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Never Understood

The Jesus and Mary Chain
By William Reid and Jim Reid
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A TELEGRAPH MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR A ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR AN UNCUT BOOK OF THE YEAR A RESIDENT MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR In Never Understood, William and Jim Reid tell the story of The Jesus and Mary Chain - one of... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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Never Understood

The astonishing story of The Jesus and Mary Chain by its two founding members

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A TELEGRAPH MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR

A ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR

AN UNCUT BOOK OF THE YEAR

A RESIDENT MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR

In Never Understood, William and Jim Reid tell the story of The Jesus and Mary Chain - one of Britain's greatest guitar bands - for the very first time.

A wildly funny and improbably moving chronicle of brotherly strife, feedback, riots, drug and alcohol addiction, eternal outsiders and extreme shyness - and a love letter to the Scottish working-class family - Never Understood is a bona-fide classic of rock 'n' roll literature.

'Here is the story of the Reid brothers' rollercoaster life. Scream if you want to go faster: they'll almost certainly oblige'

Ian Rankin

'Entertaining . . . fraught, funny and occasionally farcical'

The Scotsman

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781399604123

Publisher: Orion Publishing Co

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 10 July 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: White Rabbit

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 36.0mm

Width: 136.0mm

Height: 202.0mm

Weight: 289g

Pages: 304

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About the Author

Brothers William and Jim Reid are founding members of The Jesus and Mary Chain.

Many revere them as true rock 'n' roll anti-heroes.

Ben Thompson is a critic, ghost writer, and radio host.

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