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June 30, 1998

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When The Jesus and Mary Chain unleashed Psycho Candy in 1986, the debate raged over whether they were noise-rock revolutionaries or bubblegum starlets in punk drag. But now that nobody cares about the band's credibility anymore, the Chain are free to settle into their niche with yet another album of...

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With pretty pop melodies buried deep in feedback and grindingly distorted guitars, the Jesus and Mary Chain became darlings of the mid-'80s British press and a college-radio cult hit in the United States. Their melancholy noise made them one of the most distinctive of the Velvet Underground's many musical progeny and paved the way for critically acclaimed early-'90s noise-guitar bands such as My B...

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