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• My Bloody Valentine is an alternative rock band formed in Dublin, Ireland in 1984. They were famous for playing shoegaze, a style of rock that uses heavy guitar distortion and other audio effects. They have released two full-length studio albums, the latter of which—1991's Loveless—received huge amounts of critical praise. They broke up in 1995, but announced their reunion in 2007.

• Fast Facts

  1. Origin: Dublin, Ireland
  2. Years Active: 1984-1995, 2007-Present
  3. Record Labels: Creation Records, Island Records, and Sire Records
  4. Named after the 1981 horror film, My Bloody Valentine
  5. Loveless reportedly took more than two years to record
  6. Pitchfork named Loveless the greatest album of the 1990s (in their revised 2003 list, Loveless was bumped to #2 and Radiohead's OK Computer was named the best album of the 90s)Pitchfork: Top 100 Albums of the 1990s
  7. Front man Kevin Shields collaborated with many artists during breakup period
  8. Band confirmed 2008 tour dates throughout Europe
  9. Recording a new album, based on material first written in the 1996-97The Guardian UK: My Bloody Valentine to record new album

• Break Up and Make Up

  Despite the huge critical praise for Loveless, album sales were lackluster. After a period of creative inactivity, the band broke up in 1995 and the members went their separate ways. But in 2007, they announced their reunion, as well as a series of shows in the UK. They also announced that a new album was almost finished.

• Quotes

  "All of 'Loveless' is suffused with an apocalyptic, pre-orgasmic glow, the sound of an annihilating intimacy. My Bloody Valentine music is a smelting, melding, crucible of love in which every borderline (inside/outside, you/me, lover/beloved) is abolished." -Music critic Simon Reynolds

• Band Members

  • Kevin Shields - Guitar/Vocals
  • Colm O'Ciosoig - Drums
  • Bilinda Butcher - Guitar/Vocals
  • Debbie Googe - Bass

• Discography

• Studio Albums

  1. Isn't Anything 1988
  2. Loveless 1991

• Mini-Albums

  1. This Is Your Bloody Valentine 1985
  2. Ecstasy 1987

• EPs

  1. Geek! 1985
  2. The New Record by My Bloody Valentine 1986
  3. Sunny Sundae Smile 1987
  4. Strawberry Wine 1987
  5. You Made Me Realise 1988
  6. Feed Me With Your Kiss 1988
  7. Glider 1990
  8. Tremolo 1991
  9. Only Shallow 1992

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