Let it reid

Who would have thought that, four decades on from Psychocandy, 1985’s notorious, eardrum-piercing debut album, Jim and William Reid would still be here, waving The Jesus And Mary Chain banner? They’ve

A few years ago, Charlie Burchill and Jim Kerr were interviewed for a BBC documentary about music’s messiest break-ups. Which may seem like an odd booking, given the pair’s famously adamantine bond. B

THEY met as four year olds at a nursery school in Lanarkshire. Now as they prepare to enter the decade of their retirement, they’re recording their first album together. Best pals Stevie Rooney and St

hen Soft Cell were art students at Leeds Polytechnic, Marc Almond wrote a song in the vein of Ziggy Stardust about a fictional band breaking up. Four years later, when Soft Cell had been informed by t

D uring the first half of the 80s, OMD were a regular presence in the upper reaches of the UK charts. Enola Gay, Souvenir, Joan Of Arc and Maid Of Orleans (The Waltz Joan Of Arc) made the Top 10, whil

I guess my main preoccupations at 16 were just trying to stay out of trouble. I was incredibly unsuccessful with finding girlfriends and things like that. Really, very, very unsuccessful. I think I wa