Re: The Jesus & Mary Chain

regimentle · Post by **regimentle** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 9:40 am

Suprised I havent read anything about them on here yet. They kind of go hand in hand with My Bloody Valentine, Spacemen 3, etc. for me at least. "Psychocandy" is still one of my favorite albums.

idiotbear · Post by **idiotbear** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 10:12 am

Yeah, I like this band a lot. I like that big guitar sound of theirs, and the mythos surrounding Jim and William's love/hate relationship is always kinda compelling.

batchainpuller · Post by **batchainpuller** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 8:49 pm

regimentle wrote: Suprised I havent read anything about them on here yet. They kind of go hand in hand with My Bloody Valentine, Spacemen 3, etc. for me at least. "Psychocandy" is still one of my favorite albums.

Good 'ol feedback-pop. "Psychocandy" is indeed an amazing album. It seems like they decided to go off in different directions on subsequent albums - not to say that's a bad thing however - "Darklands" especially ain't bad at all. I think that William Reid is a terribly underrated guitarist.

scottme · Post by **scottme** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 1:52 am

I still have a red Australian tour T-Shirt from 93 with the song title "I Hate Rock and Roll" on the front. Amazing how many comments I get.

Post by **zhivago** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 7:47 am

they are a fantastic band...I love pretty much all their stuff...got a couple of rare-ish vinyl stuff from them too

burker · Post by **burker** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 9:27 am

I saw a great video interview of them on youtube a while back, the bass with only 2 strings was a great touch

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zhivago wrote: they are a fantastic band...I love pretty much all their stuff...got a couple of rare-ish vinyl stuff from them too

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oooh thats intersting, any details?

Psychocandy is one of my favorite albums, I like theyre later stuff aswell though.

fuzzjunkie · Post by **fuzzjunkie** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 1:25 pm

loved them on vinyl since Psychocandy

saw them live 4 times. never saw them play a great live show

there is a video somewhere in which William is strumming a Jazzmaster...

mjet · Post by **mjet** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 1:59 pm

burker wrote: I saw a great video interview of them on youtube a while back, the bass with only 2 strings was a great touch .

So long as the right two are there, who needs any more?

ANTON · Post by **ANTON** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 1:52 am

The JMC is awesome. I hung out with those guys once.

fuzzjunkie · Post by **fuzzjunkie** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 10:31 pm

i got to hang out with them once as well. some friends were the openers during their last tour. mostly i talked to ben as william was too drunk to understand half what he said.

serial · Post by **serial** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 7:52 am

"Automatic" is killer when played loud.

andrewaward · Post by **andrewaward** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 6:56 am

Yeah, great guys from a great part of the world

Post by **zhivago** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 7:10 am

Scotland kicks ass...I went to Glasgow earlier this year....I partied like there's no tomorrow!

andrewaward · Post by **andrewaward** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 7:25 am

Sounds like my entire early 90s