"That was the first time that I ever really, really used the tremolo arm the way I got known for using it and all it was was the guitar with the tone turned down, all the way off. So it just got no tone, this really dull sound, then holding the tremolo arm and playing the guitar quite soft like strumming really fast, like double time, and bending it into a kind of reverse reverb program. It would be guitar into the effect into the amp. Up until we did Loveless we only used Fender transistor amps. We didn't like valve amps then. I found valve amps a bit too unfocused. I lik… read more
"That was the first time that I ever really, really used the tremolo arm the way I got known for using it and all it was was the guitar with the… read more
"That was the first time that I ever really, really used the tremolo arm the way I got known for using it and all it was was the guitar with the tone turned down, all the way off. S… read more
my bloody valentine are an Irish-English shoegaze band formed in 1983 in Dublin, Ireland. The band’s best known lineup is Kevin Shields (vocals, guitar), Bilinda Butcher (vocals, guitar), Debbie Googe (bass) and Colm Ó Cíosóig (drums). Their 1988 album Isn't Anything is generally regarded as one of the most influential records of the period, acting as an important precursor to the early '90s "shoegazing" scene. In 1991, the band released their second full length album Loveless, later declared one of the finest albums of the 1990s. The band struggled to record a f… read more
my bloody valentine are an Irish-English shoegaze band formed in 1983 in Dublin, Ireland. The band’s best known lineup is Kevin Shields (vocals, guitar), Bilinda Butcher (vocals, guitar), D…read more