Jim Reid once described the experience of playing in a band with his brother William as ‘like being locked in a cupboard with somebody for 15 years’, the point being that if it was anyone else you could open the door, push them out, then kick them in the arse for good measure.
Of course, you can’t really do that to your brother (just think of the trouble you’d be in with mum), but the Reid boys managed something similar when they killed The Jesus and Mary Chain live on stage in 1998 with a raging argument.
Unfortunately, there’s no footage of that event on YouTube, but you can find a video of the 1985 riot that the band were blamed for. It’s legends like this, coupled with the bickering of the brothers Reid, that built the bands reputation as mad, bad and dangerous to know, and it continues to linger today.
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Jim Reid once described the experience of playing in a band with his brother William as ‘like being locked in a cupboard with somebody for 15 years’, the point being that if it was anyone else you could open the door, push them out, then kick them in the arse for good measure.
Of course, you can’t really do that to your brother (just think of the trouble you’d be in with mum), but the Reid boys managed something similar when they killed The Jesus and Mary Chain live on stage in 1998 with a raging argument.
Unfortunately, there’s no footage of that event on YouTube, but you can find a video of the 1985 riot that the band were blamed for. It’s legends like this, coupled with the bickering of the brothers Reid, that built the bands reputation as mad, bad and dangerous to know, and it continues to linger today.
