THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN

Honey's Dead

$11.98 CD

 The Jesus & Mary Chain's 1992 tour de force HONEY'S DEAD is a sonic onslaught that Rolling Stone described as, “bites of irresistible nod-pop demagogy rhythmatized by a stuttering dance beat, barbecued in woolly guitar static and laden with echo.” Their fourth album, t features the JAMC classics “Far Gone And Out,” “Almost Gold” and “Sugar Ray,” all high-charting Billboard modern rock singles. 

 Stand-out tracks also include “Reverence,” “Teenage Lust” and “Frequency,” further revealing the Glasgow-based shoegazer icons' relentless exploration of the meeting ground between melody and feedback. 

 With brothers William and Jim Reid at the lead, the Jesus & Mary Chain formed near Glasgow in 1984. Later that year, their seminal debut single “Upside Down,” and riot-inciting live shows, made them a sensation in the U.K. A year later, JAMC teamed with Blanco Y Negro/Warner Bros. and issued the momentous single “You Trip Me Up” and the debut album Psychocandy, #71 on Spin Magazine's list of top 100 albums from 1985-2005 and #268 on Rolling Stone's “500 Greatest Albums Of All Time.” The group's unique Brian Wilson-meets-the-Velvets-and-the-Stooges sound influenced the course of alt-rock worldwide with that and five subsequent album releases, as well as nearly two dozen singles. Though the Jesus & Mary Chain disbanded in 1999, their legend looms large. Their sound blares on. 

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