THE JESUS & MARY CHAIN Immaculate Conception?

Most early reaction to the Jesus & Mary Chain was not very favorable. An occasional New Musical Express writer would jump on their bandwagon, but NME regularly jumps on some bandwagon— and I stopped trusting their attempts at pop trend-making around the time of the new romantics, which later spared me the anguish of having to even consider Frankie Goes To Hollywood on any serious level.