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Many haven't. They were part of a garage rock revival scene in modern style for those times ....rather underground....I saw them live and Fuzztones were on the same bill. A good band, nothing special mind you, but at least they had the guts to stay off the beaten track of an otherwise wimpy decade like the 1980s. Wow, I didn't know they were still kickin' .....great news ....will be on the lookout !!
Never heard of them.
Well now you have
Never heard of them.
I’m a huge fan. They just have an amazing string of albums: Psychocandy was groundbreaking, Darklands practically a masterpiece, Automatic arguably just as good (Automatic might actually be favorite album of theirs), Honey’s Dead is the album that first got me into them, a wildly underrated album, Stoned and Dethroned is fantastic and hugely slept on as well. Their other albums are solid, but that string of releases is just staggeringly good.I've never really got into JATMC a lot. My. G F says "you can't listen to everything ya know!!" . It's one of those bands like Echo and the Bunnymen in the sense you know they exist, but you don't follow them up and you don't know why. Or perhaps some other less popish band comes along and steals the show.
I have a private recording of the Fuzztones as on the same bill as JATMJ somewhere in the U.S., but thst's about it !I’m a huge fan. They just have an amazing string of albums: Psychocandy was groundbreaking, Darklands practically a masterpiece, Automatic arguably just as good (Automatic might actually be favorite album of theirs), Honey’s Dead is the album that first got me into them, a wildly underrated album, Stoned and Dethroned is fantastic and hugely slept on as well. Their other albums are solid, but that string of releases is just staggeringly good.
If you’ve never spent time listening to Stoned and Dethroned, which is a lot more acoustic and less distortion-and-feedback, I really recommend it.
Yeah, as I read your comment I was thinking how interesting it is how different bands are viewed sometimes. Like, I totally got what you meant about Echo and Bunnymen. Good band, I know a few songs, never dug deeper. But when someone says the same thing about JAMC, I’m like, “Nooooo! They’re amazing, you can’t treat them like that! Listen to it all!”I have a private recording of the Fuzztones as on the same bill as JATMJ somewhere in the U.S., but thst's about it !
I’m a huge fan. They just have an amazing string of albums: Psychocandy was groundbreaking, Darklands practically a masterpiece, Automatic arguably just as good (Automatic might actually be favorite album of theirs), Honey’s Dead is the album that first got me into them, a wildly underrated album, Stoned and Dethroned is fantastic and hugely slept on as well. Their other albums are solid, but that string of releases is just staggeringly good.
If you’ve never spent time listening to Stoned and Dethroned, which is a lot more acoustic and less distortion-and-feedback, I really recommend it.
I think I’d rank them differently, but truly an awesome discography. I think I’d go:Every The Jesus and Mary Chain album ranked from worst to best
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(1) Psychocandy (1985)
(2) Darklands (1987)
(3) Automatic (1989)
(4) Honey's Dead (1992)
(5) Stoned and Dethroned (1994)
(6) Damage and Joy (2017)
(7) Munki (1998)
I think I’d rank them differently, but truly an awesome discography. I think I’d go:
I know most people would shit a kitten that I have Psychocandy that low. Thing is, as groundbreaking as it was and as good as the songs are, that sparse-drums-and-walls-of-noise-and-feedback sound just isn’t super listener-friendly to go back to over and over. I also hold Honey’s Dead in really high regard because it’s the record that got me into them. Shout out to my high school gf for turning me on to JAMC.
- Automatic
- Darklands
- Honey’s Dead
- Stoned and Dethroned
- Psychocandy
- Damage and Joy
- Munki
Oh man, you really should. Give Automatic a spin and see what you think.I agree that Darklands is better than Psychocandy. I haven't bothered listening to any of the others yet.
The reason you hold Honey's Dead in high regard is the same reason I hold Psychocandy in such high regard. Also shout out to my high school gf for turning me on to JAMC.I think I’d rank them differently, but truly an awesome discography. I think I’d go:
I know most people would shit a kitten that I have Psychocandy that low. Thing is, as groundbreaking as it was and as good as the songs are, that sparse-drums-and-walls-of-noise-and-feedback sound just isn’t super listener-friendly to go back to over and over. I also hold Honey’s Dead in really high regard because it’s the record that got me into them. Shout out to my high school gf for turning me on to JAMC.
- Automatic
- Darklands
- Honey’s Dead
- Stoned and Dethroned
- Psychocandy
- Damage and Joy
- Munki