Interview profile - The Jesus and Mary Chain's Jim Reid

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"It seems that every generation gets its British band of brothers, with siblings whose volatile personal relationship somehow translates to exhilarating musical chemistry. In the '60s, there were the Kinks; in the '90s, it was Oasis. In between came the Jesus and Mary Chain, led by Jim and William Reid. Known as much for their Lou Reed-like, black-clad ennui as their potent blend of feedback and melody, the infighting Scottish brothers proved massively influential but only flirted with the mainstream in the post-Nirvana '90s before splitting in 1999..."

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