The Jesus And Mary Chain de volta aos palcos

Inicialmente pensava-se que esta banda clássica se iria juntar somente para um único concerto na Califórnia a 27 de Abril. As boas notícias é que os Jesus And Mary Chain marcarão também presença no Summercase Festival em Madrid a 13 de Julho e Barcelona a 14, em Agosto seguirão para o Festival M’era Luna na Alemanha. Em 1988 estiveram pela 1ª vez no Pavilhão Infante de Sagres (Porto), nunca esquecerei, e estou certo como todos os que estiveram presentes, os infindáveis minutos do feedback das guitarras. Os irmãos Reid separaram-se há já nove anos (1998) após terem vindo ainda uma segunda vez ao Porto em 1992. Qual a razão deste regresso? A insistência dos organizadores do festival californiano Coachella. Há que lhes dar os parabéns , conseguiram igualmente a proeza de reunir os Rage Against the Machine. A propósito de organizadores e já que estamos numa onda de felicitações, porque não reconhecer aqui o trabalho em Portugal, pela Soundfactory como organizadora e promotora de eventos (com as SinergyNights já não penso de igual forma). Retomando a noticia, destaco um pequena entrevista aos JAMC: Jim Reid answers some questions: 1/ why are you doing the show now? "Well, I would say 'why not?' there are many reasons really. Firstly it's taken this long for me and William to get to a point where it would be realistic to do it, and to some degree each of us assumed the other wouldn't be interested, and it was only after we talked about it that we realised this. Also Coachella were very persistent." 2/ The last show was in 1998? "Yes, the last Mary Chain gig was in 1998 and was such a bloody awful mess, too much drink, too many drugs, nobody seeing eye to eye on anything and the band just blew up, and I suppose you could say this is another good reason for our reformation, cause that was no way for the Mary Chain to end." 3/ William lives in LA and you live in Devon? "You can imagine the problems this presents." 4/ Who else is in the band? "On bass it's Phil King, on drums it's Loz Colbert, and on second guitar is Mark Crozer, and of course myself and William." 5/ Will there be more shows and an album? "I really don't know. Maybe. I think we would like to and we're looking at another show or 2." 6/ Are William and yourself working on solo albums? "Yes, both are at the recording stage at the moment, and both will hopefully be out later in the year." Info: Entrevista em Brooklyn Vegan The Jesus And Mary Chain - Site official The Jesus And Mary Chain - myspace