Jesus and Mary Chain feedback....
 

how do they get the wild static noise segments?? I dont see how you could get that out of a guitar....

1)By being The Jesus and Mary Chain
2)By being incapable of playing their instruments conventionally
3)By being permanently on booze and drugs
4)By not asking any questions.

All of the above are correct answers.

What I really like about the J&MC is that, unlike so many, they realise that distortion flattens out a lot of the more interesting sounds. So they don't use it, or use it very sparingly. I think they use old amps with pins in, guitars with shattered pickups and lots of surf-style effects (trem/ ring mod). But ultimately it doesn't matter.

Their sound was so nonchalantly spontaneous it puts most bands trying hard for something similar to shame.It was almost like they were kidnapped by their subcounscious and it did all the work for them.They had to sound that way and they did.Big time.

Take a band like the Velvets.A million bands tried to copy/emulate that sort of sound but the reality is that it is virtually impossible to do it with the same grotesque charm such as theirs.The harder you try,the less you'll get it right.

You guys sound like your on VH1 or something....

NHS?

Has anyone heard their sister's band, Sister Vanilla? I have her CD. It's really good and has the members of JAMC on it as well as a guy from the Pastels.

anyways, this question was more about the science of a specific noise in their songs rather than a philosophy, I was referencing the sound that can be found on sowing seeds about 25 seconds into the song. It sounds like when your antennae is broken on your tv, im just not sure if its a crazily overdriven guitar contoured into a ball of noise via studio or if its something completely different...

Yes i have.Wait,i have something for you guys on the non-sonic sounds section.

They probably don't know how they did it, or what they did yesterday, or how many drinks they had today.

There was nothing scientific about their sound.Period.

they use alot of distortion, alot of distortion, alot of distortion

I think your just thinking darklands, but there real sound (psychocandy) is very noisy....

You wont give up,will you?

i think your interpreting all of my questions the wrong way. Its great that your putting TJMC on such a pedestal with all your claims of blah blah. I mean I love the band too but to be completely ignorant of how they actually produced their sounds and just regarding it as some divine act of art is silly...

I'm pretty sure Jim played a straight fuzz rhythm and william did most of the crazy stuff.

Fucking geeks!

Erm....it was!You either have or you don't.That simple.

thank you, finally something that stimulates my brain....

Im sure thats what they said when they heard the velvet underground too...