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The Jesus and Mary Chain: ‘Despite our reputation, we’re gentle – tea and toast guys’


40 years into their career and with a new album out soon, Jim and William Reid answer your questions on sibling rivalry, singing with Shane MacGowan and famous fan Sofia Coppola

With bands like Roxy Music, you’d think: “Never in a million years could we do that,” but then I spent all night trying to play the Ramones’ Blitzkrieg Bop and thought: “Fuck, I’m a musician!” William: I had a dirty and dangerous job at a sheet-metal factory in Glasgow. It tends to be: “Fuck you.” Jim: Once, in New York, there was this guy in combat fatigues, dressed like Travis Bickle, staring right at me and making cut-throat gestures. We were in the same studios and their producer wanted a bunch of people to shout: “Guilty!” It was funny, because their singer, Andy Bell, had given our latest record a pasting in a music paper, so when we walked in he turned as white as a sheet.

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