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Q Mag
John Harris
Eyewitness - The Jesus and Mary Chain Riot
reflecting on the 85 riots
1985

Max Bell
Some People Never Understand
William - "I worked in a cheese warehouse"
1985
Picture Disc

Interview With Jim And Douglas
JAMC, gigs, Scandinavia, hype, WEA, music
02.1985
ZigZag
John Robb
Like A Virgin
Odd sods interview by a guy calling them Jesus And The Mary Chain
16.02.1985
NME
Biba Kopf
Jesus and Mary Chain: chapter, verse and worse
Boys, Noise and Doubt
06.1985
ZigZag
William
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Bobby, 'You Trip Me Up', WEA, romance, and gigs
06.1985
The Face
Max Bell
Jesus Wept
Rough Trade, Warners, Creation and Jim being young and serious
26.10.1985
The Hit
Richard Lowe
Sweet Things
Depression, TV, Riots, Genius
04.1986
the Bruin
Jeffrey Goldman
Jim Reid of The Jesus and Mary Chain unchained
reputation, influence, and the future
04.1986
Rolling Stone (Aus)
Michael Goldberg
Jesus and Mary Chain: Have they got a prayer?
UK media reaction, sound check, and lack of sleep
18.05.1988
RAM
Steve Sutherland
Ch-Ch-Ch-Chain-Jeez
Sidewalking, Barbed Wire Kisses and Jim's night in a Canadian jail
31.08.1988
On The Street
Barry Divola
Some Scotsman Talking
Jim talks about working with William, music he listens to, and BWK
1989
Music Express
David Sprague
Chain Reaction
Drugs, lyrics, idols and obsessed fans
12.11.1989
LA Times
Robert Hilburn
Return of the Jesus and Mary Chain
Psychocandy days and the new album, Automatic
01.02.1992
NME
Simon William
Eric Clapton's Worst *&@!ing Nightmare
Spinal Tap, Reverence, and quality music
03.1992
Vox
Alan Jackson
Blood Simple
Refusing beers and learning to drive
03.1992
Q

Jesus, Mary and Friends
UK Rollercoaster Tour
03.1992
Select

Welcome to the Cheap Seats
Rollercoaster UK tour
04.1992
Select
Miranda Sawyer
The Think Tank
just general chatter
04.04.1992
Melody Maker
The Stud Brothers
Rollercoaster - Tour De Force
Rollercoaster UK - this article's mainly about Blur.. oh well..
05.1992
Select
David Cavanagh
Welcome to the Drugstore
The studio, Honey's Dead, Kylie Minogue, Eric Clapton, the past
07.1992
Guitar Player
James Rotondi
William Reid's Sonic Sacrilege
William talks about the technical side of his music
01.1993
Select
Andrew Perry
Midnight Express
Rollercoaster US
1994
Q
David Cavanagh
Jim Reid's Record Collection
Elvis to Hank Williams to Beck
1994
Radio 1

Radio 1 Interview
Past, present and future
12.02.1994
NME

Creation Records 10 Years Anniversary
"It's kinda weird talking about it, really"
16.07.1994
Melody Maker

Stoned and Dethroned
Lollapalooza, Stoned and Dethroned
16.07.1994
Billboard
Chris Morris
Jesus and Mary Chain look for break
SaD, Lollapalooza, yaddayaddayadda
23.07.1994
Melody Maker
Kevin Westenberg
Kings Of The Wild Frontier
The past, Stoned and Dethroned
09.1994
Raygun
Nina Malkin
Stoned and Dethroned
Fabulous interview pre-SaD about recording, music, and Zen
24.09.1994
NME
Keith Cameron
Sporran Co-Despondents
Stoned and Dethroned, England, and breaking up
06.10.1994
Rolling Stone
Matt Hendrickson
The Jesus and Mazzy Chain
Sometimes Always
12.1994
Interview
Brantley Bardin
Smile, The Jesus And Mary Chain Love You
Arts, blasphemy and negativity
01.1995
CMJ
Tom Lanham
The Jesus and Mary Chain
SaD and getting older
25.04.1995
Drum Media
Michael Dwyer
The Sobering Messiah
The past, the present
05.1995
Rage

Jim and William present: Rage
select some of their favourite songs and video clips
09.05.1995
On the Street
Tracey Grimson
I Hate Rock & Roll
Feedback, Prodigy, Sydney
17.06.1995
Melody Maker
Andrew Mueller
Chain Reaction
I Hate Rock'n'Roll, work, being bitter
08.1995
Rockin' On

Interview with William Reid
Japanese Gig, the industry and money
02.11.1995
Rolling Stone
Jon Wiederhorn
Single of the Moment
I Hate Rock'n'Roll
1998
MK Ultra
Alex Zander
The Last Supper
this is the best release ... to date
1998
Alternative Press
Tim Harnett
Barrel Full of Munkis
the old naive days, music, pop songs, rocknroll
1998
Request

Rock 'n' Roll is Dead and the Jesus and Mary Chain Don't Care
Ageing
03.1998
Spin Online
Marc Spitz
Spin Online
VU, sex and alcoholism
28.03.1998
The Times
Lisa Verrico
Divine Madness
Snippets from the article.. quotes from Jim
04.1998
MTV

MTV Interview
Ageing..
04.1998
BBC Radio One

The Evening Session
London Water Rats, Munki, Suicide
03.04.1998
The Herald
David Belcher
Reid all about it
"the Mary Chain are stronger than ever"
04.04.1998
Melody Maker
Robin Bresnark
Snaps Crack-Ups and Strop!
A run-through of the years, Warner Brothers, and William
11.04.1998
NME
James Oldham
Feedback to the Future
New York, bitterness, Creation Records, alcohol
05.1998
Magnet
Gina Bittner
On The Record
... it was a weird time ...
05.1998
Q
Nick Duerden
Remember Indie? It's His Fault
A drag queen, The Garage, and relaxing
23.05.1998
NME
Kitty Empire
On the Couch : Jim Reid
Horses naughty bits and hookers
06.1998
Detour
Tom Lanham
Screamin' Sweet Jesus
we don't wanna do anything that's not comfortable
06.1998
the Wire
Mike Barnes
the Invisible Jukebox
My Bloody Valentine
06.1998
Pulse
Kurt B. Reighley
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Munki, music, etc.
10.06.1998
The Rocket
Jason Josphes
Jesus Christ Pop Stars
Videos have destroyed rock 'n' roll music
07.1998
Option
Neva Chonin
backtalk with jesus & mary chain
So you've already out-lived Christ
07.07.1998
The Drum Media
Murray Engleheart
munki business
"I don't like it when music is accepted by mass taste"
08.07.1998
The Aquarian Weekly
John Fortunato
Jesus & Mary Chain - It All Makes Sense
I spoke to Jim Reid in May...
08.1998
Total Guitar
Henrik Tuxen
The Jesus and Mary Chain Cracking Up
"Rock is dead if you don't have any imagination"
09.1998
LA Times
Jon Matsumoto
Mary Chain's Stronger Link
self-assurance
12.2001
Uncut
Simon Goddard
I Thought You Were Dead...
Just dead fun