Never Understood The Jesus and Mary Chain

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In Never Understood, William Jim tells the story of The Jesus and Mary Chain—one of Britain's greatest guitar bands—for the very first time. It is a wildly funny and improbably moving chronicle of brotherly strife, feedback, riots, and addiction. It's a tale of eternal outsiders and extreme shyness, and a poignant love letter to the Scottish working-class family.

As Ian Rankin states, "Here is the story of the Reid brothers' rollercoaster life. Scream if you want to go faster: they'll almost certainly oblige." The Scotsman praises it as "entertaining... fraught, funny and occasionally farcical." Never Understood is a bona-fide classic of rock 'n' roll literature, offering an unflinching look into the lives of two of music's most unique and enigmatic figures.