{"id":37255,"date":"2019-02-26T07:00:38","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T20:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/?p=37255"},"modified":"2019-02-26T09:44:12","modified_gmt":"2019-02-25T22:44:12","slug":"jim-reid-of-the-jesus-and-mary-chain-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/2019\/02\/jim-reid-of-the-jesus-and-mary-chain-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim Reid of The Jesus and Mary Chain"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>\u201c\u2026<\/strong>this time around I mean personally I just enjoy it more now because we\u2019re still here, whatever it was we were doing we\u2019re doing it right because we\u2019re still here and you just chill out more now.\u201d<\/p>\n

From Release: Brothers\u00a0William\u00a0and\u00a0Jim Reid\u00a0led\u00a0THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN\u00a0to become pioneers of the post-punk notion. Like mad scientists, the brothers would concoct formulas of noisy, effects-driven scores to accompany lyrics of angst and discontent. This would be there modus operandi from their 1985 debut\u00a0Psychocandy\u00a0through to their most recent work, 2017\u2019s\u00a0Damage And Joy. THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN\u00a0were \u2018cutting-edge\u2019 back in \u201885 and \u201cnow, thirty-something years on, as the feedback fades, the smoke clears and the years roll by, the band are as compelling as ever\u201d.<\/p>\n

We gave Jim a call while he was at home to talk about the Chain\u2019s return to Australia, new music, coming back, memories, the future, and more\u2026<\/p>\n

You\u2019re heading back to Australia next month, tell us what is the best way to describe a Jesus and Mary Chain show in 2019?<\/strong>
\nOoh it\u2019s probably difficult for me to say that, well just I mean the obvious, you\u2019ll get the guys up on the stage, we\u2019ll be doing a cross section of stuff from throughout our career, we\u2019ll be doing a few things our latest album \u2018Damage and Joy\u2019 but there\u2019s something for everybody at a Mary Chain show, we\u2019re not going to do obscure B-Sides or whatever although there are some people\u00a0 that would probably like us to but we keep it kind of where there\u2019s something for everybody really.<\/p>\n

Do you have a favourite memory from a previous trip down here?<\/strong>
\nProbably the first time that I came to Australia it was just mind blowing because it just such an amazing place really and I\u2019d never been there before. The first time you ever go anywhere new I think is just the most intense, and I just remember I was having breakfast in Sydney and I was lying in bed just overlooking Sydney Harbour and the Opera House just thinking wow I\u2019ve really hit the big time here.<\/p>\n

With Damage and Joy out back in 2017, your first album in almost twenty years has this got the ball rolling and has there been any thought about new music from the band?<\/strong>
\nWe are going to record another album and the plan is to do that this summer and to have it out at some point next year.<\/p>\n

How if in any way has you approach to song writing changed over the period between albums?<\/strong>
\nIt hasn\u2019t, I mean it\u2019s the same process and there\u2019s I mean basically there\u2019s no set way to do that, whichever way a song comes is always welcome but it usually just involves sitting around tinkering with your guitar late at night or whatever. I suppose I used to like a drink when I did that and now I\u2019m on the wagon so that\u2019s probably the biggest change at the moment. As far as William is concerned it\u2019s probably the same really, he likes to get mildly stoned and write music.<\/p>\n

Since coming back together in 2007 what has this second coming of the band allowed you to do that you hadn\u2019t done previously?<\/strong>
\nWell probably relax, when I think of the first period of the band it seemed to just be stress, a lot of stress and you were worried can I really do a world tour? Do I really want to do this? Or am I gonna be allowed to continue to do this? There was always this feeling that the band was gonna end next week and you spend so much time stressing about that and when it actually did end it just didn\u2019t seem like the end of the world I thought it would have been. So this time around I mean personally I just enjoy it more now because we\u2019re still here, whatever it was we were doing we\u2019re doing it right because we\u2019re still here and you just chill out more now. It doesn\u2019t look like it on stage because I still find it difficult to go on stage you know I\u2019m not a natural performer but I do, I actually do enjoy it more.<\/p>\n

Even after so long you\u2019re still not comfortable up there?<\/strong>
\nI\u2019m not, I mean I\u2019m naturally a very shy person so it\u2019s an odd way for me to make a living really. When I was younger if someone had suggested getting up on stage as the singer in a band I would\u2019ve been absolutely horrified but here I am it\u2019s what I\u2019ve spent the bulk of my adult life doing. It\u2019s a weird one but I enjoy it but it terrifies me.<\/p>\n

At over thirty years, what\u2019s left to do as a band that you wan to do that you haven\u2019t yet had the chance to do?<\/strong>
\nI mean I don\u2019t really look at it like that anymore; I just take it a day at a time and just enjoy it happening while it\u2019s happening. When we were younger we probably looked at it that way like let\u2019s do this and let\u2019s do that but you know just chill, just sit back and enjoy the ride. If I could go back and tell myself at the beginning of this whole thing what to do and given advice it would\u2019ve been that, don\u2019t stress it man, just go on with it and just enjoy it as it goes.<\/p>\n

Over time it’s very easy to say what’s changed but what would you say is the one thing that’s stayed the same about your time in The Jesus and Mary Chain?<\/strong>
\nStayed the same\u2026 probably just the way it feels really on stage. When you\u2019re on stage and you\u2019re looking out it could be any time with the exception of looking at a sea of smartphones it could be any time in the last thirty years really it\u2019s the same vibe, you see you\u2019re on stage and it feels the same. We might look different and might be different but to me it feels the same. I mean being on stage in 2019 feels like being on stage in 1985 I think.<\/p>\n

So that same fire and same fuel is still there\u2026<\/strong>
\nPretty much, yeah.<\/p>\n

Lastly let’s look ahead to the future, finish this sentence for me. In 2019 The Jesus and Mary Chain will…<\/strong>
\nMake a record.<\/p>\n

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THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN March 2019\u00a0<\/strong>Tour Dates:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thursday 7th<\/sup>\u00a0\u2013 Sydney \u2013 Sydney Opera House
\nFriday 8th<\/sup>\u00a0\u2013 Brisbane \u2013 Tivoli
\nTuesday 12th<\/sup>\u00a0\u2013 Melbourne \u2013 Forum
\nFriday 15th<\/sup>\u00a0\u2013 Adelaide \u2013 The Gov
\nSaturday 16th<\/sup>\u00a0\u2013 Perth \u2013 Astor Theatre<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00a0Tickets <\/strong>From:\u00a0<\/strong>https:\/\/metropolistouring.com\/tours\/thejesusandmarychain-2019\/<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Essential Information<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

From:<\/strong> Scotland<\/p>\n

Band members: <\/strong>Jim Reid \u2013 vocals, guitar, William Reid \u2013 guitar, Scott Von Ryper \u2013 guitar, Brian Young \u2013 drums, Mark Crozer \u2013 guitar<\/p>\n

Website:<\/strong> \u00a0http:\/\/thejesusandmarychain.uk.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Latest Release:<\/strong> Damage and Joy (Out Now)<\/p>\n

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