Barbed Wire Kisses : The Jesus and Mary Chain Story
Zoe HoweWhat follows charts the formation of The Jesus & Mary Chain, their incendiary live performances, their relationship with Alan McGee's Creation Records & those famous fraternal tensions that prepared McGee for the onslaught of the Gallaghers, with plenty of feedback, fighting and, most importantly, perfectly crafted pop along the way. It is time this vastly influential group & sometime 'public enemy' had their say.
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Zoë Howe is an internationally published author, broadcaster, extremely occasional musician & visual artist. Best known as a music biographer & Soho Radio's 'Rock 'n' Roll Witch', her most recent books are The Jam: 1982 (a collaboration with Jam drummer Rick Buckler, out now with Omnibus Press) & the Mind/Body/Spirit title 'Witchful Thinking: The Wise Woman's Handbook To Creating A Charmed Life' (Llewellyn, 2022). Zoë is the co-author of the acclaimed 'Dayglo: The Poly Styrene Story' created with the late X-Ray Spex star's daughter, Celeste Bell, & the pair also collaborated on the award-winning documentary 'Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché', with director Paul Sng.