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02 June 2013

Strange Factoid: The Jesus and Mary Chain’s original drummer fronted another rather successful Scottish band...


When The Jesus and Mary Chain recorded their groundbreaking debut LP Psychocandy in 1985, the lineup consisted of brothers Jim and William Reid, Douglas Hart on bass and a young, inexperienced drummer by the name of Bobby Gillespie. It was in fact Gillespie that passed their demo tape on to Alan McGee, leading the band’s signing to Creation Records...