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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Ben Beaumont-Thomas

UNCOVERED: Post your questions for the jesus and mary chain | History Defined

The Jesus and Mary Chain’s Reid brothers, who will take on your questions.
The Jesus and Mary Chain’s Reid brothers, who will take on your questions. Photograph: Mel Butler

As fraternal band combos go, the Reid brothers are up there with the Gibbs, Gallaghers and Greenwoods: their group the Jesus and Mary Chain have been going on and off for 40 years, still riding a wave of gorgeous fuzz. As they release new album Glasgow Eyes, they’ll be answering your questions.

Living on the dole and recording demos on a four-track bought with their father’s redundancy money, Jim and William Reid emerged from dim prospects in East Kilbride, Scotland, to record a body of rock music that blended the sweetness of 60s girl-group pop with the noise and clamour of punk and the Velvet Underground.

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