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East Kilbride, Glasgow, Scotland (1984 – 1998, 2007 – present)
The Jesus and Mary Chain are a Scottish band that revolves around the songwriting partnership of brothers Jim Reid and William Reid. From East Kilbride, Glasgow, Scotland , the JAMC released a constant string of albums, singles and EPs until their demise in 1998. The band reunited in 2007.
The initial line-up, formed in 1984, was augmented by bassist Douglas Hart and drummer Bobby Gillespie. Gillespie played standing up in the manner of The Velvet Underground’s Maureen “Moe” Tucker.
The Mary Chain’s early gigs have become the stuff of legend in underground circles. Playing in front of small audiences, the Mary Chain earned their notoriety by playing very short gigs, some lasting no more than 10 minutes and consisting of a constant wall of feedback and distortion, as well as playing with their backs to the audience and refusing to speak to them. Many shows culminated with the Reids trashing their equipment, which was often followed by the audience rioting. All of this delighted manager and Creation Records boss Alan McGee, who obviously found it very easy to get attention for the band.
Their debut single Upside Down in 1984 was on Creation, but the following year they signed to the WEA-backed Blanco Y Negro. Who released their debut album, Psychocandy, which fused together the Reid’s two primary influences, the guitar noise of The Velvet Underground with the ’60s pop leanings of Phil Spector and The Beach Boys. The record received positive reviews and is now considered a landmark recording.
The initial line-up, formed in 1984, was augmented by bassist Douglas Hart and drummer Bobby Gillespie. Gillespie played standing up in the manner of The Velvet Underground’s Maureen “Moe” Tucker.
The Mary Chain’s early gigs have become the stuff of legend in underground circles. Playing in front of small audiences, the Mary Chain earned their notoriety by playing very short gigs, some lasting no more than 10 minutes and consisting of a constant wall of feedback and distortion, as well as playing with their backs to the audience and refusing to speak to them. Many shows culminated with the Reids trashing their equipment, which was often followed by the audience rioting. All of this delighted manager and Creation Records boss Alan McGee, who obviously found it very easy to get attention for the band.
Their debut single Upside Down in 1984 was on Creation, but the following year they signed to the WEA-backed Blanco Y Negro. Who released their debut album, Psychocandy, which fused together the Reid’s two primary influences, the guitar noise of The Velvet Underground with the ’60s pop leanings of Phil Spector and The Beach Boys. The record received positive reviews and is now considered a landmark recording.
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nunomoura wrote:
there is a BIG difference between FLAC and MP3 (of any quality, although the difference is much more obvious when the bit-rate lowers more). That said, I recently fell in love with "Automatic"
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likeapillow wrote:
ah they will, dont worry
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Wolfgarden wrote:
http://www.last.fm/group/Psychocandy JOOOOOIIINNNNN.
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JamesMullard wrote:
I doubt highly your children will give a fuck
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arealnowhereman wrote:
darklands > automatic > psuchocandy eheheh
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daws0n wrote:
nicoinfurs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lossless_data_compression
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likeapillow wrote:
one of the few bands i'll be proud to tell my children i saw live one day
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Wolfgarden wrote:
I need to get Psychocandy on vinyl.
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Yunckzilla wrote:
I agree. thinking things are different when they're different is about the worst thing a human being can do.
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nicoinfurs wrote:
people ("audiophiles") who think there is a difference between any kind of compression and flac or whatsoever should be raped and hung
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XMD5a8000 wrote:
32kbps and flac...?
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riigo wrote:
128kbps and flac, etc.
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Yunckzilla wrote:
absolutely no difference between 192kbps and flac.
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PhonSiE wrote:
absolutely no difference between 256kbps and flac.
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LoveEternity wrote:
and they're quite good also, the jesus sons just too grown up nowadays, me thinks.
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LoveEternity wrote:
absolutely no difference between a 320kbs mp3 and .flac.
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XMD5a8000 wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hclcrEpui64
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IanCurtis13 wrote:
Psychocandy sounds even better on vinyl.
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UmFantini wrote:
Well yo pokemon nigga ! That's just my opinion. Stoned & Dethroned has what a good rnr record just needs : great title, great cover art. Then a listenable music can help but thats a detail.
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chickenchild wrote:
what is this i don't even
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The Jesus And Mary Chain are proud to announce they will be playing to a sold out crowd on August 11th at 'Club Quattro' Tokyo.
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