My bloody valentine

my bloody valentine are an Irish-English alternative rock band that was formed in Dublin in 1983.
==History==
In 1978, Kevin Shields and Colm Ó Cíosóig were introduced to each other at a karate tournament in South Dublin. The duo became friends and later formed the Complex, a punk rock band, with Liam Ó Maonlaí. The band disbanded when Ó Maonlaí left to form Hothouse Flowers. Shields and Ó Cíosóig later formed A Life in the Day, a post-punk trio, but failed to secure performances with more than a hundred people present. http://samizdat.cc/shelf/documents/2005/01.30-kevinsheilds/kevinsheilds.pdf
Following A Life in the Day's disbandment, Shields and Ó Cíosóig formed My Bloody Valentine in early 1983, with player Mark Loughlin and David Conway. Conway suggested a number of names for the band, including the Burning Peacocks, before they settled on My Bloody Valentine. Shields has since claimed he was unaware that My Bloody Valentine was the title of a 1981 Canadian slasher film when the name was suggested. Stephen Ivers also joined the band at this time. http://coolbeans.com/cb7/mbv.htm
My Bloody Valentine experienced a number of line-up changes during their initial months. Stephen Ivers and Mark Ross were recruited in April 1983, and the band would often rehearse near Smithfield and Temple Bar in rehearsal spaces owned by Aidan Walsh. Ross left the band in December 1983, and was replaced by Paul Murtagh, who later left the band in early 1984. In March 1984, Shields, Ivers and Conway recorded the band's first demo on a four-track recorder in Shields' parents' home in Killiney. Shields and Ó Cíosóig overdubbed bass and drum tracks at Litton Lane Studios, and the tape was later used to secure a contract with Tycoon Records. https://tohereknowswhen.org/press/spiralscratch.html
Soon after recording the demo, Ivers left My Bloody Valentine and Tina Durkin joined as a keyboard player. Around this time, Conway contacted Gavin Friday. According to Shields, Conway approached Friday in Finglas and asked him for advice and was told to "get out of Dublin." Shields agreed with the advice, commenting in January 1991 that "there was no room for us" in Ireland. Ó Cíosóig explained that the Irish music scene was not receptive to their style. Friday provided the band with contacts that secured them a show in Tilburg, Netherlands. https://www.tohereknowswhen.org/press/irish-tv.html The band relocated to the Netherlands after the show and lived there for a further nine months, opening for R.E.M. on one occasion on April 8, 1984. Due to a lack of opportunities and a lack of correct documentation, the band relocated to West Berlin, Germany in late 1984 and recorded their debut mini album, This Is Your Bloody Valentine. The album failed to receive much attention and the band returned temporarily to the Netherlands, before settling in London in the middle of 1985. https://www.amazon.com/My-Bloody-Valentines-Loveless-33/dp/0826415482
Following their relocation to London in 1985, members of My Bloody Valentine lost contact with each other while looking for accommodation and Tina Durkin left the band. When the remaining three members regained contact with one another, the band decided to audition bassists, as they lacked a regular bassist since their formation. Shields acquired Debbie Googe's telephone number from a contact in London, invited her to audition and recruited her as a bassist. Googe managed to attend rehearsals. Rehearsal sessions were regularly held at Salem Studios. The label's management were impressed with the band and agreed to release an extended play, provided the band would finance the recording sessions themselves. Released in December 1985, Geek! failed to reach the band's expectations. https://tohereknowswhen.org/press/spiralscratch.html
In early 1987, My Bloody Valentine signed to Lazy Records. My Bloody Valentine's first release on the label was the single "Sunny Sundae Smile", released in February 1987. It peaked at number 6 on the UK Indie Singles Chart and the band toured following its release. https://books.google.com/books/about/Indie_Hits.html?id=Yv0LAAAACAAJ After a number of performances throughout the U.K., the band managed to secure a support slot with the Soup Dragons, but on that tour in March 1987, David Conway announced his decision to leave the band, citing a gastric illness, disillusionment with music and ambitions to become a writer. https://www.amazon.com/%28Horror-fiction-writer%29-David-Conway/e/B008PE01F2
Conway's departure left the band without a lead vocalist, and Shields, Ó Cíosóig and Googe advertised in the local music press for a new singer. The audition process was unsuccessful because he had mentioned the Smiths in the advertisements, attracting a number of vocalists whom he called "fruitballs." Although considering forming another group, the band experimented with vocalists Bilinda Butcher and Joe Byfield. Butcher had learned that My Bloody Valentine needed a backing vocalist from her partner, who had met Ó Cíosóig on a ferry from the Netherlands. At her audition, she sang "The Bargain Store," a song from Dolly Parton's 1975 album of the same name. She was invited to join the group, with Byfield deemed unsuitable as a lead vocalist. https://web.archive.org/web/20190503040644/http://totallydublin.ie/music/music-features/butchers-block
In 1995, Debbie Googe and Colm Ó Cíosóig left My Bloody Valentine. Googe formed Snowpony with Katharine Gifford. Ó Cíosóig relocated to the United States, forming Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions with Hope Sandoval. http://www.creation-records.com/interviews/my-bloody-valentine Shields and Butcher attempted to record a third studio album that Shields claimed would be released in 1998. Butcher departed the band in 1997. Unable to finalise a third album, Shields isolated himself and drew comparisons in the music press to the eccentric behavior of Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys and Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2004/mar/12/2
In August 2007, reports emerged suggesting that My Bloody Valentine would reunite for the 2008 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Similar reports had circulated in 2003, stating that Shields, Butcher and Ó Cíosóig were together in Berlin to rerecord five songs originally recorded for Glider that would be included in an upcoming box set. In 2007, reports suggested that the band were to perform at a series of Pod-organised concerts at the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Kilmainham, Dublin. Shields later confirmed the reunion and said that the band's third studio album, which he had begun recording in 1996, was near completion. https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1047383/shields-confirms-my-bloody-valentine-reunion Three live shows in the U.K. were announced in November 2007, and on June 13, 2008, My Bloody Valentine performed in public for the first time in 16 years with two live rehearsals at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London. https://web.archive.org/web/20131110082604/http://drownedinsound.com/gigs/36875/reviews/3481110-my-bloody-valentine-at-ica-london-fri-13-jun
In November 2012, Kevin Shields announced plans to release My Bloody Valentine's third album online before the end of the year. In December, the band announced on Facebook that the album was completed and mastered, and on January 27, 2013, during a warmup show at Electric Brixton in London, Shields told the audience that the album "might be out in two or three days." https://www.stereogum.com/1244712/my-bloody-valentine-new-album-could-be-released-in-two-or-three-days-hear-new-mbv-song/video The album, titled m b v, was released through the band's official website on February 2, 2013, and the resulting high traffic crashed the site. https://www.nme.com/news/my-bloody-valentine/68505 Upon its release, m b v received "universal acclaim," according to Metacritic, and the band went on a worldwide tour. http://www.factmag.com/2013/04/25/my-bloody-valentine-add-dates-to-world-tour
In April 2020, American clothing brand Supreme announced a collaboration with My Bloody Valentine, licensing the album art of Glider, Feed Me With Your Kiss and Loveless for the company's Spring 2020 clothing collection. https://hypebeast.com/2020/4/supreme-my-bloody-valentine-spring-2020-collection-release-info
In 2022, My Bloody Valentine accused music streaming service Spotify of showing "fake lyrics" which the band called "completely incorrect and insulting." https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jan/21/my-bloody-valentine-criticise-spotify-for-showing-fake-lyrics-to-their-songs
==Discography==
===Albums===
*This Is Your Bloody Valentine (1985)
*Ecstasy (1987)
*Isn't Anything (1988)
*Loveless (1991)
*m b v (2013)
===Live Albums===
*Man You Love to Hate - Live (1985)
===Compilation Albums===
*Ecstasy and Wine (1989)
*EP's 1988-1991 (2012)
===Extended Plays===
*Geek! (1985)
*The New Record by My Bloody Valentine (1986)
*You Made Me Realise (1988)
*Glider (1990)
*Tremolo (1991)
=== Singles ===
* Sunny Sundae Smile (1987)
* Strawberry Wine (1987)
* You Made Me Realise (1988)
* Instrumental (1988)
==References==
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