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Like the Velvet Underground, their most obvious influence, the chart success of the Jesus and Mary Chain was virtually nonexistent, but their artistic impact was incalculable; quite simply, the British group made the world safe for white noise, orchestrating a sound dense in squalling feedback which served as an inspiration to everyone from My Bloody Valentine to Dinosaur Jr. Though the supporting players drifted in and out of focus, the heart of the Mary Chain remained vocalists and guitarists William and Jim Reid, Scottish-born brothers heavily influenced not only by underground legends like the Velvets and the Stooges but also by the sonic grandeur and pop savvy of Phil Spector and Brian Wilson. In the Jesus and Mary Chain, which the Reids formed outside of Glasgow in 1984 with bassist Douglas Hart and drummer Murray Dalglish (quickly replaced by Bobby Gillespie), these two polarized aesthetics converged; equal parts bubblegum and formless guitar distortion, their sound both celebrated pop conventions and thoroughly subverted them.
In late 1984, the band issued its seminal debut single, "Upside Down," a remarkable blast of live wire feedback anchored by a caveman-like drumbeat; the record made the Mary Chain an overnight sensation in the U.K., as did their nascent live shows, 20-minute sets of confrontational noise (performed with the band's members' backs to the audience) which frequently ended in rioting. The follow-up, "You Trip Me Up," further perfected the formula, and led to their 1985 debut LP Psychocandy, which gift-wrapped sweet, simple pop songs in ribbons of droning guitar fuzz. After a two-year layoff (during which time Gillespie exited to form Primal Scream, and was replaced by John Moore), the Jesus and Mary Chain returned with Darklands, a dramatic shift in approach which stripped away the feedback to expose the skeletal guitar pop at the music's core. After a sprawling 1988 collection of singles, B-sides, and demos titled Barbed Wire Kisses, they emerged with Automatic, which introduced a more tightly coiled brand of feedback while jettisoning Moore's live drums in favor of synthesized beats.
After another long absence, the Mary Chain (minus Hart) resurfaced in 1992 with Honey's Dead, and earned greater U.S. visibility thanks to a spot on that summer's Lollapalooza lineup; the first single, "Reverence," also won them renewed notoriety at home when Top of the Pops banned the song because of its opening lines, "I wanna die just like Jesus Christ" and "I wanna die just like JFK." With 1994's gentle, largely acoustic Stoned & Dethroned, they even reached the U.S. pop charts thanks to the lovely single "Sometimes Always," a duet with Mazzy Star's Hope Sandoval. Another collection of scattered sides, The Jesus and Mary Chain Hate Rock 'n' Roll, followed a year later, highlighted by the single "I Hate Rock 'n' Roll," a scabrous swipe which reclaimed the pure noise attack of their earliest work. Moving to Sub Pop, they returned with Munki in 1998. William Reid left the group during the subsequent tour, and in 1999, the Jesus and Mary Chain officially disbanded.
Anti Monde - Anti Matiere - Les 100 Ciels….Préalable Déterminant.
Reverse World, Denied Access Memory, None Thoughts, Revolver extended spin off view …Shallow thin eye analysis in fuzzy mellow ambient room… illogical relationship …No sound conversation …Never under control, far away from our overwhelming conscientious common life … Close your eyes and watch the None Reality of your own Nothing Being… Never try to find answers in your dreams cause those are the zero degree of Truth…or the opposite…When Nothing means Something… Monochrome Dreams just gives you more Unreal & Unknown Lifetime…Well above the Silence…Nobody listening !!!
He: A coffee for me… I was looking for you. She: And ?… He: I found you ! She: Nobody knows where I live. He: No one knows…
[Belongings, Memories, Friends, Love… Those are all Traps…. Changing life, Identity… We never forget where we come from … and who we really are. What you do really possess and why people want to possess you ? Certainly cause what they might see in you, make themselves more closer to their own idea of immaculate conception of [?]…“The Art of Imperfection“… Neurological Obsession create Emptiness and feed it…Why this Desire become a Need ?…But what you own… is yours or … you belongs to it ? You know what it means…just look around you and open up your mind]
He: Why going away ? Have you tried to escape from me ?
She: Do you hear the Music he’s playing ? He: I saw you, that should be enough for me… at least for a while… I will try. /Av.
Ha, I finally got Automatic for only $2 at Zia. It was $3.99, but I found someone's frequent buyer's card and got it for half the price! I got the box set as a gift during Christmas. So yea....
We have just released our new single: "Kiss Me" and 2 b-sides! 3 new songs up on our myspace page! We'll be glad if you and all the people who love rock and roll check us out!
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