The Jesus and Mary Chain cause a 'riot'

15 March 1985: Number 29 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of indie musicOpinions vary as to whether you could call the Jesus and Mary Chain's show at the North London Poly a riot. For some, the sight of an audience storming the stage and smashing up the band's equipment after a typically short, chaotic set was "blood-in-their eyes destruction". For others, it was a bit pathetic. Either way, nothing like it usually happened at indie gigs, thus cementing the Mary Chain's reputatio...

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