The Jesus and Mary Chain is a chaotic, noisy indie quartet formed in Scotland, blending the Beach Boys' sunny pop with the Velvet Underground's black-leather cool Brothers Jim Reid and William Reid, from East Kilbride, Glasgow, Scotland were the primary songwriters "The JAMC" released a constant string of albums, singles and EPs until their demise in 1998 Having influenced many post-punk and noise rock bands, the group finally reunited in 2007 The initial line-up, formed in 1983, was augmented by bassist Douglas Hart and drummer Bobby Gillespie Gillespie played standing up in the manner of The Velvet Underground's Maureen "Moe" TuckerJAMC's early gigs have become the stuff of legend in underground circles Playing in front of small audiences, the band earned their notoriety by playing very short gigs, some lasting no more than ten minutes and consisting of a constant wall of feedback and distortion The group became know as well for playing with their backs to the audience and refusing to speak to them Many shows culminated with the Reids trashing their equipment, which was often followed by the audience rioting
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