THE JESUS & MARY CHAIN Immaculate Conception?
Most early reaction to the Jesus & Mary Chain was not very favorable. An occasional New Musical Express writer would jump on their bandwagon, but NME regularly jumps on some bandwagon— and I stopped trusting their attempts at pop trend-making around the time of the new romantics, which later spared me the anguish of having to even consider Frankie Goes To Hollywood on any serious level.
THE JESUS & MARY CHAIN Immaculate Conception?
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Bill Holdship
Most early reaction to the Jesus & Mary Chain was not very favorable. An occasional New Musical Express writer would jump on their bandwagon, but NME regularly jumps on some bandwagon— and I stopped trusting their attempts at pop trend-making around the time of the new romantics, which later spared me the anguish of having to even consider Frankie Goes To Hollywood on any serious level. Besides, there was more written about the Chain’s Malcolm McLaren-ish publicity stunts (20-minute sets, contempt for their audience—riots) than there was about the music. They did create a stir in the British press. “The new Sex Pistols...bringing back punk,” someone suggested, and the world yawned. And when their live music was described in print, well...