A TELEGRAPH MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR
A ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR
AN UNCUT BOOK OF THE YEAR
A RESIDENT MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR
In Never Understood, William Jim tell the story of The Jesus and Mary Chain – one of Britain’s greatest guitar bands – for the very first time.
A wildly funny and improbably moving chronicle of brotherly strife, feedback, riots, drug and alcohol addiction, eternal outsiders and extreme shyness – and a love letter to the Scottish working-class family – Never Understood is a bona-fide classic of rock ‘n’ roll literature.
‘Here is the story of the Reid brothers’ rollercoaster life. Scream if you want to go faster: they’ll almost certainly oblige’
Ian Rankin
‘Entertaining . . . fraught, funny and occasionally farcical’
The Scotsman
Format: Paperback
Pages: 304
Imprint: White Rabbit
Publication date: 14/10/2025
