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Jesus and Mary Chain
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Miami Vice Performer
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Members (Original)
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Jim Reid (born 1961, vocals)
William Reid (born 1958, guitar) Doug Hart (born 1965, bass) Murray Dalgish (born 1967, drums) |
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Active
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1983-1999
2007-present |
The Jesus and Mary Chain is a Scottish alternative rock band whose song "Nine Million Rainy Days" appeared in the episode "God's Work" of the series Miami Vice.
Career[]
The group was formed in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1983 by brothers Jim and William Reid, later bringing in bassist Doug Hart and drummer Murray Dalgish (later replaced by Bobby Gillespie). They played many local pubs and clubs, but their shows began garnishing negative attention, even being called "the new Sex Pistols", leading to them being banned from many communities. But they released a single, "Upside Down", which got the Chain a recording contract from an independent label and their first album, Psychocandy, was released in 1985, featuring their singles "Never Understand", "Trip Me Up", and "Just Like Honey". The group went on an extended tour of the US and Japan, then returned to their native UK where their concerts were performed without the problems that plagued the band before. Their second album, Darklands (including "Nine Million Rainy Days"), was released in 1987 and used a drum machine after Gillespie left to join the band Primal Scream. The band (undergoing numerous personnel changes but the Reid brothers remained) released four albums between 1989 and 1998 before breaking up in 1999. In 2007, the band reunited and recorded a song, "All Things Must Pass" for the soundtrack to the TV show Heroes, and toured both Europe and North America in 2012-15, then released their album Damage and Joy in 2017, and toured with Nine Inch Nails in 2018.