The Jesus and Mary Chain are a Scottish Alternative Rock band formed by the two brothers, Jim and William Reid in 1983 with various bandmates joining them throughout the years.

Their debut, Psychocandy received critical acclaim and became a vastly influential album.

The band was influenced by The Stooges and The Velvet Underground and their sound successfully lands somewhere between the Stooges' noise and Lou Reed’s catchy lyrics.

The three following albums Darklands, Automatic, and Honey’s Dead also received highly positive reviews, but after rising tension between the members the band split up in 1999 shortly after their sixth (and least commercially successful) album Munki.

The band reformed in 2007 playing shows and releasing various box sets and greatest hit albums before recording a new studio album, Damage and Joy in 2017.