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The Jesus & Mary Chain Interview, Sorta
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LAist could have seen the Jesus & Mary Chain in 1986 but they played on Good Friday at the Santa Monica Civic and we were all, "if you see a band called the Jesus & Mary Chain on Good Friday you're gonna go to Hell."
But we loved the band, and with each new album we loved them more and more.
Quasi-gothic take on Brian Wilson is how it always felt to us. Beautiful music to get stoned and drift away to in the back seat during a road trip.
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Or the soundtrack for the spicy part of a date with a Suicide Girl.
At LAist we're not in the business of reprinting press releases, but this one was so good that we had to make an exception. It's an interview provided to us not by the band's label, because they are unsigned, but by an angel from above, who brought us news about one of the coolest bands ever and one of the best reasons to want to go to Coachella.
Fullon interview after the jump.
Press Release of the Day:
The Jesus & Mary Chain return to play their first shows in nine years when they appear at Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio California on Friday April 27th and at the Summercase Festival in Madrid (Boadilla del Monte) and Barcelona (Parc del Forum) on July 13th and 14th. Jim Reid answers some questions: 1/ why are you doing the show now?
"Well, I would say 'why not?' there are many reasons really. Firstly it's taken this long for me and William to get to a point where it would be realistic to do it, and to some degree each of us assumed the other wouldn't be interested, and it was only after we talked about it that we realised this. Also Coachella were very persistent."
2/ The last show was in 1998?
"Yes, the last Mary Chain gig was in 1998 and was such a bloody awful mess, too much drink, too many drugs, nobody seeing eye to eye on anything and the band just blew up, and I suppose you could say this is another good reason for our reformation, cause that was no way for the Mary Chain to end."
3/ William lives in LA and you live in Devon?
"You can imagine the problems this presents."
4/ Who else is in the band?
"On bass it's Phil King, on drums it's Loz Colbert, and on second guitar is Mark Crozer, and of course myself and William."
5/ Will there be more shows and an album?
"I really don't know. Maybe. I think we would like to and we're looking at another show or 2."
6/ Are William and yourself working on solo albums?
"Yes, both are at the recording stage at the moment, and both will hopefully be out later in the year."
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