Artist
The Jesus and Mary Chain
The Jesus and Mary Chain appears 2 times in our Shoegaze and The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred lists, placing as high as No. 6. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.
- Ranked entries
- 2
- Appears on
- Shoegaze and The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred
- Year
- 1985
- Highest placing
- No. 6 in Shoegaze
- Updated
- 2026-08-29
Appears on
Just Like Honey
1985 · Blanco y Negro
Ranked No. 6 in Shoegaze
A Ronettes drum intro drowned in feedback. Predates the scene by years and supplies its founding idea: bury a perfect pop song and let people dig.
Also on The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred
Just Like Honey
1985 · Blanco y Negro
Picked by The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred
A Ronettes drum pattern buried in feedback, with a love song underneath that nobody expected these people to have written. The template for the decade that followed.
Also on Shoegaze