The Jesus and Mary Chain & The Psychedelic Furs

A concert at Bristol Beacon bringing together two British bands from the guitar-led alternative and post-punk scene: The Jesus and Mary Chain and The Psychedelic Furs.

The Jesus and Mary Chain were formed in East Kilbride in 1983 and play alternative rock, noise pop and shoegazing. The group has been associated with the label Creation Records, and its music combines distorted guitars with pop melodies.

The Psychedelic Furs were formed in London in 1977 and play new wave and post-punk. Signed to Columbia Records, the group released its first album, "The Psychedelic Furs", in 1980, establishing a band line-up whose sound moved between angular guitar rock and more polished pop over the following decade.

Bristol Beacon is a concert and performance venue at Trenchard Street in Bristol. The bill places two British groups from different strands of the same period of guitar music on one night, an evening suited to listeners who follow the Scottish noise-pop tradition as well as the London post-punk and new wave scene.