Overview
William and Jim Reid, brothers and founding members of The Jesus and Mary Chaināa band that bridged the gap between the punk explosion and the emergence of grunge and Britpopāchronicle the chaos, confusion, and stories behind their music.
For five years after theyād swapped sought-after apprenticeships for life on the dole, brothers William and Jim Reid sat up till the early hours in the front room of their parentsā East Kilbride council house, plotting their path to world domination over endless cups of tea, with the music turned down low so as not to wake their sleeping sister. They knew they couldnāt play in the same band because theyād argue too much, so theyād describe their dream ensembles to each other until finally they realized that these two perfect bands were actually the same band. The name of that band was The Jesus and Mary Chain.
The rest was not silence, and picking up those conversations again more than forty years later, William and Jim tell the full story of one of Britainās greatest guitar bands for the very first time ā a wildly funny and improbably moving chronicle of brotherly strife, feedback, riots, drug and alcohol addiction, eternal outsiders and extreme shyness, that also somehow manages to be a love letter to the Scottish working-class family.
This book title, Never Understood (The Jesus and Mary Chain), ISBN: 9780306835513, by William Reid, Jim Reid, published by Hachette Books (September 3, 2024) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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