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The Jesus And Mary Chain have had a wild run over the past forty-plus years. Brothers William and Jim Reid grew up on a Scottish council estate, and they started a band whose noise-blasted fuzz-pop inspired multiple generations of music. Along the way, the group played notorious shows that devolved into violence, went through countless lineup changes, made a couple of hits, fell from favor, broke up, got back together, and saw their music become an eternal touchstone. Now, they’re telling their story.
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The Jesus And Mary Chain never released a single bad song over the entire course of their career, but their last great single was 1994′s “Sometimes Always,” a country-fried he-said/she-said duet with Mazzy Star’s Hope Sandoval. When she played London’s Royal Albert Hall on Sunday night, Feist too...
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Scottish rockers to play first shows in four years in March
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The Jesus And Mary Chain and British Sea Power are to play a tribute gig to Nick Sanderson, who died earlier this year.


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