John Cooper Clarke: Bard of Salford is a sweetheart
Paul McCartney claims he is the best poet of the British Isles. And recently ‘the bard of Salford’ received an honorary doctorate for his...
John Cooper Clarke: Bard of Salford is a sweetheart
Paul McCartney claims he is the best poet of the British Isles. And recently ‘the bard of Salford’ received an honorary doctorate for his...
Bass player Mark Crozer: Nothing is permanent in The Jesus and Mary Chain
NEW YORK | Mark Crozer joined Jim Reid and Phil King in 2005, during the hiatus of The Jesus and Mary Chain. He arranged...
The Stranglers never forgave Hugh Cornwell
No one expected Hugh Cornwell to ever leave The Stranglers. But he did. A nearly disastrous move, because he was the driving force behind...
Original Jesus and Mary Chain drummer: I was an outsider
EAST KILBRIDE | Murray Dalglish was only sixteen when he responded to an advert of the Reid brothers, pinned on the bulletin board of...
Jesus and Mary Chain’s Scott von Ryper: I grew up listening to their music
Ten years ago Scott von Ryper left Australia with friend, fellow musician and ex-wife Aimee Nash. They headed for Los Angeles to reach a...
Mary Chain’s Ben Lurie looks back: ‘It was mind-blowing!’
SYDNEY | For nearly a decade Ben Lurie was the rhythm guitarist of The Jesus and Mary Chain. He was an integral part of...
Duo ‘Oprecht Filein’ van Frederiek en Ruth doet mee aan Ouderen SongfestivalÂ
‘Toen we vorig jaar in december meededen aan de prefinale van het Ouderen Songfestival, in Heerenveen, kregen we pas écht door dat wij absolute...
Mary Chain’s Dave Evans: ‘When punk happened I immediately knew that was my tribe.’
Dave Evans started out as a roadie and a sound engineer in the very early days of The Jesus and Mary Chain. He eventually...
Mary Chain’s Phil King: When William gets going, an electrical storm hits you
PORTO | Phil King was the only member of The Jesus and Mary Chain that bridged the gap: He was there, in 1998, when...
JAMC tour manager Simon Smith starred in Top of the Pops
MYTHOLMROYD | ‘Simon was always being very modest about it and never even brought it up’, former bass player Phil King remembers, ‘but William...
Mary Chain’s Michael Brennan: Jim and William are like two parts of the same...
FIFE – SCOTLAND | Front of House sound engineer Michael Brennan (49) has a mindblowing resumé. Before hooking up with The Jesus and Mary...
