Jesus and Mary Chain laid the groundwork for the shoegaze genre as well as alternative rock in general. It's place in music history has been permanent ...

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.

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 ...

Led by songwriting duo Jim and William Reid, Scottish alt-rock collective The Jesus and Mary Chain are one of the most beloved cult acts that Britain has ever produced. From their early intention of ...

"Like the Velvet Underground, their most obvious influence, the chart success of the Jesus and Mary Chain was virtually nonexistent, but their artistic impact was incalculable; quite simply, the ...