When The Jesus and Mary Chain exploded onto the scene in the mid-’80s they were initially dogged by notoriety, which saw the band led by brothers Jim and William Reid dubbed as “the new Sex Pistols.” ...

Eight albums in 40 years is a tame output, largely explained by the band’s explosive breakup in 1999 following a shambolic, drunken stage fail and the Reid brother’s refusal to carry on together. A ...

Later this year, the Jesus And Mary Chain, the often-imitated and never-duplicated duo of Scottish brothers Jim and William Reid, will return with their new LP Glasgow Eyes. It’ll be the first Mary ...

Jim Reid sounds laidback and relaxed when discussing the re-release of The Jesus and Mary Chain’s sixth studio album, Munki. It’s a far cry from the slightly tense interviews of their youth, in which ...

If you’re familiar with The Jesus and Mary Chain, you will most likely compare them to another U.K.-based, brother-led band whose sibling rivalry eventually led to breakup. Of course, I’m referring to ...

The Jesus and Mary Chain are on tour supporting Damage and Joy, the band’s first album since the ’90s. They played Brooklyn Steel on Sunday night (5/14) and their set featured about a third of the new ...

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 ...

You couldn’t blame the listeners for the inevitable eye rolls they surely had trouble holding back. On an April evening in 1987, an unsuspecting public could tune into BBC Radio 1 DJ Janice Long’s ...

The Jesus and Mary Chain are a Scottish alternative rock band that revolves around the songwriting partnership of brothers Jim Reid and William Reid. From East Kilbride in Scotland, the JAMC released ...

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 ...

Forget mediation, forget rehab. Apparently, bands whose members haven't spoken to each other in years just need to play at the annual Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio, Calif., to get ...

Some of the greatest names in new wave, punk, electronic and alternative rock will come together on June 22 in Milton Keynes, U.K. for the inaugural Forever Now festival. The one-day even will feature ...